We love our Local Units!

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Northshore Council PTSA 6.10 serves the Washington cities of Bothell, Kenmore and Woodinville. We support the PTSA local units of Bothell, Inglemoor and Woodinville High Schools and their feeder Junior Highs and Elementary Schools, and the
Secondary Academy for Success.

Council Scholarship deadline is March 29. 
Click here for application information!

Innovative Program Award applications due 4/15

Has your PTA sponsored a really cool program this year? Apply for our Innovative Program Award and share your success! Get the details on our Council Awards page.

Congratulations to our Golden Acorn recipients!

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2013 Golden Acorn recipients Brenda DeJardin and Susan Schilling. Congratulations and many thanks!

Your New Council Executive Team 2013-14

Elections were held at the March 18 General Membership Meeting. Welcome your new Council Exec team!

President:  Cristen Hoffman
Vice President:  Cindy Jensen
Secretary:  Stacy Meyer
Treasurer:  Janice Kutzera
Legislative VP:  Patsy Treece
Bothell Area VP:  Mark Balyeat
Inglemoor Area VP:  Judy Edwards
Woodinville Area VP:  Sherry Rudolph

New WSPTA Honorary Life Membership Award

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For the first time, Northshore Council PTSA will be presenting a WSPTA “Honorary Life Membership” Award at our annual Spring Recognition Brunch, but we need your nominations to make it happen! 
This special award is given to an individual who has not only volunteered their time and made a significant contribution to PTA, but who also has a strong belief in PTA, works with the organization and supports its growth and development. 
 
Additionally, the award supports financial grants for students pursuing post-secondary education. Donations are made in each recipient’s name to the fund, which in turn contributes to the future of youth by awarding grants to students who are freshmen entering postsecondary education. 

Here’s the information we need: 
  Name of nominee 
  PTA service, qualifications (please give as much detail as possible) and an explanation as to why you think they should be honored. 
  Your name, phone number and e-mail.

Nominations may be e-mailed to Sue Freeman at Suefree7@hotmail.com, Cindy Jensen at  cindyj@outlook.com, or Stephanie Tastad at stephanie.tastad2010@gmail.com.

Deadline for nominations is April 15, 2013 
Awards will be presented at the May 2013 Spring Recognition Brunch.

Looking to re-do your Local Unit website?

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If your Local Unit's website is still housed on nsd.org, it needs to be moved. WA State PTA has developed a relationship with ourschoolpages.com, an easy-to-use and intuitive web service that looks great and provides some great tools for your team! Check it out and see if it works for you! This year's State Convention will have a class run by the developer in case you want to learn more about it. (Summer time is a perfect time to re-build your PTA website... Plan ahead!)

Threads & Treads

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See details here in English; or here in Espanol.

NS Council PTSA Executive Team
2012-13

President - Janice Kutzera
Vice President - Cindy Jensen
Secretary - Caryn Radovich
Legislative VP - Patsy Treece
Treasurer - Angela van Lierop
Bothell Area VP - Terri Jaenson
Inglemoor Area VP - Kitty McClaire
Woodinville Area VP - Susan Schilling
Northshore Council PTSA
PO Box 1001
Bothell, WA 98041-1001
voicemail: 425-408-7745

Meetings & Events

March 29: Council Higher Ed. Scholarship Applications deadline
April 15: Council Outstanding Advocate, Educator, Service,  Innovative Program and Honorary Lifetime Membership Award Nominations deadline.
April 22: Board of Directors’
Meeting, 7:00 p.m. NSD AC
May 3-5: WSPTA Convention, Bellevue Hyatt
May 13: General Membership meeting: meet and greet
6:30 p.m. Call to Order 7:00 p.m.   Leadership Roundtables and
Training 7:45–9:00 p.m.
May 22: Council Spring
Recognition Lunch.  Echo Falls Golf Club.

A full calendar is here.
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President Janice Kutzera & VP Cindy Jensen at the Back-to-School Fair at Maywood Hills.

2012 Higher Ed Scholarship winners

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Our 2012 scholarship winners were honored at our May 14 General meeting: Makenzie Kruger (BHS)Jordan Willis (IHS) and Andrea Shaw (WHS). Certificates were presented by Superintendent Larry Francois.

Disclaimer:

From time to time, the Northshore Council PTSA and its contributors ("PTSA") sponsors public School Board candidate forums. Individuals attending the forums may take photographs or video tape the event, but the PTSA does not authorize such activity, and has no role in deciding how photographs or video clips taken by individuals are used. PTSA assumes no responsibility for anyone's use or alleged misuse of such media. PTSA is to be held harmless with respect to release of any photography, videotape, recording, documentation including errors, omissions, opinions, amendments or presentation of any material or information shared or implied in such public forums by any person. PTSA does not endorse, control, confirm, approve nor validate the reliance of accuracy or assume responsibility for any product or information released or produced privately or publicly in any way. PTSA is a tax exempt nonprofit under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and consistent with that statute and the Washington State PTA Bylaws, does not endorse or otherwise intervene in campaigns for public office.