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AFTER SCHOOL TREATS, INC. 

P.O. Box 995 

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Mini-Grant: 

PTO Idea Exchange 

$250 

  

Two school parent groups 

will each receive a $125 donation 

if they hold a joint meeting 

focusing on sharing ideas 

and building parental involvement 

that draws at least 50 participants 

  

  

www.ShowandTellforParents.com would like to match up two Parent-Teacher Organizations, Parent-Teacher Associations, or School Community Clubs for a joint meeting to discuss their mutual efforts in aiding K-12 education. 

  

Each group will receive $125 for their treasuries, just for holding one joint meeting lasting one hour, with total attendance of at least 50 people from the two schools, and at least 10 people from each school. 

  

They will come together to exchange ideas on building parental involvement in their schools, fund-raising, teacher relations, and so forth. 

  

For example, a PTO that has had success increasing the amount of at-home reading their student population is doing could share ideas on what works and what doesn't work with the other PTO. 

  

Or a group that has had success with making the families of transfer students feel more at home, or increasing attendance at parent-teacher conferences, could share those ideas as well. 

  

Of course, the perennial PTO topics - how to get more parents involved, and how to raise money for school - are likely to be addressed. This meeting could take place before or after one group's regularly-scheduled PTO meeting 

  

Minutes from this meeting, listing the ideas exchanged, should be included in each school's parent newsletter, with copies sent to AfterSchoolTreats.com, along with a digital photograph documenting attendance, to be posted in this space. 

  

To apply for this mini-grant, or to help donate funding to sponsor one or more in the future, contact Susan@AfterSchoolTreats.com