In this week’s edition of the
newsletter:
ELECTIONS
Elections are coming up for the local PTA
units. Please
remember to send the Council office your new officers contact
information right after your elections.
You might want to complete the form right after the
election when everyone is together, make a copy for everyone
and include one for the office.
Either pony it (ptachc @ Faulkner Ridge, mail it (10598
Marble Faun, Columbia, 21044), fax it (410-740-1207) or email
(ptachc@gmail.com) which ever and how ever you wish to send
it. MD PTA also
requests you send your officer list but Council will be
sending it also so if you forget, no worries.
INSTALLATION CEREMONY
Newly elected PTA officers may be
installed in a ceremony, but this formality is not necessary
(Terms of office are designated in the bylaws.) Each local
association may develop its own installation ceremony, if it
chooses to have one, or adapt the suggested ceremony below.
Some PTAs recite the PTA Mission or Objects of the PTA
as a part of the ceremony, and ask that the past president or
someone else devoted to the PTA unit and its members act as
the installing officer. Three sample installations appear
below.
Suggestion
#1 A
Suggested Installation Ceremony
To the Retiring Officers
Will (recite their names) please
rise to be recognized? We express our gratitude to you for the
devoted, effective service that has marked your tenure as
officers, and we urge you to continue your efforts to promote
the interests of children and youth. Thank you. Please be
seated.
To the Continuing Officers
Will (recite their names) please
rise to be recognized? Will you provide ongoing support for
the new officers who join you at this time? Answer, "!
will." Thank you. Please be seated.
To the New Officers
(Name each new officer and position in
turn): Will you individually and together work toward the
fulfillment of our objects in the service of children and
youth? Answer,"! will."
The present and the future
of______________ PTA now rest on your beliefs and abilities,
your commitment and powers of implementation, joined to the
skills of the officers who will serve with you, and the faith
and help of all other members of the association. Will you
pledge yourselves to these people, that service? Answer,
"! will."
To Audience of PTA Members
Members of__________________ PTA, please
rise. Here are your new leaders for the coming year. They will
need your encouragement and support. Do you promise them your
loyalty and cooperation, in the names of the children of this
school community? Answer. "I do."
To the New Officers
With a strong belief in your abilities,
with renewed hope for PTA, I now declare you duly installed
officers for 20__-20__.
Suggestions
#2: Puzzle
Installation
(Items needed: A boxed puzzle )
When you assemble a puzzle, if even one
piece is missing the puzzle is never right. This organization
is like a puzzle, it requires many pieces in order to be
complete.
________, as treasurer, your
piece of the puzzle is a position of trust. Honor this trust
by keeping accurate financial records. ( present puzzle piece)
________, as secretary, the
recorded history of this organization is in your hands. Be
diligent in this task. (present puzzle piece)
_________, as vice president, your piece
of the puzzle is to assist and support the president in a
consistent manner. ( present puzzle piece)
_________, as a delegate to the PTA
Council of Howard County, your piece of the puzzle is to keep
our membership informed of issues from the larger community of
parents and children.
There remains in the box many
pieces. These are the members and programs of this
organization. I place them in the care of__________, as the
new president of this organization, protect them and
strengthen them. I present to you your newly installed
officers for the 200_ -200_ year.
Suggestions
#3
Flower Installation
(Items Needed: Carnations or Roses in the
following colors - one each - red, white, pink, yellow, and
green)
Will the officers to be installed please
come forward?
To the President: You have been
chosen to serve the ________PTA as its president. Your duty as
presiding officer places you in a position of high
responsibility. There can be no greater charge, no higher
challenge than that which confronts you. The white flower was
chosen to present to you because it denotes purity and your
powers as president should have the purest of motives.
To the Vice President: As Vice
President of_______PTA the president will turn to you for
help in formulating his/her plans and for moral support.
You are to stand ready at any time when
called upon for assistance in anyway. Your flower is red
denoting the strength of which we know
you are capable.
To the Secretary: Pink expresses
knowledge, which your association will need from you. As
secretary of the __ PTA, you must have knowledge of the
business transpired at previous meetings and keep accurate
minutes of all meetings.
To the Treasurer: Yellow stands
for integrity, which we expect of a treasurer. We expect the
handling of the monies of________PTA shall be discharged in an
accurate and detailed manner, giving a report of our income
and expenditures at every meeting.
To the Council Delegates: Green
stands for dedication to the mission of PTA.
Your attendance at the monthly Council meetings and
reporting back of the issues that we should be advocates for
all children we greatly appreciate.
Members of the ______PTA, you have
elected these leaders as your officers for the year. They
need your support and encouragement. Do
you therefore pledge them your loyalty and willingness to help
them carry forward the work of the association? If so, answer
"I do".
To the new officers: You have
heard the pledge of the members. They have faith in your
leadership. Will you, as officers of the ______PTA, hold the
welfare of the children and youth paramount in all that you
do? If so, answer, 'I will"
By the power vested in me by the MD PTA,
I now declare these officers of the ______PTA duly installed
for the year, and I congratulate each of you.
CALENDAR
Thank
you for advocating for every child, one voice
