Introduced by Electronic Scrip Inc. (ESI), the eScrip program is a fundraising program that allows participating merchants to contribute a percentage of your grocery loyalty cards, credit card, and debit/ATM card purchases to the school or organization of your choice. Click here for a full list of eScrip merchants.
You can register any or all of your existing grocery
loyalty, debit and credit cards for use in the program. Participating
national, regional and local merchants will make monthly contributions
to the schools or organizations you choose, based on your purchases.
You may list all household family cards under one
supporter ID. If both spouses have the same credit card number, you only
need to list it once. If you have different card numbers, list all
card numbers in the database. You may send a registration form to
extended family/friends for their participation with the eScrip program
as well. You may either register online or download registration forms
from the eScrip web site.
You can support up to three schools and organizations and donations will be split up to three ways. You can easily select these during your initial online registration or go to My eScrip to update your account information online.
What the Ratings Mean... The GreatSchools Test Score Ratings, developed by GreatSchools.net, provide a summary overview of the state standardized test score performance at your school and a convenient way to compare your school with schools across the state. GreatSchools developed these unique ratings, based on test score data provided by the state Department of Education, to help you better understand complicated school data.
The ratings give you the opportunity to compare schools by overall rating as well as by subject, grade level and year-over-year performance.
Schools are rated from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest). For example, an overall rating of "10" means that a school is in the top 10% when compared to schools across the state with the same grade levels. A "1" means that the school is in the bottom 10%.
For the combined rating for math and reading, the rating is calculated by giving equal weight to both math and reading scores.
The ratings by grade tell you how students at a particular grade level performed relative to students at that grade level statewide. The grade-level ratings also give you a comparative view of how students at different grade levels at your school perform on state tests.
The arrows tell you whether scores improved, declined or remained the same, in comparison to last year's results. A double arrow up or down shows a strong improvement or decline.
The National Anthem Project: Restoring America's Voice Learn about The National Anthem Project, the campaign to get America singing The Star-Spangled Banner while spotlighting the important role music education plays in passing our American heritage from one generation to the next. Make a Star-Spangled Musical Statement on September 14.
The Community Arts Education Project is a unique strategy manual to support quality arts education in public schools.Download a PDF of the Community Arts Education Project Guidebook [2MB]. http://www.artsed411.org/projects/docs/caep.pdf
The National PTA Reflections Program is an arts recognition and achievement program that increases community awareness of the importance of the arts in education. Students at PTA schools may submit arts projects in four categories: Literature, Musical Composition, Photography and Visual Arts.
Arts for Kids Website for Santa Clara County This website features over 500 arts enrichment activities that offer music, dance, story time, and arts and crafts held throughout Santa Clara County for children through the age of 12.
If you wish to be added to the subscriber list to the CA PTA SMARTS newsletter, send an e-mail to SMARTSenews@capta.org. Enter the word "Subscribe" into the subject area or the body of the email and you will be added.
Take Part in Discussions About Preteens Discuss issues with colleagues and other parents, find experts, or locate resources and information about preteens. This discussion-oriented website also offers quick access to local data and events related to preteens. You can comment on discussions that others have entered—or even start your own conversation on a topic of interest to you (there are folders set aside specifically for parenting preteens, with issues ranging from 'Normal Development' to 'Discipline' to 'Single Parenting'). While anyone can view discussions, you need to log in to comment. It’s easy to sign up for an account of your own—just click on the “join” link from the home page. With this registration, you also become a member of The Preteen Alliance, a local collaborative composed of more than 500 members dedicated to promoting the emotional and behavioral health of preteens.
Study: What We Know About Local Preteens A new study—A Portrait of Preteens in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties'—offers a first-ever examination of available data about local preteens and an initial assessment of how these children are faring. The study found that, while the majority of local preteens appear to be doing fairly well, not all the news is good, and the study documents how Latino and African American children are faring less well in a wide range of areas. Data from this report also are available online on http://www.kidsdata.org, the gateway to local data and other information about children's health and well being.
Report: San Mateo County School-Based Counselors Highlight Key Issues Affecting Preteens This tri-part study includes one-on-one interviews with San Mateo County school counselors and nurses, focus groups, and an Internet survey. Family problems, along with stress and anxiety, cause serious difficulties for many preteen students, school personnel say. The report also provides recommendations for improving local school counseling services.
