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THE BULLETIN

In This Issue

New PTA

Good Standing

MemberHub

Legislative Report

Tennessee Annual

Report

Financial Report

Membership Report

Unit and Council

Awards

Student Awards and

2020-2021 Themes

2019-2021 Tennessee

PTA Board of Directors

Calendar

Tennessee PTA—Advocating Everyday, in Everyway for Everyone July 2020 Edition 3 Tennessee PTA—Advocating Everyday, in Everyway for All Tennessee Students

The 2019-2020 school year was very interesting to say the least. Before we venture into the new unknown, Tennessee PTA would like to celebrate the many accomplishments of 2019-2020. It was great to see the amazing things happening within our local and council PTAs throughout Tennessee. Included in this newsletter are the Tennessee PTA annual reports that you would normally receive at the state convention. 2020-2021 will provide PTA with many challenges and new opportunities. The mission of PTA is to make every child’s potential a reality by engaging and empowering families and communities to advocate for all children. Although the setting is different our mission remains the same. We are here to help! Tennessee PTA is working hard to provide virtual training and resources for PTA leaders and members. Visit our newly designed website at tnpta.org to view the statewide leadership training sessions, the COVID-19 page, and many more resources. There are lots of exciting things happening this year so watch for upcoming emails and newsletters, follow us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.

Kim Henderson,. Tennessee PTA President

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Tennessee PTA is excited to offer

MemberHub free to all PTAs in Tennessee.

Tools that make it way easier to engage families & grow membership

Membership info is automatically reported to your state, and members get an elec-

tronic membership card in their emailed receipt

Easily sell spirit wear, event tickets, and PTA memberships in your online store

MemberHub takes the guesswork out of PTA compliance

You can also remit dues to the state with one click

Easily build a free website for your PTA

MemberHub Givebacks—Feature special offers from businesses in your e-store,

and your PTA gets up to 20% of all sales donated back.

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Welcome to our newest PTA

Ruby Major Elementary PTA Nashville, TN

A unit must be in good standing to receive mailings and support from

Tennessee PTA, participate in PTA programs, or qualify for awards and grants.

A PTA in Good Standing is one that:

Adheres to the Purposes and basic policies of PTA;

Submits an initial remittance of the State and National portion of membership dues to the Tennessee PTA, enters their members into MemberHub by December 1 and all remaining State and National dues by May 15;

Has bylaws approved according to the procedures of the Tennessee PTA at least every 5 years;

Submits an Audit Report Form to Tennessee PTA by November 1;

Files annually to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) the appropriate 990 form by November 15 and shall submit a copy of the appropriate 990 receipt to Tennessee PTA by November 20;

Maintains a minimum of 20 members;

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Bills to Watch

Tennessee PTA is

watching with interest the

latest Senate and House

COVID-19 relief bills.

Add your voice. Sign up to receive

legislative alerts and to take action at

https://tnpta.org/take-action.html

“Advocating for Every Child”

On February 12, 2020, Tennessee PTA had an invigorating day with over 350 students from across the state as we conducted our

annual “Student’s Storm the Hill”. Students along with their chaperones were given the opportunity to meet with legislators from their

own districts, along with taking guided tours of our State Capital. Students were given the opportunity to choose and conduct a person-

al topic during mock sessions, with the students taking the lead as both “Representatives” and “Speaker of the House”. Observing

students having such passion for advocacy and experiencing the importance of how their vote, was an overwhelming experience for

all. Do not let another year go without making this part of your life experience, make plans now to attend this inspiring event February

2021.

With such a changing and challenging year, Voter’s Voice has proven to be more valuable than ever as an excellent platform in reach-

ing our members. From education budget cuts, the Education Saving Account and then the closing of all schools for the remaining part

of the 2019/2020 school year. Tennessee PTA was able to reach registered members across the state, through Voter’s Voice, encour-

aging them to contact their representative, and voice their opinion and advocating for the best interest of all Tennessee Students.

Tennessee PTA Legislative Priorities 2019-2020

Excellent education is not possible without adequate resources and time for implementation. Fund education first! We support full funding of the Basic Education Plan 2.0 (BEP 2.0) Tennessee PTA is in agreement with the Tennessee School Board Association's (TSBA) position that "Prior to

any state or federal intervention based on a School’s or district’s failure to meet performance or accountabil-ity standards, governments’ should ensure that local schools and districts receive the necessary resources, support and time to improve."

Parents should be empowered with real choices, as long as the integrity of public schools remains intact. We acknowledge high-quality public charter schools can improve student achievement, but our support is re-

stricted to design principles outlined by National PTA’s position statements. We oppose diverting public funds or tax dollars to private and parochial schools through vouchers or similar ef-

forts. We recommend that all schools receiving public funds be held accountable to the same standards and require-

ments.

https://tnpta.org/take-action.html

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Strong public support for higher standards helps raise the bar for education. • We will continue to

support and educate parents about Tennessee’s higher academic standards and their implementation. We support the establishment of a timely deadline for reporting assessment results. We support a study into TNReady testing to ensure that reliability and accuracy is maintained in the ad-

ministering of the test platform across the state. We believe school districts should have the flexibility to choose high school standardized assessments

that align with the ACT College Readiness Benchmarks and meet the criteria for determining students to be college and career ready.

Children can achieve more when they and their families are healthy, and they are safe.

The health and well-being of our students must be a top priority to continue to rise academically and be ready for colleges and careers.

We will continue to work at the local, and state levels to enhance the nutritional health of our children and families.

We will request that every school in Tennessee establish student mentoring programs involving parents, school personnel, law enforcement and the community

Early education development should be effective and available. We believe that early education for children from birth to age five should be adequately funded and devel-

opmentally appropriate. We support state incentives for quality childcare and preschool programs that are affordable and accessi-

ble, coordinated at all levels (federal, state and local) and ensure quality in teacher training, health and safety standards.

We believe that early education for young children must include the social/emotional skills, physical skills, as well as academics to ensure that education and life skills include the whole child.

We support empowering parents as advocates for implementation of an age-appropriate, well-rounded educational program for all students.

National PTA Legislative Conference 2020

In March 2020, Tennessee Representatives, Tammy Crowe, (Knoxville) and Kim Henderson, (Franklin) attended the National

PTA Legislative Conference in Washington DC, uniting with hundreds of fellow PTA members across the nation, advocating

for one cause, the importance in health and well-being of all children. Despite the onset of the Covid-19 hitting the states are

rapid speed, they were able to meet with Congressmen Roe, Fleischmann, DesJarlais, Rose, Cohen, Kustoff and Cooper or

their representatives, discussing at great length, the issues most important to PTA.

Improve the Federal School Meal Program through Child Nutrition Reauthorization

Include schools in any comprehensive infrastructure package

Increase the Statewide Family Engagement Centers to $15 million.

In all, leaving our Nation’s Capital confident, that the voices of so many were heard, amongst our Senators and Representa-

tives. With a changing world and a new “normal” underway, PTA remains steadfast in their mission, “to make every child’s

potential a reality”.

Tammy Crowe

Tennessee PTA State and Federal Legislative Chair

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What has your Tennessee PTA Board of Directors done during the 2019-2020 year?

Tennessee PTA had a busy and unusual year. The Tennessee PTA Board of Directors has represented you well. The

PTA voice has been loud and clear. We have spent numerous hours across the state speaking about educational issues

affecting students, parents, communities, school staff, school districts: rural, urban, & suburban. Tennessee PTA has also

traveled to the corners of the state offering leadership training and helping new and seasoned PTA leaders at all levels.

The Tennessee PTA Board of Directors meets quarterly as a whole group. The 18 members of the Board collectively

logged in more than 2000 hours just during the meeting portions of these weekends. Each member sits on three or more

state PTA committees and some also serve on additional statewide educational boards and committees. They work in

between meetings doing such things as: working on legislative issues, tracking membership, starting new PTA’s,

approving bylaws, running the Reflections program, answering units questions, visiting local units & councils, planning

events and conferences, contacting units with reminders and writing newsletter articles. As a reminder, Tennessee PTA

Board members are all volunteers just like you.

Tennessee PTA has also be working on developing partnerships through two National PTA grants to spread the message

out across the state on the importance of parent engagement and educational data.

With the challenge of COVID-19, Tennessee PTA has worked on redesigning communication and training to reach out and

provide personal service to our leaders and members via virtual options and social media. We have increased virtual

options, expanded our social media presence, added a COVID-19 resource page and are in the process of redesigning

the Tennessee PTA website.

Below is a summary of 2019-2020 for you to share with your school communities.

Our board members:

Attended over 150 meetings in their local units/councils Served on local unit and council boards Served on numerous local committees Met with and sent letters to legislators and the media in support of PTA & other educational issues Held meetings with local superintendents Met with and contacted their state and federal legislators on state, local and federal issues Served on and attended local school board meetings Served on local school and school district committees Participated in numerous conference calls with National PTA Hosted meetings with SCORE, Tennessee Department of Ed, ARC, Junior Achievement Participated in numerous Zoom and virtual Training sessions

Local Unit/Council Trainings, Communications and Services

Annual State PTA Convention Widespread implementation of MemberHub Statewide Leadership Training Printed resources in January and convention mailing 4 newsletters Personal help by phone and email Legislative alerts via Voter’s Voice Tennessee PTA website and social media sites – news and resources One on one training with local units and councils PTA Leadership Zoom Calls Virtual Leadership Training Monthly Leadership Blog

Tennessee PTA, it’s members and Tennessee students were represented at:

2019 National PTA Convention – Columbus, Ohio 2019 National Family & Community Engagement – Reno, Nevada Students Storm the Hill – Nashville, TN From Reports to Results (Gates Grant) Training and Convening – Washington DC National PTA Legislative Conference – Washington DC 2020 National PTA Convention – Virtual Tennessee Committee on Pediatric Emergency Care

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2019-2020 Tennessee PTA Membership

The membership theme for 2019-2020 was “Building a Stronger PTA Together”. We

want you to know that we as a state board really believe that. Each member brings

something important to the table, whether it is leadership skills, volunteer time, moral

support, or additional insight. Thank you for your membership in PTA and I encourage

each of you to keep asking others to join and to return as you make plan for your

Membership Drive for 2020-2021!

We believe that working directly with each of our Local Units, their Presidents, and

Membership Chairs/Vice President that we can work tighter in 2020-21 and start growing

our membership!

I would like to thank EACH of you, our members, Local Unit, Councils, and all the

members of the membership committee and especially the Region Directors for their

hard work this past year. Although we have had a statewide decline in membership, they

were able to reach out to many existing units helping them to develop new leadership,

reach out to new members, and encourage more diversity in membership. The region

directors also helped to create 6 new units.

There are many amazing units and councils that have tremendous membership success

and are doing many great things. Also, thank you to all the local and council membership

chairs for their work in reaching out to grow membership.

For those of you interested in the numbers, let me share them with you. These are the

final numbers for the year as reported to National PTA.

Our total Membership for 2019-2020 was 35,562

For 2018-2019 we had a total of 38,821

A decrease of 3,259 members or -16.1%

The total number of Active Units = 236

Local Units with an Increase in Membership 2019-2020= 56

Units with an Increase in Membership 2018-2019= 86

Total New Units 2019-2020= 6

Charles Scott, Membership, Diversity and Inclusion Chair

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Unit and Council

Awards

2019-2020

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EARLY BIRD AWARD

Reports and Dues Received on or Before September 30, 2019

EAST TN REGION

A. L. Lotts Elementary

Ball Camp Elementary

Bonny Kate Elementary

Emerald Academy

Farragut Intermediate

Farragut Primary

Gibbs Middle School

Northview Intermediate

Powell Elementary

Powell Middle School

FIRST TN REGION

Anderson Elementary

Avoca Elementary

Cherokee Elementary

Karns Elementary

Mary Hughes

Mountain View Elementary

MEMPHIS-DELTA REGION

Arlington Elementary

Bailey Station Elementary

Collierville Middle School

Crosswind Elementary


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Frayser Community

Peabody Elementary

Shelby Oaks Elementary

West Collierville Middle School

MID-CUMBERLAND

A Z Kelley Elementary

Mt Juliet Montessori

Tennessee At Large

NORTHWEST REGION

Rose Hill

SOUTHEAST REGION

Battle Academy

Lookout Mountain Elementary

McConnell Elementary

Ooltewah Elementary

Sequoyah High School

Soddy Daisy Middle Community

Soddy Elementary

SOUTH CENTRAL

Randolph Howell Elementary

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IRIS AWARD

100% Membership

One Member for Ever Child Enrolled in School

EAST TN REGION

A. L. Lotts Elementary School

Whitney Overbay

Membership Chair

APPLE AWARD

100% Teacher and Faculty

EAST TN REGION


Amherst Elementary

Holston View Elementary

FIRST TN REGION

Liberty Bell Middle School

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MEMBERSHIP CHALLENGE AWARD

GOLD 20% Or More Over Last Year

EAST TN REGION


Bearden Middle School

Emerald Academy

Gibbs Elementary

Karns High School

Knox County Teacher Supply Depot

South Doyle Middle School

Whittle Springs Community

FIRST TN REGION

Avoca Elementary

Central Heights Elementary

Fairmont Elementary

Fairmount Elementary

Indian Trail Intermediate

John Adams Elementary

Jonesborough Elementary

Sullivan Gardens K-8


Crosswind Elementary

Frayser Community Schools

Shelby Oaks Elementary

MID-CUMBERLAND REGION

Norman Binkley

Oakmont Elementary

SOUTH CENTRAL REGION

Creekside Elementary

SOUTHEAST REGION

Apison Elementary

Daisy Elementary

Hixson High School

Rivermont Elementary

Soddy Daisy Middle Community

UPPER CUMBERLAND REGION

Martin Elementary

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SILVER 10% Or More Over Last Year

EAST TN REGION

Amherst Elementary

Bonny Kate Elementary

Holston Middle School

West Hills Elementary


Arlington High School

Schilling Farms Elementary


Crieve Hall Elementary

Granberry School

SOUTH CENTRAL REGION

Walnut Grove Elementary

SOUTHEAST REGION

Battle Academy

Chattanooga School of Liberal Arts

Sale Creek Middle/High

Sequoyah High School


BRONZE 5% Or More Over Last Year

FIRST TN REGION

George Washington Elementary

Vance Middle School


Schilling Farms Elementary

SOUTHEAST REGION

Hunter Middle School

McConnell Elementary

Nolan Elementary

Wallace A. Smith Community

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PLUS + 1 Or More Over Last Year

EAST TN REGION

Amherst Elementary

Farragut Intermediate

FIRST TN REGION

Fairmount Elementary

Grandview Elementary


Hickman Elementary

SOUTHEAST REGION

Big Ridge Elementary

Lookout Mountain Elementary

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CREATIVE MEMBERSHIP AWARD

Award of Excellence

A. L. Lotts Elementary PTA

East Tennessee Region

Whitney Overbay, Membership Chair

Award of Merit

Amherst Elementary PTA


Sherri Simmons, Membership Chair

Award of Merit

Crosswind Elementary PTA

Memphis-Delta Region

Julie Hendrick, Membership Chair

Middle/High School

Indian Trail Intermediate PTA

First Tennessee Region

Missy Reece, Membership Chair

PRESIDENT’S MEMBERSHIP AWARD

Largest Percentage Membership Increase

John Adams Elementary PTA—60%


Largest Number of Members

Farragut Primary School PTA—1314 members


Elementary

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Elementary

Award of Excellence

Amherst Elementary


Tonya Cambre, President

Elementary

Award of Excellence




Award of Merit



Megan Burton, President

High School

Award of Excellence

Science Hill High School PTSA

Johnson City Council


Rebecca Horvath, President

Council/Community

Award of Excellence

Johnson City Council of PTA’s


Kristin Marshall, President

Outstanding Units

and Council

Awards

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Elementary

Award of Excellence

Amherst Elementary



Council/Community

Award of Excellence

Johnson City Council of PTAs



Elementary

Award of Excellence

Amherst Elementary



Council/Community

Award of Excellence

Johnson City Council of PTAs



Diversity and Inclusion

Awards

Advocacy Awards

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Award of Excellence




Award of Merit




Elementary

Council/Community

Award of Excellence

Johnson City Council of PTA’s



Mary Jo Clark Service Award

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Lake Ridge Elementary PTA


Angela Livingston, President



Angela Livingston, President

AL Lotts Elementary



Amherst Elementary



300 Hours of Power

Male Engagement Award

300 Hours of Literacy

Literacy Program Award

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Student Awards

2019-2020

Student Awards

2019-2020

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PreK - Kindergarten

1st Place

Sithmini Karunarathne

Bailey Station Elementary PTA

2nd Place

Hannah Temaj

Fairmont Elementary PTA

3rd Place

Sarvesh Balaji

Schilling Farms Elementary PTA

1st – 2nd Grades

1st Place

Devan Kathiravan


2nd Place

Ruthie Martin

Towne Acres Elementary PTA

3rd Place

Maeve Hixson

Fairmont Elementary PTA

3rd – 5th Grades

1st Place

Broderek Dykes

Gibbs Elementary PTA

2nd Place

Sunaina S. Shetty


3rd Place

Santhosh Balaji

Schilling Farms Elementary PTA

6th – 8th Grades

1st Place

Dillion Higgs

Frayser Community PTA

2nd Place

Addison Phillips

Liberty Bell Middle School PTSA

3rd Place

Milo Willets

Gibbs Middle School PTSA

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Pre-Primary Preschool through Kindergarten Award of Excellence Ashutosh Arigela Schilling Farms Elementary PTA Award Of Merit Whit Martin Towne Acres PTA Award Of Merit Bhuvan Venkat Gude CES PTA Primary – Grades 1 through 2 Award of Excellence Archith Pilli Schilling Farms Elementary PTA Award Of Merit Bhavesh Balaknshnan Schilling Farms Elementary PTA Award Of Merit Naomi Wright Tara Oaks PTA

Intermediate – Grades 3 through 5 Award of Excellence Campbell Phillips Towne Acres PTA Award Of Merit Sunaina S. Shetty Bailey Station Elementary PTA Award Of Merit Gabriel Tayeh Amherst Elementary PTA Middle School – Grades 6 through 8 Award of Excellence Meghan J. Morse Indian Trail Intermediate School PTA Award Of Merit Maven Dykes Gibbs Middle School PTA Award Of Merit Addison Phillips Liberty Bell Middle School PTA High School – Grades 9 through 12 Award of Excellence Kim Anderson Westwood High School PTA

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Literature

Intermediate (Grades 3-5) Award of Excellence

Sunaina S. Shetty, Discovering Myself


Award of Merit

Alexander Jones (A.J.) Taylor, The First But

Worst Race


Award of Merit

Darrien Hensley

Farragut Intermediate School PTA

Honorable Mention

Susanna Smith

Allen Elementary School PTA

Honorable Mention

Iqraa Wazir, Emotions Are Attached With

Memories


Primary (Pre-K through Grade 2)

Award of Excellence

Addison Deitel, Nothing Is Impossible


Award of Merit

Devan Kathiravan, My Challenges


Award of Merit

Lillian Wells Crawford, The Petition

Farragut Primary School

Honorable Mention

Muhammad Essa Bajiva


Honorable Mention

Aarush Pramod, Believe In


Reflections

Awards

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High School (Grades 9-12)

Award of Excellence

Phillip Barnabee, A Name Sinister

L&N Stem Academy

Award of Merit

Chloe Milligan, Deeper Within

Signal Mountain Middle/High PTSA

Award of Merit

Alexia Apablaza, We are Stars


Honorable Mention

Myquon Levy, A Street Prayer

Frayser Community PTSA

Middle School (Grades 6-8)

Award of Excellence

Braelyn Ryan, Self-Love

Collierville Middle PTA

Award of Merit

Anaysia Ballentine, Mirror

Germantown Middle School PTSA

Award of Merit

Milo Willets, Inside Out

Gibbs Middle School PTSA

Honorable Mention

Emily Zhang, Priceless Gifts

West Collierville Middle School

Honorable Mention

Sydney Carter

Powell Middle School PTSA

Special Artist (all grades)

Award of Excellence

Matthew Wines, Trucks to Heart

Gibbs Middle School

Award of Merit

Martha Childress

Gibbs Middle School

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Dance Choreography


Award of Excellence

Ta'Naya Moore, In the Mirror

Westwood High School PTSA

Intermediate (Grades 3-5) Award of Excellence Blakely Lankford, This is Me. Allen Elementary School PTA Award of Merit Grace Haddock, I Can Overcome Nolan Elementary PTA Award of Merit Sunaina S. Shetty, The Hidden Talent In Me Bailey Station Elementary PTA

Honorable Mention

Aneesh Pingali, Happiness

Farragut Intermediate School

Honorable Mention

Bellatrix Willets, All I Want

Gibbs Elementary PTA


Award of Excellence

Amrita Balakrishnan, My Happiness

West Collierville Middle PTA

Award of Merit

Lucy Morrow, The Jungle inside us



Award of Excellence Bhavesh Balakrishnan, Happy Child Schilling Farms Elementary School PTA Award of Merit Shikha Pingali, Joy Farragut Primary School

Award of Merit Addison Deitel, Only Human Lake Ridge Elementary PTA Honorable Mention Callie Athon, He Defines me Woodland Elementary PTA Honorable Mention Raelyn Most, Raise a Hallelujah Big Ridge Elementary

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Film Production

Intermediate (Grades 3-5)

Award of Excellence

Broderek Dykes, Creeping of the Toys

Gibbs Elementary School

Award of Merit

Aahlaad Gudala, A Small Thing, But Big

Farragut Intermediate School

Award of Merit

Lottie Boyles, The New Kid

Avoca Elementary PTA

Honorable Mention

Kayley Salyer, Bob the Blue Potato


Honorable Mention

Pranav Hiremath, Think Positive

Schilling Farms Elementary School PTA


Award of Excellence

Maven Dykes, Give & Take

Gibbs Middle School

Award of Merit

Aatish Satheesh, Trapped


Award of Merit

Kathleen Ong-Halleron, Light in darkness


Honorable Mention

Sydney Clark, Look Within Looks


Honorable Mention

Madelyn Hess, Look Inside



Award of Excellence

Finley Waters, Time to look within

AL Lotts Elementary

Award of Merit

Diya Vinod Kumar, You Have It In You!


Award of Merit

Landon Wright, Landon's Way


Honorable Mention

Aarush Pramod, The Little Spy


Honorable Mention

Sricharan Pogula, Kindness

Sycamore Elementary PTA

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Award of Excellence

Carolina Fore, Secret Leaf

Thrasher Elementary School

Award of Merit

Makynlee Schilling, Trust


Award of Merit

Callie Athon, Our Eyes Tell the Story

Woodland Elementary PTA

Honorable Mention

Benjamin Morse, Color Truck

Woodland Elementary PTA

Honorable Mention

Anvitha Bhaktula, Life Is Beautiful


Photography


Award of Excellence

Martha Childress, Basketball

Gibbs Middle School

Award of Merit

Finn Belanger, He's 4 years old

Towne Acres Elementary School PTA

Award of Merit

Matthew Wines, WALKING IN

Gibbs Middle School

Honorable Mention

Gabriel Guess, Snaaaack Wagon

Gibbs Middle School

Honorable Mention

London Watson, Angie

Gibbs Middle School

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Ethan Ricciuto, Sophia’s Emotions

Northshore Elementary PTA

Award of Merit

Max Pyne, Expressions and Feelings

Northshore Elementary PTA

Award of Merit

Dawson Fowler, Shine Bright

Nolan Elementary PTA

Honorable Mention

Cosmo DeMatteo, Living Life by the Seams

Allen Elementary School PTA

Honorable Mention

Abram Helton, Eye of the Beholder



Award of Excellence

Ilse Kaeuper, Gemini

L&N Stem Academy

Award of Merit

Kierra Hamilton, Gleam

L&N STEM Academy

Award of Merit

Brandy Burnett, Looking Up

L&N STEM Academy

Honorable Mention

Chloe Milligan, Deeper Than the Surface



Award of Excellence

Bree Adams, Puddle Perspective

Haynesfield Elementary

Award of Merit

Maven Dykes, Blur

Gibbs Middle School PTA

Award of Merit

Meghan Morse, Nourishment in a Nutshell


Honorable Mention

Annika Syvertson, My Forest Cathedral


Honorable Mention

Casey Vera, Faith, Family and Friends


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Award of Excellence

Prisha Patel, Robin's Nest

Towne Acres Elementary School PTA

Award of Merit

Sahithi Indukuri

Beauty is Always Within You


Award of Merit

Johanna Bookas, Look Within, Be Anything

You Want to Be

Lakeland Elementary PTA

Honorable Mention

Kayge Reid, Look Within a Painting

Mountain View Elementary PTA

Honorable Mention

Nadia Price, In My Head


Visual Arts


Award of Excellence

Siddharth Achar, Keep Flying


Award of Merit

Timothy Parsley, Music and the Soul


Award of Merit

Tai Parsley, Looking Within My Soul


Honorable Mention

Mathew Wines, Food, Heart, Friends

Gibbs Middle School

Honorable Mention

Martha Childress, Look

Gibbs Middle School

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Nandini Kondisehi, Look Within My World


Award of Merit

Adrian Killion, Believe by Listening to Your Heart


Award of Merit

Iqraa Wazir, Always Think Positive


Honorable Mention

Mataya McConnell, Enchanted forest


Honorable Mention

Mary Corinne Fore, Within the Pages

Thrasher Elementary School


Award of Excellence

Mary Grace Mader, More Than Skin Deep

L&N Stem Academy

Award of Merit

Mia Carter, Who Are We?

L&N Stem Academy

Award of Merit

Sophia Gaudiano, Inner Beauty

Science Hill High School PTSA

Honorable Mention

Elliot Vann-Buffington, Like Worried Fire


Honorable Mention

Livia Branscum, Ribbons and Pearls

L&N STEM Academy


Award of Excellence

Maven Dykes, Reasons Sort Reasons

Gibbs Middle School

Award of Merit

Amelia Everitt, Painted over

Robertsville Middle School PTSA

Award of Merit

Olivia Graves, Dreams


Honorable Mention

Josiah McGann, The tiger within me

Liberty Bell Middle School PTSA

Honorable Mention

Reese Brandau, The Art of nature


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Music Composition


Aarush Ravichandran

Project: Save the planet


Award of Merit

Iqraa Wazir, Feelings Come From the Heart


Award of Merit

Mckenzie Taylor, Emotions

Crosswind Elementary PTA

Honorable Mention

Nishika Goyal, Mist In the Wind


Honorable Mention

Pranav Hiremath, Magic Within you



Award of Excellence

Bhavesh Balakrishnan

Look Into Me


Award of Merit

Anvitha Bhaktula

Exploring Tunes



Award of Excellence

Keegan Perez, Winter Scarf

Signal Mountain Middle/High School


Award of Excellence

Amrita Balakrishnan, My Eyes Are Open


Award of Merit

Aatish Satheesh, I can and I will


Award of Merit

Isabelle Alpers, Hope


Honorable Mention

Amy Li, Welcome

Indian Trail Intermediate School PTA

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Award of Excellence

Bhavesh Balakrishnan

Look Into Me


Award of Merit

Anvitha Bhaktula

Exploring Tunes


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Contact Us

For more information ,

assistance, questions

and support, contact

us, we are here for you.

Tennessee PTA

1905 Acklen Avenue

Nashville, TN 37212

(615) 383-9740

Visit us on the web at

www.tnpta.com

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2019—2021 Tennessee PTA Board Members

President Kim Henderson [email protected]

President-elect Dwight Hunter [email protected]

VP Child & Youth Advocacy LeTicia Taylor [email protected]

VP Communications & Student Programs Dana Price [email protected]

VP Membership & Outreach Anita Smith [email protected]

Secretary Theresa Shaw [email protected]

Treasurer Charles Everett [email protected]

Past President Cheryl Floyd [email protected]

Committee Chairs

Arts in Education & Scholarship

Hank Winkler [email protected]

Bylaws & Standing Rules

Larry Davis [email protected]

Marketing & Communications

Wayne Brown [email protected]

Membership, Diversity and Inclusion

Charles Scott [email protected]

Reflections

Bala Ramachandran [email protected]

State and Federal Legislation

Tammy Crowe [email protected]

Region Directors

South Central Region Tim Duke [email protected]

Southeast Region Gail Phillips [email protected]

East Tennessee Region Tonya Cambre [email protected]

Note: Additional board positions

are vacant,. Please visit

www.tnpta.org for a complete list.

https://www.facebook.com/tnpta

Tennessee PTA

1905 Acklen Avenue

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