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PTA from page 1A
the educational success of
children through advocacy
and local programs, and the
promotion of family engage-
ment in schools.
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.”
The Florence Community
PTA serves all public schools
in the Siuslaw School Dis-
trict, K-12.
Every year, FCPTA helps
support Siuslaw teachers and
staff by granting funds for
supplemental curriculum,
project resources, classroom
and program supplies, trans-
portation costs for off-cam-
pus field trips, Outdoor Ed-
ucation and so much more.
Teachers and staff can apply
to the PTA for grants of up
to $250 for a specific need.
FCPTA has also gifted funds
for programs such as Out-
door Education in Siuslaw.
FCPTA hosts regular an-
nual events and programs
such as the Reflections
Arts program, Teacher &
Staff Appreciation Week,
Elementary School Talent
Show, Scholarships for Siu-
slaw and home-schooled se-
niors, Book Fair Diner and
supporting teachers during
conference times. They held
the annual PTA Carnival for
all kids and families in the
community through 2012.
Some of the outstanding
programs that FCPTA has
initiated or supported since
1991 include:
• Winter Folk Festival
music performances in our
schools
• Free family movie nights
• Fitness Fridays at SES
• SMS Civil War reenact-
ment program
• Literacy program at SES,
beginning in 1999
• Cell Phones for Sol-
diers in 2008, where 170
cell phones were collected
to send to soldiers deployed
overseas
• Schoolwalk for Diabetes
in 2008
• Relay for Life partner in
2008 and 2009
• Operation
Backpacks
for Japan, 2011: collected
backpacks, toys, blankets,
personal hygiene items, and
personal notes from local
students to send to kids of all
ages affected by the earth-
quake and tsunami in Japan
• Gloves 4 Love, collect-
ing warm gloves and hats to
send to Thomas Dougherty,
Florence Community PTA
has been active in the
area since Oct. 29, 1991.
stationed in Afghanistan,
who distributed them to
children there
• Coat drive, partnering
with Three Rivers Casino
• Fall Fitness Fairs
• Multicultural Fair
• Breakfast with Santa,
which helps to support the
Backpack for Kids program
• Grandparents Day at
SES
• Teen Care Kits (2021)
for Siuslaw middle and high
school students, recognizing
how hard it’s been for stu-
dents through the pandem-
ic, and showing our support
The association has spon-
sored a number of speakers
to give talks to parents and
staff on topics such as bul-
lying in schools, the DARE
program, Nutrition, inter-
net safety, coping with teen
stress, Common Core Ed-
ucation standards, school
safety and the Lane County
Driver Education Initiative,
and many more.
Over the years, Florence
PTA has received nearly 80
certificates and awards from
Oregon PTA, in the areas of
growing membership, out-
standing programs, orga-
nized documentation, excel-
lent communications, and
best arts project through the
National PTA Reflections
Arts program, to name a
few. They’ve received the
Oregon PTA Certificate of
Excellence five times.
In 2015, FCPTA was
named a National PTA
School of Excellence for
working to create strong
family-school partnerships.
Just in the past six years,
Oregon PTA has recog-
nized 10 Siuslaw individu-
als, sponsored by FCPTA, as
being outstanding in certain
fields in the community:
• 2015 Champion for
Children — Lynn Anderson
• 2015 Student Service
Award — Kaylee Graham
• 2017 Champion for
Children — Mike Har-
klerode
unteer!”
Throughout the month of
October, members of Flor-
ence Community PTA will
be talking about the associ-
ation and its 30 years sup-
porting kids in our commu-
nity, and kids in need from
other areas.
Thirty fun facts from
Florence PTA’s history will
be posted each day on their
Facebook page. There will
also be drawings of 30 gifts
for 30 Siuslaw staff mem-
bers.
On Oct. 29, Siuslaw Food
Services will be providing
cookies to students and staff
throughout the school dis-
trict, in honor of the PTA
anniversary.
Meetings of the FCPTA
are held on the second Tues-
day of each month at 4:30
p.m., virtually at this time.
If you would like to attend a
meeting, please email FCP-
TA at florenceoregonpta@
gmail.com, and you will be
put on the list to receive a
link to the virtual meeting.
If you would like to join
our organization, you can
pick up a form at any of the
Siuslaw district school offic-
es, or again, send an email
and we’ll get a form to you.
Annual dues are just $15
per individual, $10 for stu-
dents. Membership scholar-
ships are available if needed
— just ask. Businesses are
also encouraged to become
sponsors of Florence Com-
munity PTA. Contact us for
more information.
Your FCPTA Board of Di-
rectors for 2021-2022 are:
Crystal Osburn – President,
Cori Hanson – Vice Presi-
dent, Jasmine Lewis – Secre-
tary, and Scholastica Turner
- Treasurer. If you’d like to
find out more about filling
one of these positions in the
• 2017 Classified Staff
Hero — Crystal Osburn
• 2017 Student Service
Award — Destinie Tatum
• 2018 Student Service
Award — Austin Nunez
• 2019 Champion for
Children — Bob Orr
• 2019 Classified Staff
Hero — Andreus Dunn
• 2020 Student Service
Award — Claire McNeill
• 2020 Teacher of the Year
— Amanda Sarles
This PTA has also been
recognized as “world class”
and award winning!”
On Oct. 4, 2003, Florence
Community PTA was tout-
ed by then-Publisher John
Bartlett in the Siuslaw News’
Publisher’s Viewpoint.
He wrote, “The PTA is a
group that is a vital connec-
tion between our schools,
teachers, community and
parents and the 1,700 kids
in our schools. The PTA has
started a membership drive,
and you should consider be-
coming a member. The PTA
is a small but mighty group
everyone can be a part of by
just saying, ‘Yes, I will join
…’
“The PTA was instrumen-
tal in showing a need for the
Siuslaw News to produce
the new monthly newsletter
for the local schools. PTA
members volunteer their
time at the schools to sup-
port the staff. They interact
with the teachers, princi-
pals, and administrators.
They hold a Teacher Appre-
ciation Week, in addition
to having a carnival and a
talent show for the kids. The
PTA would love for you to
volunteer your time, but if
you don’t have time to spare,
you can show your support
by joining the association.
You don’t even have to have
kids to be a member or vol-
Helping Hands Coalition
future, contact the PTA .
FCPTA participates in
three fundraisers that you
can sign up for to help sup-
port PTA programs in our
schools:
• Box Tops for Educa-
tion: Box Tops have gone
digital for the most part.
While there are still a few
products out there with cou-
pons to clip, we ask that you
download the Box Tops for
Education app onto your
phone. Then you can scan
your grocery receipts and
have earnings go directly to
Florence Community PTA.
PTA earns 10¢ for each one
turned in; all proceeds go
back into our schools.
• Fred Meyer Community
Rewards: Link your Rewards
Card online at www.fred
m e y e r. c o m / c o m mu n i t y
rewards. Choose to support
“Florence Community PTA,
NPO number RJ038”. If you
don’t have a Fred Meyer Re-
wards Card, ask for one at
the Customer Service count-
er.
• AmazonSmile: Just sign
up to support Florence Com-
munity PTA at http://smile.
amazon.com, and then shop
as usual at Amazon Smile.
You’ll support us every time
you shop!
Follow and like us on
Facebook at Facebook.com/
FlorenceCommunityPTA.
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Siuslaw district happenings
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