PTA News

2010 Healthy Lifestyle Grants!

Applications are due by 5:00 p.m. EDT, Friday, September 10, 2010.

H1N1 Forum

H1N1 Forum, July 23rd

The Western MA H1N1 Experience: Looking Back and Moving Forward

Space is limited: REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED

WHEN: Friday, July 23, 2010; 8:00 am - 3:00 pm

WHERE: Baystate Health Education Center, 361 Whitney Ave., Holyoke, MA

New Partnership with MA Paid Leave Coalition

MassPTA joins the list of partner organizations for the Massachusetts Paid Leave Coalition.

PTA Night at NE Revolution

Sunday June 27th @ 7:00 pm-NE Revolution vs Chicago Fire

Special Pricing for MA PTA Night–$16 for corner seats ($22 Day of Game)

Brandy Bercier at (508) 549-0251 or by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

The Official PTA Kit

Discover the Possibilities with PTA!

Register for your free Official PTA Kit—PTA’s Big Box of Possibilities—and get the tools you need to serve your community and run your PTA. The kit contains the invaluable PTA Quick-Reference Guides, as well as membership materials, program and advocacy resources, and special offers from national partners.

MA Safe Chemical Act of 2010

Boston, MA - Health and environmental groups in Massachusetts applauded the introduction of federal legislation today to protect families from harmful chemicals. 

The “Safe Chemicals Act of 2010”, introduced  by Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Congressmen Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Bobby Rush (D-IL), will overhaul federal regulation of the chemical industry for the first time in 34 years.  

Massachusetts legislation that would replace toxic chemicals in everyday products with safer alternatives had a successful hearing this spring and awaits action in the Environment Committee currently.

Basic Rights Denied-Speaker Series on Special Needs Topics

Thursday, April 15th,  Elizabeth Hines Speaker Series at Margolis & Bloom, LLP

Ideal for parents, guardians and trustees of individuals with special needs.

Ellen M. Chambershas joined the firm of Margolis & Bloom, LLP, as a Special Education Advocate. Ellen received her B.A. degree in English from Lowell University, and graduated with honors from Bentley College's M.B.A. program. Her career as a Special Education Advocate spans thirteen years and has included work with Boston's Disability Law Center, the Arc, and the neuropsychological testing firm Psychological Testing Consultants of Fitchburg. Ellen is also the founder of the nonprofit special education watchdog group, SPEDWatch, which works to address systemic obstacles that deny schoolchildren their special education rights.

5:30 pm Check-in and Refreshments

6:00 pm Speaker

100th Anniversary Thank You

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our supporters and sponsors who attended the 100th Anniversary Celebration and Conference. It was a wonderful turnout and we ask that you, our membership please remember to visit those organizations who help make our mission possible.

MEFA UPLAN, AIM, Ooch World, Jungleplex, Creative Pear, CMR, Loretta LaRoche Productions

National Healthy Schools Day

National Healthy Schools Day is an important day for everyone to celebrate and promote healthy and green school environments for all children through the use of US Environmental Protection Agency’s Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Tools for Schools (TfS) Program.

Celebrated on Monday, April 26, 2010, National Healthy Schools Day is coordinated by Healthy Schools Network in collaboration with US EPA and the Council of Educational Facility Planners – International (CEFPI). It is the first day of School Building Week. The 2010 campaign will focus on using certified green cleaning products which help reduce pollutants from indoor air.

KICK BUTTS DAY! A Success

Thank you to all of you who turned out for the Kick Butts Day event and legislative meetings at the State House! With more than 200 youths in attendance along with Commissioner Auerbach and many legislators, there was high energy around the theme of youth taking on tobacco. Below is our press statement. www.tobaccofreema.net