Difference between revisions of "Parent Teacher Associations"
From Central Park Historical Society Encyclopedia
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| + | The need was recognized by parents of children with special needs to organize and establish a Special Education PTA (SEPTA) in the Bethpage School District. A difficult undertaking in the beginning, but under the leadership of Judy Caputo we succeeded. On January 20th, 1976, with the assistance of the Nassau PTA leadership, Lori Aragona, Lillian Antonucci, Ann Albertson, Kathy Preziosi, Ann Galneck and Judy Caputo became charter members of Bethpage Special Education PTA. | ||
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| + | The purpose of SEPTA is to support the parent of a child with special needs. | ||
Revision as of 14:49, 5 November 2013
| Accomplishments and Activities of the Bethpage PTA | |
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| Date | Information |
| 1922 | Charter |
| 1924 | Words and music to "Central Park PTA" composed by Henry Ebisch |
| About 1930 | School lunch program financed with our state aid. Hot lunches served at 5 cents per person. Needy children free. Only one paid cook. All the rest volunteer help.
Purchase of equipment for kindergarten. |
| 1934 | Purchase of backdrop for stage in Powell Ave. School to improve acoustics.
Purchase of radio-phonograph for the school. Purchase of velvet curtains for stage. Book awards started to classes having highest attendance of parents at PTA meetings. |
| 1937-45 | Purchase of outdoor play equipment.
Purchase of movie projector. Insurance on it paid by PTA |
| 1940 | Purchase of books for Powell Ave. School. |
| 1944-47 | Purchase of two pictures for each classroom.
Award of two effort prizes each year for 8th grade graduation. Purchase of victrola records for school. |
| 1948-50 | Monthly teenage dances. |
| 1950 | Purchase of musical instrument for school use. |
| 1951 | Purchase of lectern for Broadway School. |
| 1952 | Purchase of picture library for Powell Ave. School. |
| 1953 | Establishment of the Bethpage PTA Scholarship Fund with a contribution of $100. |
| History of Bethpage Parent-Teacher Associations | |
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| Name | Date Found |
| Central Park PTA | 1926 |
| Bethpage PTA | 1936 |
| Bethpage PTA's Scholarship Fund | June 1953 |
| Bethpage H.S. PTA | June 10, 1954 |
| Bethpage Elementary PTA became | 1954 |
| Powell Avenue PTA | 1955 |
| Pine Ave. PTA | June 1955 |
| Central Blvd. PTA | Dec. 1955 |
| Kramer Lane PTA | June 1957 |
| Bethpage Council of PTA's | 1957 |
| Junior High School PTA | 1959 |
| Bloomingdale PTA | June 1959 |
| PTA Origins | |
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| Central Park Mothers' Club | 1922 |
| became | |
| Central Park PTA | 1926 |
| which became | |
| Bethpage PTA | 1936 |
| which became | |
| Bethpage Elementary PTA | 1954 |
| which became | |
| Powell Avenue PTA | 1955 |
| which became | |
| Broadway Elementary PTA | 1960 |
| which became | |
| Charles Campagne PTA | 1962 |
The need was recognized by parents of children with special needs to organize and establish a Special Education PTA (SEPTA) in the Bethpage School District. A difficult undertaking in the beginning, but under the leadership of Judy Caputo we succeeded. On January 20th, 1976, with the assistance of the Nassau PTA leadership, Lori Aragona, Lillian Antonucci, Ann Albertson, Kathy Preziosi, Ann Galneck and Judy Caputo became charter members of Bethpage Special Education PTA.
The purpose of SEPTA is to support the parent of a child with special needs.
