Author: Rachel Oechel

We are excited to announce the 2023-2025 Ninth District PTA Officers! Congratulations and THANK YOU!

HUGE thank you to the outgoing Officers, your time and commitment to positively impact the lives of all students and families was tremendous.

• Olivia De Abreu, 8th Grade, Bernardo Heights Middle, Literature
• Sophia Chung, 3rd Grade, Kelly Elementary, Photography
• Seohyun Ellie Bae, 5th Grade, Sycamore Ridge, Visual Arts

Congratulations to three of our very own Ninth District PTA students for receiving the Award of Excellence in the Reflections arts program at the State level! The Award of Excellence entries will be displayed at the California State PTA Convention in the Reflections Art Gallery and in a video presentation at one of the General Sessions. The art will continue to the National PTA Reflections level for reviewing! Congratulations to our wonderful students!

Casa de Oro PTA – $800 Grant for an after-school choral music program that will be open to all grades (Transitional Kindergarten through sixth grade).

Hope Elementary School PTA – $800 Grant for a Compassion Day program that will introduce neurotypical and “able-bodied” students to some of the challenges their peers navigate while trying to access the same education, demonstrating the necessity for modifications and accommodations for disabled students.

Lincoln Elementary PTA – $800 Grant for a community closet to have items of high demand readily available in the Family Center.  This will assist with meeting the needs of students immediately without a delay. 

Logan Memorial PTSA – $800 Grant for an educational program to survey the campus climate and support the administrators, teachers, parents and students in cultivating a more welcoming and safe environment. Survey results will be shared with the school community and Logan Memorial PTSA will facilitate a series of three parent and student feedback sessions.

Mount Miguel PTSA – $800 Grant for a Black History Month program that includes community speakers, a contest for students to submit original projects in several categories (dance, music film, literature, photography, visual arts), transportation to the SDSU Black Conference and more.

Rolando Elementary School PTA – $800 Grant for a program that is 6 weeks of ballroom dance lessons that ends with a dance showcase. Students will participate in dance lessons to learn basic fundamentals and a choreographed dance they will perform in front of their parents. In previous years, this program was for all 4th grade students. The students that are now in 5th and 6th grade were unable to participate in the 4th grade ballroom dance program due to the pandemic. The PTA approved a motion to include the 5th and 6th grade students this year which created an added expense.

Sage Creek High School PTSA – $400 Grant to help fund their series of College and Career Prep programs.Sherman PTA – $800 Grant to fund and support the Science Club on campus.

Congratulations!  If your PTA is interested in finding out more about any of these programs, contact Betsy Mueller at communityconcerns@ninthdistrictpta.org.

Apply for a Ninth District PTA Program Grant of up to $800!

Grant applications due by noon on January 11, 2023  

Ninth District PTA is offering Program Grants to unit and council PTAs in good standing. These grants are to develop and implement programs and projects that support the PTA mission and goals. Ninth District PTA grants are a one-time funding source. Individual grant awards will not exceed $800.

Click Here for Grant Rules and Application.

Questions? Contact Ninth District PTA Grants Committee Chair, Betsy Mueller at communityconcerns@ninthdistrictpta.org.