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Georgia PTA 4th District
Spring Conference and Awards Ceremony
FAMILY: A Celebration of the Heart
Thursday, March 24, 2005
Hosted by St. Mary's Magnet Academy PTA
4408 St. Mary's Road, Columbus, Georgia
This free conference was open to everyone! All PTA leaders and their families, new officers, school staff, and friends of PTA. This conference was intended as an end-of-year celebration to honor the hard work of our volunteers, but also to involve and show appreciation for family, friends, and school administration.

Registration began at 6:00 p.m. Guests came early to visit with our speakers and enjoyed a wonderful buffet of appetizers and variety of desserts, courtesy of Sutton's Catering Service of Riverdale, Georgia.
We had a lot of great things on the agenda:
Election of 2005-2007 4th district officers - Kenn German was elected new district director

Inspiration, sung by Miss Merideth Slaker

Tommy Johns, magician and educator from Atlanta performed

Keynote Speaker, Ms. Charlotte Russell Johnson
Author of Daddy's Hugs spoke on the important role fathers have in their children's lives

Laughing Matters, Atlanta's leading improvisation troupe really livened things up

Awards for outstanding achievements in  membership, event attendance, and tribes given:

1st Place Tribe: YELLOW TRIBE

Strength-in-Numbers Award (highest points achieved)
Elementary: 1st - Wesley Heights, 2nd - St. Mary's, 3rd - New Mountain Hill
Middle School: 1st - Blackmon Rd, 2nd - DCMS, 3rd - Midland MS/HC-Carver MS
High School: 1st - Columbus High, 2nd - Northside/Hardaway, 3rd - Harris County High

Highest Membership Increase
Elementary: 1st - Edgewood, 2nd Chattaoochee County, 3rd - Dimon Magnet Academy
Middle School: 1st - Midland MS, 2nd - DCMS, 3rd - Harris County-Carver
High School: 1st - Northside, 2nd - Harris County High, 3rd - Columbus/Hardaway

Superior Membership Award
(achieved all membership levels: early bird, target, oak tree, partner)
River Road Elementary

Outstanding Unit Award (highest points overall of all district PTAs)
Columbus High


Amazing prizes were given away:
Columbus Catfish Sky Box give-a-way  - Terry Simoneau won

The Magic of Reading - a school assembly program by Tommy Johns
won by Dawson Elementary

Improv-style School Assembly - by Laughing Matters
won byArnold Magnet Academy

Also:

Gifts given to the first 50 adult attendees and first 20 children

Free parenting literature

Six Flags Coupons were given out for your school (Buy 1 Get 1 FREE)

College financial aid representative was on hand

Columbus Catfish baseball schedules were handed out and Catfish mascot was there!
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