{"id":23316,"date":"2019-04-03T14:31:21","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T18:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/?p=23316"},"modified":"2019-04-03T14:31:21","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T18:31:21","slug":"north-hunterdon-ptsa-wins-award-of-merit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webdev.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/north-hunterdon-ptsa-wins-award-of-merit\/","title":{"rendered":"North Hunterdon PTSA Wins Award of Merit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/files\/2019\/04\/NHHS-PTSA-Merit-Award.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"nofollow\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-23317 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/files\/2019\/04\/NHHS-PTSA-Merit-Award-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/webdev.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/files\/2019\/04\/NHHS-PTSA-Merit-Award-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/webdev.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/files\/2019\/04\/NHHS-PTSA-Merit-Award-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/webdev.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/files\/2019\/04\/NHHS-PTSA-Merit-Award-819x1024.jpg 819w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>North Hunterdon High School PTSA\u00a0Awarded the New Jersey PTA 2019 Special Award of Merit\u00a0For Membership and Recruitment<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>New Jersey PTA is pleased to announce that North Hunterdon High School PTSA has been recognized as the recipient of a special Award of Merit in membership and recruitment at the<br \/>\nNJPTA 118th Convention Awards Celebration held on March 23, 2019. North Hunterdon High School PTSA was recognized for its outstanding contribution to improve the lives of the children at their school. North Hunterdon High School PTSA is one of the 600 PTAs across the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew Jersey\u2019s PTAs continue to strive for the children of New Jersey. They are committed to making every child\u2019s potential a reality,\u201d said Rose Acerra, President of New Jersey PTA. \u201cWe are pleased to recognize the leadership and dedication of North Hunterdon High School PTSA. This PTA is making a significant contribution to PTA, their school and community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>North Hunterdon High School PTSA committed to make their PTSA compliant with NJPTA. A PTSA is a special kind of PTA that not only has parents (P) and teachers (T) as members but also students (S). Their PTSA involved more students as members and grew membership by 94% in a six-month time-span. A PTSA brings a unique outlook to PTA by involving the students\u2019 perspective to the school\u2019s PTA. The membership increase shows that students can make a significant impact on the PTA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis special award was given out for a remarkable push to increase PTA membership. Local PTAs bring amazing, innovative programs and services to children and families every day,\u201d said Rose Acerra, President of New Jersey PTA, \u201cand we are honored to recognize and celebrate their achievements.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the NJPTA, visit NJPTA.org.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About NJPTA:<\/strong> NJPTA was founded in 1900 and today is comprised of over 600 local PTAs and 100,000 members. It is part of National PTA\u2019s voice with over 3.5 million members.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About PTA:<\/strong> PTA\u00ae is comprised of families, students, teachers, administrators, and business and community leaders devoted to the educational success of children and the promotion of parent involvement in schools. PTA is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit association that prides itself on being a powerful voice for all children, a relevant resource for families and communities, and a strong advocate for public education. Membership in PTA is open to anyone who wants to be involved and make a difference for the education, health and welfare of children and youth. National PTA was founded in 1897.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/files\/2019\/04\/PTSA-with-staff-and-award.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"nofollow\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-23318 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/files\/2019\/04\/PTSA-with-staff-and-award-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/webdev.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/files\/2019\/04\/PTSA-with-staff-and-award-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/webdev.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/files\/2019\/04\/PTSA-with-staff-and-award-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/webdev.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/files\/2019\/04\/PTSA-with-staff-and-award-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/webdev.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/files\/2019\/04\/PTSA-with-staff-and-award.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Hunterdon High School PTSA\u00a0Awarded the New Jersey PTA 2019 Special Award of Merit\u00a0For Membership and Recruitment New Jersey PTA is pleased to announce that North Hunterdon High School PTSA has been recognized as the recipient of a special Award of Merit in membership and recruitment at the NJPTA 118th Convention Awards Celebration held on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-north-news","category-top-news"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"msmagala","author_link":"https:\/\/webdev.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/author\/msmagala\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-25 17:30:54","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webdev.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webdev.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webdev.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webdev.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webdev.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23316"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/webdev.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23319,"href":"https:\/\/webdev.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23316\/revisions\/23319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webdev.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webdev.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webdev.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}