Landon receives two accolades from state PTA at leadership convention

Posted on September 13, 2019 By Editor Junior Residents

The awards keep rolling in for the Parents-Teachers-Students Association at Julia Landon College Preparatory School.

In May, the PTSA from San Marco’s academically talented and leadership magnet school was designated the “Middle School PTSA of the Year,” by the Duval County Council PTA, and this July, Landon’s PTSA Board members were pleased to discover they had been recognized with two awards for the 2018-2019 school year – “Local Unit Achievement” and “Diversity, Equity & Inclusion” – at the Florida PTA Leadership Convention in Innisbrook.

Board member Michelle Mathis O’Malley accepted the awards on behalf of the San Marco school at the convention on July 20.

At the end of the school year, the Florida PTA invites all units within the state to apply for various awards recognizing the work it accomplished the past year. Landon’s PTSA Awards Chairperson Rana Shaban completed several applications by providing details of many pertinent programs offered to students, faculty and family by the PTSA during the last school year. The winning schools were recognized during the convention.

“When I received an email from Florida PTA stating that our PTSA had earned the Local Unit Achievement Award, my first thought was ‘oh, that’s really nice,’” said Terri Nelson, JLCP PTSA president. “But then my next thought was, ‘Now I’m curious how many other PTAs in the state also received this award.’”

When she discovered Landon was the only school to receive the prestigious award from all middle and high school applications, Nelson said she was excited to share the news with all her committee chairpersons who had worked hard to plan and implement the school’s programs. “They, along with other parent, grandparent, and guardian volunteers, collectively, are the reason we won this distinction,” she said.

Landon also won the Diversity Award for its programs focused on increasing male role model involvement in student school life. Fathers, grandfathers, uncles and other significant male role models were invited to join with their student during two occasions – the twice annual “Donuts with Dads” and the monthly “All Pro Dads” events.

“We have already planned our 2019-2020 PTSA calendar of events and look forward to serving the Landon community with meaningful programs this year,” said Nelson.

To learn more about JLCP PTSA happenings go to the Julia Landon College Prep PTSA page on Facebook or julialandonptsa.weebly.com.