Peralta District PTA

Peralta District PTA encompasses all of Alameda County and is one of 29 PTA districts that make up the California State PTA. Peralta District PTA serves nearly 160 PTAs, about half of which are in the 6 PTA councils (of Alameda, Albany, Berkeley, Fremont, Pleasanton and San Lorenzo) and the other half in PTA units in the cities of Castro Valley, Hayward, Livermore, Newark, Oakland, and San Leandro.

Click here for the current version (June 2010) of the Peralta Newscaster.

June 5th Annual Conference - Officer Training
Continental breakfast, speaker, workshops, lunch and exhibitors' alley, workshops
Well worth the time for you and your PTA!
Click here for Registration flier and information

Meeting Changes: Please see the revised calendar below on changes to the meeting schedule for the remaining of the year. Changes are in bold.

Submit 2010-2011 Rosters Online:
With the election of new leaders for the 2010-2011 school year it is vital for all units/councils to provide us with email addresses (as well as other contact information) of their board members. To make it easier for units/councils to submit contact information, Peralta has established an online method to submit your roster information. Click HERE to submit your roster online.

Unit/Council Presidents are requested to make sure that the online roster information be submitted as early as possible after elections! Thank you for your help in this critical matter.

OMDRPlus Powered By Just Between Friends (JBF):
JBF enables you to streamline your member management, communications, directories and volunteer management. It was developed to simplify your life and strengthen your PTA. There are currently about 650 units in CA using JBF. OMDR will be phased out in the future, so I encourage you to set up a JBF account now. If you‚ve been using OMDR, you‚ll be able to get your data from OMDR into Just Between Friends. You'll just have to make revisions to ensure that you have up to date data for the next school year.

Click HERE to learn how to get your PTA started and take advantage of enlightening training opportunities - instructional pdfs and online webinars!

November Ballot Initiative: Help Improve School Funding Initiative get on the November 2010 ballot! This initiative is to amend the California constitution so that special taxes for local school districts, commonly known as parcel taxes, can be approved by a 55% vote of the qualified electors. Click here for CAPTA's support letter which includes the initiative's website. Your help is needed!

Our Executive Board meetings are open to any officer or chairman from any PTA unit, council, or district in California. Our Association meetings are open to all PTA members. Meetings are generally held at the Alameda County Office of Education at 313 West Winton Avenue in Hayward from 7:00-9:00pm. Any changes in dates or locations will be publicized in our monthly newsletter and on the web site.

If you are located in the following areas, you are part of a Council and must contact your Council Treasurer for due dates: Alameda, Berkeley, Fremont, Pleasanton, and San Lorenzo. Your Council Treasurer must submit these items to the District Treasurer or Financial Secretary by the dates below. For a complete list of Units in Council, please click here.

If you are a unit in the following areas, Albany, Castro Valley, Hayward, Livermore, Newark, Oakland, and San Leandro*, you must submit the items to the District Treasurer or Financial Secretary by the due date below. (* With several exceptions. See list of Units Out Of Council.) Click here to download any necessary forms.

Although not a PTA deadline, TAX FORMS ARE DUE NOVEMBER 15th for any PTA with a fiscal year that ends on June 30 (which is true for 99.9% of the Peralta District PTAs). The IRS does send penalty letters to those not filing. Please contact Peralta District immediately upon receiving such correspondence from the IRS. For more information on who must file, see Tax Information.

The following are due dates for receipt by Peralta District for various awards and events.

Please Note: These deadlines are for councils and out-of-council units only. Units in a council must follow their council deadlines so that their council can meet these Peralta deadlines. Any other deadlines mentioned in mailings from State and National PTA are deadlines for districts, not for units and councils.

The TOOLKIT is the resource guide / manual of the California State PTA that is sent to all PTA presidents every two years. (Changes and updates are sent in the Summer Service Mailing from State PTA and must be inserted in the Toolkit.) It is available to all officers and chairman on CD in both English and Spanish. Click here to order this CD from the California State PTA: www.capta.org under "Resources." You can download the whole Toolkit or just the part that you need.

For a list of Peralta District officers and Council presidents, please visit the Officers page.