REACH FOR THE STARS RECOGNITION – thru 2/28/2023
BLAINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL – CHICAGO
BUTTERFIELD PTA – LOMBARD
CAMPANELLI PTA – SCHAUMBURG
CENTRAL ROAD SCHOOL PTA – ROLLING MEADOWS
CHAMPAIGN CENTRAL PTSA – CHAMPAIGN
COLUMBUS MANOR PTA – OAK LAWN
CONRADY JR HS PTSA – HICKORY HILLS
DEVER PTA – CHICAGO
EARLY CHILDHOOD PTA – BELLEVILLE
EISENHOWER PTA – HOFFMAN
EMERSON PTA – ELMHURST
GEORGE W. LIEB – BRIDGEVIEW
HADLEY JR HIGH PTA – GLEN ELLYN
INDIAN TRAIL PTA – DOWNERS GROVE
KENDALL PTA – NAPERVILLE
LEGGEE PTA – HUNTLEY
LESTER PTA – DOWNERS GROVE
MCDADE CLASSICAL PTA – CHICAGO
NORRIDGE DISTRICT 80 PTA – NORRIDGE
SUTHERLAND PTA – CHICAGO
URBANA HIGH SCHOOL PTSA – URBANA
WESTMORE PTA – VILLA PARK
GOLD STAR LEVEL
CALVIN COOLIDGE PTA – LANSING
EDISON MIDDLE SCHOOL PTA – WHEATON
FOX LAKE DISTRICT 114 – SPRING GROVE
GLENBROOK PTA – STREAMWOOD
GRAHAM PTA – NAPERVILLE
HERRICK PTA – DOWNERS GROVE
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY PTA – DEKALB
JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL PTA – PLAINFIELD
MEMORIAL PTA, INC – TINLEY PARK
ORRINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTA – EVANSTON
WEHDE ECC PTA – CRYSTAL LAKE
WELCH PTA – NAPERVILLE
WHITTIER PTA – DOWNERS GROVE
WINSTON CAMPUS JR HIGH PTA – PALATINE
SILVER STAR LEVEL
BELLE AIRE PTA – DOWNERS GROVE
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY PTA – PARK RIDGE
BENNETT SHEDD PTA – CHICAGO
BLYTHE PARK PTA – RIVERSIDE
CARL SANDBURG PTSA – ROLLING MEADOWS
CASEYVILLE PTA – CASEYVILLE
CHARLES REED PTA – PLAINFIELD
CHESAK-MARTIN PTA – LAKE IN THE HILLS
CHURCHILL SCHOOL PTA – GLEN ELLYN
CLOW ELEMENTARY PTA – NAPERVILLE
CULVER SCHOOL PTA – NILES
DORN PTA – HICKORY HILLS
EICHELBERGER ELEMENTARY PTA – PLAINFIELD
FOREST RIDGE PTA – OAK FOREST
GRANGER MIDDLE SCHOOL – AURORA
JAY STREAM PTA – CAROL STREAM
JEFFERSON PTA – COLLINSVILLE
JEFFERSON PTA – ELMHURST
KIMBALL HILL PTA – ROLLING MEADOWS
LAKEVIEW PTA – HOFFMAN ESTATES
LEAL PTA – URBANA
LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL PTSA – BERWYN
LINCOLN PTA – BROOKFIELD
MAERCKER SCHOOL DISTRICT 60 PTA – CLARENDON HILLS
MARYVILLE PTA – GRANITE CITY
NICHOLS PTA – EVANSTON
NORTHEAST PTA – DANVILLE
O.A. THORP PTA – CHICAGO
OWEN ELEMENTARY PTA – NAPERVILLE
PARK VIEW PTA – LOMBARD
PETERSON PTA – NAPERVILLE
PIERCE DOWNER PTA – DOWNERS GROVE
PRAIRIE CHILDREN PTA – AURORA
STEVENSON II PTA – ELK GROVE
THOMAS PAINE PTA – URBANA
WENDELL SMITH PTSA – CHICAGO
WINSTON CAMPUS ELEM PTA – PALATINE
YORK CENTER/STEVENSON PTA – LOMBARD
BRONZE STAR LEVEL
COUNCIL DOWNERS GROVE AREA – DUPAGE EAST REGION
COUNCIL EVANSTON SKOKIE PTA – WEST SUBURBAN COOK REGION
COUNCIL GLEN ELLYN PTA – DUPAGE WEST REGION
VILLA PARK COUNCIL PTA – DUPAGE EAST REGION
ABRAHAM LINCOLN PTA – CHICAGO
ADDAMS PTA – SCHAUMBURG
ALDRIN PTA – SCHAUMBURG
BEN FRANKLIN PTA – GLEN ELLYN
BROOKS PTA – AURORA
CHARLESTON JOINT PTA – CHARLESTON
CHICAGO RIDGE PTA – CHICAGO RIDGE
CHUTE PTA – EVANSTON
COLLINS PTA – SCHAUMBURG
COLONA PTA – COLONA
DELAY-LACE PTA – DARIEN
EDISON PTA, INC – ELMHURST
EL SIERRA PTA – DOWNERS GROVE
FOREST HILLS PTA – WESTERN SPRINGS
FRANKLIN PTA – WHEATON
HANNUM PTA – OAK LAWN
HARNEW PTA INC – OAK LAWN
HAWTHORNE PTA – ELMHURST
HICKORY POINT PTA – NORTHBROOK
HILL PTSA – NAPERVILLE
HILLCREST PTA – DOWNERS GROVE
HOLLYWOOD SCHOOL PTA – BROOKFIELD
HOMEWOOD PTA – HOMEWOOD
HOOVER PTA – SCHAUMBURG
INDIAN PRAIRIE PTA – CRYSTAL LAKE
JACKSON PTA – ELMHURST
JACKSON PTA – VILLA PARK
JANE STENSON PTA – SKOKIE
JEFFERSON MIDDLE PTSA – CHAMPAIGN
JOHNSON, ELSIE PTA – HANOVER PARK
LAKE LOUISE PTA – PALATINE
LAKE PARK PTA – ADDISON
LINCOLN PTA – PALATINE
LONGFELLOW PTA – WHEATON
LORENA AVE PTA – WOOD RIVER
LOWELL PTA – WHEATON
LYON PLEASANT RIDGE PTA – GLENVIEW
MACARTHUR PTA, INC – HOFFMAN ESTATES
MADISON PTA – ELMHURST
MANOR HILL PTA – LOMBARD
MARION JORDAN PTA – PALATINE
MARY LOU COWLISHAW PTA – NAPERVILLE
MARYVILLE PTA – MARYVILLE
MEAD JR. HIGH PTA – ELK GROVE VILLAGE
MITCHELL PTA, INC – GRANITE CITY
NEIL ARMSTRONG PTA – HOFFMAN ESTATES
NORTH SCHOOL PTA – VILLA PARK
PATTERSON PTA – NAPERVILLE
POSEN-GORDON PTA – POSEN
PUFFER HEFTY PTA – DOWNERS GROVE
ROMONA PTA – WILMETTE
ROY DESHANE SCHOOL PTA – CAROL STREAM
SOUTH PTA – ARLINGTON HEIGHTS
SOUTHWEST PTA – GENESEO
STEWARDSON-STRASBURG PTSA – STRASBURG
SUNNYBROOK DISTRICT 171 PTA – LANSING
THORNTON COMMUNITY PTA – THORNTON
TWIN ECHO PTA – COLLINSVILLE
VIRGINIA LAKE PTA – PALATINE
WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL PTA – AURORA
WASHINGTON PTA – EVANSTON
WAUBONSIE VALLEY PTA – AURORA
WESTGATE PTA – ARLINGTON HEIGHTS
WHITE EAGLE PTA – NAPERVILLE
WOLF’S CROSSING PTA – AURORA
YOUNG PTA – AURORA
Reach for the Stars with Our Membership Recognition Program
Illinois PTA has a new membership recognition program to honor PTAs, PTA Councils, and Regions that grow and support PTA membership. The tiered program will recognize membership growth not just in this school year but is also structured for PTAs to build on their success year after year.
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To earn these reward levels, a PTA must meet the following requirements:
- Must be an active PTA for more than three fiscal years (so a baseline membership can be calculated—see below).
- Must have met the minimum membership requirements in the Illinois PTA bylaws for the current and previous three fiscal years.
- Must be a unit in good standing.
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Recognition will be awarded based on the level of membership growth a PTA has attained (more details on that below). The rewards are as follows:
- Bronze Star: Digital awards identifying the PTA as a “Bronze Star PTA” sized for use on social media and websites, physical recognition certificate that can be displayed at school, and recognition on the Illinois PTA website.
- Silver Star: Bronze Star rewards plus recognition in the Illinois PTA Convention Program.
- Gold Star: Silver Star rewards plus recognition during the Illinois PTA Convention Awards event.
- Platinum Star: Gold Star rewards plus a vinyl recognition banner with reinforced grommets that can be displayed at the school or at PTA events with the year of recognition included.
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Starting with the 2022-2023 school year and going forward, the baseline membership number for each PTA that has not earned a reward level this year will be the average of its membership for the three previous years.
Continuing Levels
Once a unit has earned a reward level, their rewards in the following year are based from the previous year’s membership only (not the three-year average). Units with an increase in membership can rise up to three levels:
- Membership growth <10% from the previous year: maintain current reward level.
- Membership growth 10% to 24% from the previous year: go up one reward level.
- Membership growth 25% to 49% from the previous year: go up two reward levels.
- Membership growth 50% or more from the previous year: go up three reward levels.
The highest reward level remains Platinum Star, so a PTA at the Gold Star level that increases membership by 30% still only goes up one level to Platinum Star.
Units that see a decrease in membership from the previous year may drop one or more levels:
- Membership decrease <10% from the previous year: maintain current reward level.
- Membership decrease 10% to 19% from the previous year: go down one reward level.
- Membership decrease 20% to 29% from the previous year: go down two reward levels.
- Membership decrease 30% or more from the previous year: go down three reward levels.
Units that drop below the Bronze Star level will go back to using the average membership for the three previous years in determining their reward level the following year. Units at the Platinum Star level can maintain their status by having their membership not see a decrease of 10% or more.
For units that earn the Platinum Star level for a second time, a sticker with the year will be provided that can be attached to the vinyl banner. The vinyl banner will have space for ten different year stickers. A PTA unit will receive a new vinyl banner when they reach the Platinum level for an eleventh time (and 21st time, etc.). PTAs will be able to display their Platinum Star status much like sports teams display their championships on banners.
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For PTA Councils and Regions, the program is identical to that for local PTA units; however, their membership baseline, target, or previous year numbers are calculated based on the total for all of their constituent units. The continuing level process would also work similarly to that for local PTA units.
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