Austintown PTA celebrates past, present

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Neighbors | Submitted.Past Council presidents Kelly Phillips (left), Elise Skolnick, Joyce Pogany and Gerry Williams posed for a photograph at the Austintown Council of PTAs annual Founder's Day dinner Feb. 7.

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Neighbors | Submitted.A group of past Austintown PTA presidents posed for a photograph at the Feb. 7 Founder's Day dinner..The PTA hosted the annual dinner to celebrate the founding of the Parent Teacher Association.

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Neighbors | Submitted.The Austintown Council of PTAs awarded Austintown DARE Officer Jeff Toth with the Ohio PTA Achievement Award at the Feb. 7 Founder's Day dinner..Elise Skolnick, president of Austintown Council of PTAs, said he truly makes a difference in the lives of children.

The Austintown Council of PTAs hosted its annual Founder’s Day dinner Feb. 7 at Lucianno’s Banquet Center.

About 75 past PTA presidents, current PTA officers, board of education members and school administrators attended to celebrate the founding of the Parent Teacher Association.

“When Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Alice McLellan Birney founded PTA in 1897, I doubt they could picture what PTA would look like today,” said Elise Skolnick, president of Austintown Council of PTAs. “But I think they’d be proud of the Austintown PTA’s work.”

The association also presented Austintown DARE Officer Jeff Toth with the Ohio PTA Achievement Award, in recognition of his work on behalf of children in the district.

“He truly makes a difference in the lives of children,” said Skolnick.