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	National Healthy Schools Day is April 24, 2012 Maine PTA supports a healthy and safe environment for children and staff and is pleased and proud to join children, parents, teachers and other educators throughout the nation in observing National Healthy Schools Day. We promote policies that protect and enhance healthy learning environments for children (e.g., through the indoor air and environmental quality management, green cleaning, integrated pest management), because children need a healthy place to learn and school staff need a healthy place to work. Register your Healthy Schools Day activity here! Let others in your community know what you're doing for Healthy Schools Day by registering your activity on the Healthy Schools Network's activity  page. Be sure to visit the Event Planning page  and the Healthy School Day activies page  for other ideas and events Event Planning Page that are happening around the country. ____________________________________________ We hope your school year is going well! Please be in touch if we can help in any way. Maine PTA c/o Ginny Mott, ME PTA president 42 Damon Pasture Lane Lakeville, ME 04487 738-2180; vmott@almanacmtn.us   The mission of the PTA is... To support and speak on behalf of children and youth in the schools, in the community, and before the governmental bodies and other organizations that make decisions affecting children; and To assist parents in developing the skills they need to raise and protect their children; and To encourage parents and public involvement in the public schools of this nation.