Comcast and the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) are sponsoring the fifth annual Comcast Parent Involvement Matters Award (PIMA) program. The annual award recognizes parents and guardians whose contributions have led to improvements in Maryland public schools.
The program was created to highlight the positive impact parents have on public schools and to encourage parent involvement. Parents and guardians can be nominated for demonstrating significant, positive impact on public education in their communities.
Nominees must be a parent/legal guardian of a child in a Maryland public school, and a consistent advocate of public education. Nominees must have also demonstrated involvement in one of the five following areas within the last 24 months: communicating; volunteering; learning; decision marking; and/or community collaboration.
Nominations must include three letters of recommendation, a two-page narrative essay describing the nominee’s contribution to public education and completed nomination forms. Five finalists will be selected and the winner will be announced at a celebration later this spring.
Nomination forms are available on MSDE’s Web site at Parent Involvement Matters Award. Nomination packets must be postmarked by Tuesday, Jan. 31, and should be sent to: Maryland State Department of Education, Division of Academic Policy, 7th Floor, Attention: PIMA, 200 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201. Incomplete applications will not be considered and submissions will not be accepted online or by e-mail.
The program was created to highlight the positive impact parents have on public schools and to encourage parent involvement. Parents and guardians can be nominated for demonstrating significant, positive impact on public education in their communities.
Nominees must be a parent/legal guardian of a child in a Maryland public school, and a consistent advocate of public education. Nominees must have also demonstrated involvement in one of the five following areas within the last 24 months: communicating; volunteering; learning; decision marking; and/or community collaboration.
Nominations must include three letters of recommendation, a two-page narrative essay describing the nominee’s contribution to public education and completed nomination forms. Five finalists will be selected and the winner will be announced at a celebration later this spring.
Nomination forms are available on MSDE’s Web site at Parent Involvement Matters Award. Nomination packets must be postmarked by Tuesday, Jan. 31, and should be sent to: Maryland State Department of Education, Division of Academic Policy, 7th Floor, Attention: PIMA, 200 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201. Incomplete applications will not be considered and submissions will not be accepted online or by e-mail.