Maryland Parent Involvement Matters Awards Call for Nominations

November 25th, 2014

Applications are now being accepted for the 2014 Maryland State Department of Education’s Parent Involvement Matters Awards (PIMA). The awards recognize parents and guardians who have made significant contributions to schools and school systems in improving education, securing resources, developing programs or influencing educational policy at local and state levels.

Created to highlight parents who have demonstrated significant involvement through volunteering, collaboration and communication with school and system officials, the PIMA Awards honor the involvement of parents in the educational process and the role they hold in student success.

2015 Maryland Parent Involvement Matters Award nominees must be parents or legal guardians of children attending Maryland public schools, and cannot be employees of MSDE or a Maryland public school system. Twenty-four semifinalists will be selected – one parent from each of the 23 Maryland counties and one from Baltimore City. Five finalists and one statewide winner will be named at an award celebration planned for spring 2015.

Nomination forms are available for download at www.MarylandPublicSchools.org/pima. Submissions must be postmarked by Wednesday, January 30, 2015.