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PAL® Middle School Conference
November 6, 2010
Akins High School
Austin, TX

Thanks to everyone who attended and participated in the 21st Annual PAL® Middle School Conference! We had a great time with you all!

 


RESCHEDULE DATE & DETAILS:
The 2011 PAL® Conference date has been rescheduled for Friday, March 25th through Saturday, March 26th, 2011 at Akins High School.

PAL® High School Conference
March 25th and 26thth 2011

Akins High School
Austin, TX

THE 24th ANNUAL PAL® HIGH SCHOOL CONFERENCE IS ALMOST HERE!

THE THEME THIS YEAR IS:
TIME: You Cannot Save it,
You Cannot Collect it, You Can Only Spend It.
HOW ARE YOU SPENDING YOUR TIME?
 
Conference Schedule:
Friday, March 25th, 2011
  
2 p.m. - 4 p.m.  Registration/Welcome Session
7 p.m. - 9 p.m.  Dance and Movie
 
Saturday, March 26th, 2011
8 a.m. - 9 a.m. Registration and Breakfast
9 a.m. -10 a.m. Opening Session/Keynote
10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Morning Workshops
12 p.m. - 1 p.m. Boxed Lunch – Catered by Schlotzskys
1 p.m. - 3 p.m. Afternoon Workshops
3 p.m. – 4 p.m. Closing Ceremony
 
REGISTRATION:
We are not reopening registration but rather adjusting what the final numbers were for your school for the original conference.
• If you need to switch out people there will no no additional charge for that.
• If you would like to add any registrants, as a courtesy we will add them at the rate of the period you first registered in.
• For cancellations, please see below.

Any additions, substitutions, or cancellations must be sent to tara.cowan@palusa.org by email.
The final number of students and adults that will be coming along and their names/shirt sizes must be received via email by March 9th.
There will be no registration additions or cancellations allowed after Wednesday, March 9th.

If you have already paid, we will apply that money towards the rescheduled conference. If you have not paid, we will issue you an invoice. Please, then, email us at palconference@gmail.com or fax us a P.O. at (512) 338-0939 to show that you are working on payment.


CANCELLATIONS:
If you need to cancel any students from your original registrations, due to the extreme circumstances which are at fault to no one, we will give you a full refund per cancellation.
• This applies only to cancellations due to the reschedule and inclement weather.
• Cancellations made prior to this Force Majeure event are still subject to the $20 cancellation fee.

Because we already ordered shirts, if your whole school has to cancel, we would greatly appreciate you still buying the shirts we ordered for you. This costs of shirts was included in the registration fees and is $10/person. Please let us know if your school has to cancel if you are open to this.

If you need to make any cancellations which reduces the amount of people that were set to come, email  tara.cowan@palusa.org by or before March 9th. There will be no registration additions or cancellations allowed after Wednesday, March 9th.


WORKSHOPS:
Previous workshop descriptions we sent out may be subject to change depending on the availability of speakers and schools.

• If your school was set to present workshops, please let me know if your school will still be attending and the workshops are still set to go. Please let us know by February 23rd.
• If your school is interested in presenting a workshop, please let us know by February 23rd.

Once we get everything re-finalized, we will send out another email with workshop information details to help your students plan which to try and attend.


OTHER DETAILS:
If you were unable to RSVP to the "TIME CHALLENGE!" and want to be part of it, we will still be doing this on Friday, March 26th between 2:00 p.m. and 3:30ish. Please RSVP by March 9th if you want to participate and have not yet RSVP'd.