This news summary is a service to our members and is from the Executive Office of the American Association of Physics Teachers, College Park, Maryland.

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• Help for the Physics Education Community Affected by Hurricane Katrina
• AAPT Grant Available for Innovative Physics Programs
• AAPT’s Executive Officer Search: Application deadline is October 1
• Win a free trip to Anchorage, Alaska
• 2005 High School Physics Photo Contest winners now on AAPT Site

Visit http://www.compadre.org/katrina. This bulletin board has been created to help the physics education community that has been affected by Hurricane Katrina.

AAPT has budgeted $1,000 to be used to support several high school physics teachers in coordinating physics projects in their schools. Only AAPT members are eligible. Proposals for the grant are due by November 1. For more information on the grant go to http://www.aapt.org/Grants/innovative.cfm

The Search Committee will continue to seek applications for the next AAPT Executive Officer through October 1. For more information go to http://www.aapt.org/eosearch

Visit http://www.aapt.org/Events/WM2006/contest.cfm for your chance to win air fare and hotel accommodations to the 2006 Winter Meeting, January 21-25, 2006 in Anchorage, Alaska. You must be a member to enter! For complete details about the 2006 Winter Meeting go to http://www.aapt.org/Events/meetings.cfm

Winning photos from the 2005 Physics Photo Contest have been posted on the AAPT website. Congratulations to all of the winners and participants. To view the winning photos go to http://www.aapt.org/Contests/pc05.cfm