What is a PTA?
MISSION
The mission of the PTA is three-fold:
- To support and speak on behalf of children and youth in the public schools, in the community and
before governmental bodies and other organizations that make decisions affecting children;
- To assist parents in developing the skills they need to raise and protect their children;
- To encourage parent and public involvement in the public schools of this nation.
PURPOSE
The purpose of the PTA is:
- To promote the welfare of children and youth in home, school, community and place of worship;
- To raise the standards of home life;
- To secure adequate laws for the care and protection of children and youth;
- To bring into closer relation the home and the school, that parents and teachers may cooperate
intelligently in the education of children and youth;
- To develop between educators and the general public such united efforts as will secure for all
children and youth the highest advantages in physical, mental, social and spiritual education.
WHAT DOES PTA DO?
PTAs work for children. PTAs meet together, study problems, support teachers, volunteer in schools,
attend workshops on parenting and become informed on issues regarding children and youth. As a result, PTA members become better parents, teachers and citizens.
