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The National, State, and Local PTA all share the same mission and purpose. As you will see (or have already seen!), everything the Colin Powell PTA does is in pursuit of the overall PTA’s stated mission and purpose.
This is the three-part Mission that applies to all levels of the PTA:
- To support and speak on behalf of children and youth in the 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; and
- To encourage parent and public involvement in the public schools of this nation.
The PTA’s Mission is really a set of clear, unwavering goals that guide everything that any local PTA or its members does. The PTA Mission really answers the question, “What’s the PTA all about?”
Likewise, the PTA also has more specific objectives. Basically, the PTA purpose answers the question, “What specifically does the PTA try to do?” Here, then, is the PTA’s purpose, at all three levels:
- To promote the welfare of the 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.
So, What about the Colin Powell PTA?
The Colin Powell PTA is a group of concerned parents, guardians, family members, teachers, administrators, and school staff—all focused on a single objective: the well-being of our children.
The Powell PTA focuses attention on the needs of our children (Powell’s students) by connecting the PTA (our officers, committees, and members) with the School (the principal and his team, the teachers, and staff).
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