The PTA Pro­vides Sup­port in Many Ways

With shrink­ing bud­gets, increas­ing class sizes, gov­ern­ment man­dates, the chal­lenges of deliv­er­ing qual­ity edu­ca­tion are daunt­ing.  There is help.  Mitchell PTA is a group of ded­i­cated par­ents, teach­ers and staff doing what PTA does best: Har­ness the power of vol­un­teers while work­ing together to pro­vide excel­lent resources and pro­grams to all families.

 

When you get involved in PTA, the child who ben­e­fits the most is your own.  You also are tak­ing a major step toward improv­ing your child’s school, your com­mu­nity, and your state and national edu­ca­tion and health poli­cies.  PTA pro­motes the edu­ca­tion, health, and wel­fare of chil­dren and families.

 

Research shows stu­dents do bet­ter when their fam­i­lies are involved at home and at school.  Grades are higher.  Test scores rise.  Self-esteem grows.  Schools improve.

 

Mitchell PTA con­tributes money in a vari­ety of ways to every grade level.

 

PTA has been con­nect­ing par­ents to their children’s edu­ca­tion for 115 years.  It is the defin­ing orga­ni­za­tion for par­ent involvement.

5 Great Rea­sons to Be Part of PTA:

1. Be in the know. PTA helps you keep up with what is hap­pen­ing in your school and how you can sup­port your child’s education.
2. Access great resources. PTA pro­vides infor­ma­tion on top­ics rang­ing from home­work help to bul­ly­ing pre­ven­tion to media safety to child health and more.
3. Build rela­tion­ships. PTA con­nects you to other fam­i­lies through meet­ings, events, and com­mu­ni­ca­tions, and helps build a sense of community.
4. Hone your skills. PTA offers oppor­tu­ni­ties for you to expand your skills and tal­ents to ben­e­fit chil­dren and the school.
5. Speak up. PTA can help you effec­tively sug­gest changes at your child’s school and in your community.

What is PTA? Why join PTA?

The num­ber one rea­son to join the Par­ent Teacher Asso­ci­a­tion is to ben­e­fit your child. In doing so, you also help your school. But there are many more PTA advantages:

• Get Con­nected. There’s no bet­ter way to know what’s hap­pen­ing in your school.
• Dis­cover Great Resources. The PTA offers a vari­ety of pro­grams designed for par­ents as well as students.
• Tap into a Net­work. PTA func­tions are oppor­tu­ni­ties to meet other par­ents and teach­ers, build­ing rap­port and dis­cussing issues that are on your mind. You an share ideas, con­cerns, and experiences.
• Watch Your­self Grow. By vol­un­teer­ing with your PTA, you put your skills and hob­bies to use for a noble cause—your child and all chil­dren in the community.
• Speak Up. PTA can be a way for you to more effec­tively sug­gest change at your child’s school.
• Wit­ness Improve­ment. By get­ting involved at your child’s school you’ll be part of the solu­tion, help­ing make pos­i­tive changes. Local PTAs play an impor­tant role in fundrais­ing to pro­vide build­ing improve­ments, curriculum-based pro­grams, and social events.
• Be a Role Model. By becom­ing a PTA mem­ber, you’ll be demon­strat­ing to your child the impor­tance you place on education.
• Enjoy Sub­stan­tial Ben­e­fits. Indi­vid­u­als and local units can take advan­tage of a host of ben­e­fits from PTA mem­ber­ship includ­ing dis­counts and offers from mem­ber ben­e­fits providers and spon­sors, mag­a­zine sub­scrip­tions, lead­er­ship train­ing, e-newsletters and much more.

For less than 3 cents a day, you can become a PTA mem­ber, join­ing more than 5 mil­lion other peo­ple who share your inter­est in issues affect­ing chil­dren. Everyone—parents, edu­ca­tors, stu­dents and other cit­i­zens active in their schools and communities—is invited to join our not-for-profit par­ent teacher association.