Lehman-Jackson PTA Mission Statement

About the PTA

Mission Statement

The mission of the PTA is threefold:

To support and speak on behalf of children and youth in the school, 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 protect their children.
To encourage parent and public involvement in the public schools of this nation.

The Objectives of the PTA

To promote the welfare of children and youth in home, school, community, and place of worship.
To raise the standard of home life.
To secure adequate laws for the care and protection of children and youth.
To bring into closer relation the home and school so 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 that will secure for all children and youth the highest advantages in physical, mental, social, and spiritual education.