Mission & Purposes
Utah PTA Mission Statement
The Utah PTA will help every child realize his/her full potential and will:
- Advocate - Support and speak on behalf of children and youth.
- Involve - Encourage positive involvement in all facets of a child's
life.
- Develop - Assist in developing skills to raise and protect
children and youth.
- 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 more 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, social, and spiritual education.
The Purposes of the PTA
The Mission of the PTA is three-fold:
- To support and speak on behalf of children and youth in the 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.
National PTA Mission Statement