Welcome to the 21st Century of PTA! 

Arizona PTA and its local PTA units are members of the largest volunteer child advocacy association in the nation.  Our association provides parents and families with a powerful voice to speak on behalf of every child while providing the best tools for families and communities to help their children be successful students.  Arizona and National PTA work in cooperation with many state and national education, health, safety, and child advocacy groups, as well as, state and federal agencies to collaborate on projects that benefit children and bring valuable resources to our members.

‘Making every child’s potential a reality’ is the PTA Mission.  For more than century we have been dedicated to engaging parents, teachers, schools, and the education community to improve learning in and out of the classroom.  In the 21^st century we are focused on connecting with all of those who share the idea the every child has great potential.  Working together we can empower parents and families in their efforts to raise healthy, well educated children.  Together, we can make a difference for all of Arizona ’s children, families, and the education community.

Connect to PTA – Arizona and National PTA.  We have so many outstanding programs, projects, events, materials, opportunities for leadership training and parent education, as well as services to enhance the work being done by our units and members.  Local units are encouraged to take advantage of programs such as our Parent Involvement Project.  Arizona PTA through a grant given to us from Arizona Department of Education, Health and Safety provides grants that are available to local PTAs/PTSAs for their schools.  Together with PIRC (Parent Involvement Resource Centers), parent involvement and education programs are available for families in Title 1 schools.  Our partner, McDonalds provides opportunities for local PTAs to receive awards for academic programs that encourage healthy lifestyles through Go-Active awards and the Readers Are Leaders for reading programs in their schools.  The PTA Reflections program is an opportunity for students in our local PTA schools to share their interpretation of this year’s theme ‘I Can Make a Difference by’ through their creative and artistic expressions.

PTA makes a difference in the lives of our children and our schools.  Whether the focus is on healthy lifestyles, promoting the arts, quality time, legislation related to education and children’s health, internet safety, focusing on fathers, leadership training, emerging minority leadership development, or  parent/family engagement, or any of our excellent programs, our local PTA units make a difference in our schools every day. They lead the way for Arizona ’s children to be successful in school. 

You can make a difference!  Join the local PTA at your local school, just by being a member tells a child that you are supporting their efforts to be successful in school.  Volunteer to help with a PTA event.  Attend PTA meetings.  Meet other parents and families.  Participate in parenting programs.  Take advantage of the members’ benefits by visiting the PTA website http://www.pta.org. 

Arizona PTA’s Board of Managers is committed to serving our local units and members with exceptional quality service, excellent training programs, and the latest information and resources for parents.  Plan now to participate at the 2008 Convention, May 30 – June 1, at the Carefree Resort.  PTA convention is the ultimate opportunity for training and resources to enable our PTAs to succeed at their school for their children. 

Please connect to your state board members via the Arizona PTA website http://www.azpta.org.  You are always welcome to serve on a statewide committee, assist with events, or help with Convention 2008. 

I encourage you to: Connect to PTA – Share the Mission .  My best wishes for a tremendously successful year to all of our Arizona PTA Local Units. Every Child, One Voice. 

Sincerely, 
Vivian Vincent, President
Arizona PTA, 2007-2009

Arizona PTA – Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow,
101 Years - Making A Difference for Arizona ’s Children, Families, and Education
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