The Peters Township PTA
Area Council is part of the Peters Township School District and District 9,
Region 4of the Pennsylvania PTA.The purpose of the National PTA, the
Pennsylvania PTA and the PT PTA Area Council is:
- To organize and develop
goals and programs to promote the overall welfare of our children and youth in
the home, school, community, and throughout the community;
- To raise the standards
of home life;
- To advocate for laws
that further the educations, physical and mental health, welfare, and safety of
children and youth;
- To promote the
collaboration and engagement of families and educators in the education of
children and youth;
- To engage the public in
united efforts to secure the physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and social
well-being of all children and youth; and
- To advocate for fiscal
responsibility regarding public tax dollars in public education funding.
Purpose of This Council
The purposes of this council PTA are to unify
and strengthen local PTAs comprising this council PTA and provide for the
conference, leadership training, and cooperation of the local PTAs in the
council PTA membership in order to create a public opinion favorable to the
interest of children, to encourage programs and projects in the various PTA
units which will carry out the Mission and Purposes of PTA, and to assist in
the formation of new PTAs according to the plan of the Pennsylvania PTA.
Meetings
The
Peters Township PTA Area Council holds General Meetings once per month.Meetings are held at 9:15 a.m. on the
Thursday following the PTSD School Board of Directors Regular Monthly Meetings
in the Boardroom at the District Administration Office.The meetings are conducted on a rotating
schedule where School Administrators present one month and District Administration
present the following month.The
schedule of meetings for the current year and who is presenting at each meeting
is posted below.
Membership
Membership in the Peters Township PTA Area
Council consists of local units chartered by the Pennsylvania PTA in Peters
Township School District.The General
Membership consists of the executive board, the president of each local
PTA/PTSA or their alternate, delegates or their alternates as outlined in the
Area Council By Laws, and standing committee and sub-committee chairpersons.
Committees
Current Area Council Committees include:
- PTA Reflections
- Character Counts
- Scholarship
- Student Pictures
- Welcoming Committee
- PTSD Directory
Voting
The
voting members of Area Council are made up of the officers, local unit
presidents, committee chairs and school delegates.
We
encourage all PTA members to attend our monthly meetings to help advocate for
the welfare of children in our school district.