Welcome to
the Washington State PTA Website!
The Washington State PTA (WSPTA) is a nonprofit, membership
association which seeks to bring together the home, school and
community on behalf of all children and youth.
The WSPTA is governed by a Board of Directors consisting of
four statewide officers, 13 region directors, a leadership
director, a legislative director, a membership director, and a program
director. The WSPTA is chartered by and affiliated with
the National PTA.
The mission of the PTA is
three-fold:
- To support and speak on
behalf of children and youth in the schools, 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 raise and protect their
children;
- To encourage parent and
public involvement in the public schools of this nation.
The Objects of the PTA
- To promote the welfare of
the 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 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, mental, social, and spiritual education.
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