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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Civil Rights, Education, Parent & Teacher Groups
Mission: The Mission of the PTA:* 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 Purpose 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.