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Mission & Purpose
Kentucky PTA was chartered in
1918 as a state affiliate of the National PTA. We
will celebrate our 100th anniversary in 2018. The KY
PTA is a non-profit, tax exempt, 501 ( c ) (3)
charitable association registered with the Internal
Revenue Service as an education organization. At the
end of the 2005-2006 school year Kentucky PTA
represented 400 local PTAs/PTSAs with a state
membership of 110,000. PTA's mission and purposes
are:
Harmony PTA was created in
2004 along with the construction of Harmony
Elementary School. Currently, Harmony is in
has excess of 300 members.
PTA Mission
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 government agencies 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.
Purposes of the PTA
- 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 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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