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Newsletter
for the fourth week of November 2008
Do you know....How
old is the National PTA? When
is its Founder Day? Find
out the answer at the end of this newsletter
PTA
TRIVIA
The National
PTA was originally called the National Congress of Mothers and the first
convocation was held on February 17, 1897 by Alice
McLellan Birney and Phoebe Apperson Hearst.
According to reports, more than 2,000 people attended at the
Arlington Hotel ballroom! This
far exceeded the founder’s expectations. Remember that the year is 1897, twenty-three years before
women got the vote.
For more than a century, Parent Teacher Association
(PTA) has provided support, information and resources to families
focused on the health and education of children.
If not for these women and their vision and determination, there
would not be a PTA—an organization that has been woven into the very
fabric of American life.
By whatever name it has been known, National PTA was
created to meet a profound challenge: to better the lives of children. And
today, it continues to flourish because PTA has never lost sight of its
goal: to change the lives of children across our great nation for the
better
PTA entered the new millennium with renewed energy to
supply the critical link between parents and educators, government,
and the legal system. National security, No Child Left Behind, and the
digital divide became important issues. So, too, did children’s health
and safety reassert themselves as national concerns. PTA responded by
creating new resources to encourage safe communities, anti-bullying
measures, and healthy lifestyles at home and at school. As a means to
galvanize all PTAs, a new tagline was adopted in 2001—everychild.
onevoice.—to encapsulate the power and legacy of
PTA. While our PTA community has grown and changed, one thing remains
constant—caring members continue to make a difference every day.
CALENDAR
Happy Thanksgiving
Dec. 1 PTAC General Meeting, 7:30 pm at the ARL
HAPPY
NEW YEAR
Jan.
5
PTA Council general
meeting 7:30 pm at ARL
Answers
to trivia question: PTA will be 112 years on Feb. 17, 2009
THANK
YOU FOR BEING AN ADVOCATE FOR EVERY CHILD! |
