About PTA

About PTA

PTA Vision*

Making every child's potential a reality.

PTA Mission*

To make every child’s potential a reality by engaging and empowering families and communities to advocate for all children.

PTA Purposes

· 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.

* National PTA has recently adopted a new vision and mission for PTA. Please update all of your materials and communications to reflect the new PTA Vision and PTA Mission. (October 2010)

PTA Structure

· CCCC of PTAs includes 46 Local Units located within Clear Creek ISD, Dickinson ISD and La Marque ISD and is part of Area 10 PTA. Organized in 1950.

· Area 10 includes the following counties: Austin, Brazoria, Colorado, Galveston, Matagorda and Wharton. (If a county is divided between Areas, the school district will be listed instead of the county.)

· Area 10 includes the following Independent School Districts: Brazos, Clear Creek, Fort Bend, Friendswood, Hempstead, Katy, Kendleton, Lamar, La Porte, Needville, Pasadena, Pearland, Royal, Stafford, and Waller.

· Area 10 is located in Region 2.

· Texas PTA is over 600,000 members strong and is composed of 6 Regions, 18 Areas, and 42 Councils.

· National PTA is nearly 6 million members strong with 54 state congresses, (includes the District of Columbia, Europe, Pacific and the Virgin Islands) in 23,000 local chapters.

National PTA

Texas PTA

Texas PTA Area 10 President Liz O’Donnell

Texas PTA Region 2 Vice President Tonita Franklin

TEXAS PTA AREA 10

TEXAS PTA REGION 2

President – Sharon Goldblatt
1st Vice President – Karen Slay
2nd Vice President – Leslie Boggs
Secretary – Karen Martin
Treasurer – Lisa Holbrook
Historian - Christopher Salerno

Region Vice Presidents:
I – Kerry Bowdry
II – Tonita Franklin
III – Karen Fullen
IV – Larriann Curtis
V – Susanne Hutchinson
VI – Lois Buford

Members-at-Large:
Karen Schultz
Cindy Smith
Chris Reeder
Monica Traywick
Bessie Wise Coleman

Committee Chairmen:
Arts in Education - Terri Bieber
Board Development - Lois Pearson
Councils - Chris Lloyd
Environmental - Lindsay Satterwhite-Preston
Healthy Lifestyles - Carey Dabney
Inclusiveness - Elizabeth Campbell
Leadership - Renee Walker
Legislative Action - Leah Filzow-Perez
Membership - Kris Vaughn
Parent Education Programming - Heather Ashwell-Hair
Parent Involvement - Chris Zimmer
Youth Protection - Scott Brown