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PTA VISION, MISSION & VALUES

 

PTA VISION

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

PTA MISSION​

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

PTA VALUES

Collaboration

We will work in partnership with a wide array of individuals and organizations to broaden and enhance our ability to serve and advocate for all children and families.

Commitment

We are dedicated to children’s educational success, health, and well-being through strong family and community engagement, while remaining accountable to the principles upon which our association was founded.

Diversity

We acknowledge the potential of everyone without regard, including but not limited to: age, culture, economic status, educational background, ethnicity, gender, geographic location, legal status, marital status, mental ability, national origin, organizational position, parental status, physical ability, political philosophy, race, religion, sexual orientation, and work experience.

Respect

We value the individual contributions of members, employees, volunteers, and partners as we work collaboratively to achieve our association’s goals.

Accountability

All members, employees, volunteers, and partners have a shared responsibility to align their efforts toward the achievement of our association’s strategic initiatives.

Winter 2023 Meeting Schedule

Held either In person or on Zoom. Check your official PTA email for the link OR email norfolkpta@gmail.com

For each meeting, we will host a PTA Clinic at 6:30 p.m. This Clinic is an informal session for local units to ask questions, get help, meet other PTA leaders. The regular PTA Council meeting will start at 7 p.m. PTA Council meetings are open to all Norfolk PTA officers, committee chairs, and administrative designees.

Feb. 1*

Feb. 16

 

*Zoom Meeting

 

Three key benefits of being part of the PTA community

Information

Information

PTA offers email newsletters that keep members up-to-date on the latest grant offers, program updates and advocacy alerts. PTA members know and are prepared for what’s happening in education around the country.

Guidance

Guidance to Run Your PTA

Running any parent group can be challenging and sometimes overwhelming. Only PTA offers a Back-to-School Kit and an e-learning webinar library to help PTA leaders become trained and prepared to serve their communities and manage local PTA units. Unaffiliated parent groups do not have this vast set of guides, sample templates and tips to use in their school.

Networking

Networking

Need help figuring out a problem at your child’s school or want to spread a great idea around? You’ll be able to interact with like-minded parents at district, state and national PTA functions.

Why PTA Matters

It’s important to know that many of the decisions that impact children’s education are not made by educators at their schools. These decisions frequently come from district, state or federal officials. According to the 2012 U.S. census, there are 114,991,725 households in the United States, but only 33,763,140 contain children of school age (age 3-18). This means that less than 30% of U.S. households have children in school—and over 70% do not.

So, when issues affecting children and schools are discussed, families with children need to join forces with teachers and school administrators to be heard, because there is a good chance that the people making the decisions (politicians, school board members, community leaders, etc.) do not live with children. PTA has the ability to use our collective voice to share real-life experiences about what it is like to raise a family today—or go to school—with the critical decision-makers who may not have that perspective. If they don’t live with or know about today’s challenges, how can they clearly see tomorrow’s solutions?

PTA gives parents a united and powerful voice, a seat at the decisionmaking table and the tools to influence change that will better the lives of all children.

Unaffiliated parent groups by design do not have this type of influence on their community, region, state or at the federal level. The ability to speak for every child with one voice is the Power of PTA.

PTA offers the unique benefit of being part of a larger system of support. When a PTA is present, there’s stability and common good for the entire school community.

– Sherry Griffith, Executive Director, California State PTA

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PTA VISION, MISSION & VALUES

 

PTA VISION

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

PTA MISSION​

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

PTA VALUES

Collaboration

We will work in partnership with a wide array of individuals and organizations to broaden and enhance our ability to serve and advocate for all children and families.

Commitment

We are dedicated to children’s educational success, health, and well-being through strong family and community engagement, while remaining accountable to the principles upon which our association was founded.

Diversity

We acknowledge the potential of everyone without regard, including but not limited to: age, culture, economic status, educational background, ethnicity, gender, geographic location, legal status, marital status, mental ability, national origin, organizational position, parental status, physical ability, political philosophy, race, religion, sexual orientation, and work experience.

Respect

We value the individual contributions of members, employees, volunteers, and partners as we work collaboratively to achieve our association’s goals.

Accountability

All members, employees, volunteers, and partners have a shared responsibility to align their efforts toward the achievement of our association’s strategic initiatives.

Winter 2023 Meeting Schedule

Held either In person or on Zoom. Check your official PTA email for the link OR email norfolkpta@gmail.com

For each meeting, we will host a PTA Clinic at 6:30 p.m. This Clinic is an informal session for local units to ask questions, get help, meet other PTA leaders. The regular PTA Council meeting will start at 7 p.m. PTA Council meetings are open to all Norfolk PTA officers, committee chairs, and administrative designees.

Feb. 1*

Feb. 16

 

*Zoom Meeting

 

Three key benefits of being part of the PTA community

Information

Information

PTA offers email newsletters that keep members up-to-date on the latest grant offers, program updates and advocacy alerts. PTA members know and are prepared for what’s happening in education around the country.

Guidance

Guidance to Run Your PTA

Running any parent group can be challenging and sometimes overwhelming. Only PTA offers a Back-to-School Kit and an e-learning webinar library to help PTA leaders become trained and prepared to serve their communities and manage local PTA units. Unaffiliated parent groups do not have this vast set of guides, sample templates and tips to use in their school.

Networking

Networking

Need help figuring out a problem at your child’s school or want to spread a great idea around? You’ll be able to interact with like-minded parents at district, state and national PTA functions.

Why PTA Matters

It’s important to know that many of the decisions that impact children’s education are not made by educators at their schools. These decisions frequently come from district, state or federal officials. According to the 2012 U.S. census, there are 114,991,725 households in the United States, but only 33,763,140 contain children of school age (age 3-18). This means that less than 30% of U.S. households have children in school—and over 70% do not.

So, when issues affecting children and schools are discussed, families with children need to join forces with teachers and school administrators to be heard, because there is a good chance that the people making the decisions (politicians, school board members, community leaders, etc.) do not live with children. PTA has the ability to use our collective voice to share real-life experiences about what it is like to raise a family today—or go to school—with the critical decision-makers who may not have that perspective. If they don’t live with or know about today’s challenges, how can they clearly see tomorrow’s solutions?

PTA gives parents a united and powerful voice, a seat at the decisionmaking table and the tools to influence change that will better the lives of all children.

Unaffiliated parent groups by design do not have this type of influence on their community, region, state or at the federal level. The ability to speak for every child with one voice is the Power of PTA.

PTA offers the unique benefit of being part of a larger system of support. When a PTA is present, there’s stability and common good for the entire school community.

– Sherry Griffith, Executive Director, California State PTA

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NEW UNIFORM BYLAWS

The Virginia PTA has established ready-to-use bylaws for ALL local unit PTAs in the state, including Norfolk. No need to write, re-write, or submit bylaws each year. Download the bylaws here.

 

We are advocates! Read the Position Statements of the Norfolk Council of PTAs!

NCPTA Position Statement on Virginia’s Phased School Reopening

NCPTA Position Statement on Advancing Equity and Diversity

NCPTA Position Statement on School Maintenance here.

Norfolk PTA Position Statement on School Maintenance

Are you ready to start or re-establish your school’s PTA?

GREAT! Download this document to get started and email norfolkpta@gmail.com. Your Norfolk PTA is here to help you all long the way. You’ll also need the:

Good Standing Checklist

Financial Review form

Reboot Your PTA

We are here to help, and we are In This Together!

If you’re interested in participating, please email your preferred date and Family Contact Info to norfolkpta@gmail.com and send these details:

  • Family Contact Person
  • Phone number
  • Email address
  • Total number of relatives in household
  • Number of school-age kids in that household
  • Name of schools attending
  • Family address (For delivery of a restaurant meal on the night of the dinner program)

Currently, these monthly dinners are held via Zoom on Sundays at 5 p.m.

Check out our 2019-20 Reflections participants!

What is the Norfolk Council of PTAs?

The Norfolk Council of PTAs represents an alliance of school PTA units, providing resources, support and oversight. Together, we will serve as a voice to support students, school staff and families.  The Board consists of:

Cherise Newsome, President

Allison Samson, 1st Vice President of Training

Patrice Jones, 2nd Vice President of Membership

Alexandra Nassar, Secretary

Ravinesh Prasad, Treasurer

We are in this together! Most importantly, please join and support your school PTA. Contact us at norfolkpta@gmail.com

 

Donate Image

Want to join or donate? Here’s how: norfolkpta.memberhub.store

Or, make a tax-deductible donation to Norfolk Council of PTAs. We are a 501 (c)(3) Organization and are tax-exempt. Learn more here.

PTA Council Membership Dues

Local Units:

You can submit your annual $25 local dues online at norfolkpta.memberhub.store .

Partner with the PTA

Partner with the PTA and become a member of every active PTA in the City.

Here’s how to donate:

Give with a debit/credit card at norfolkpta.memberhub.store

~ OR ~ 

Mail your check to Norfolk Council of PTAs, PO Box 14157, Norfolk, VA 23518

The PTA is noncommercial, nonsectarian, and nonpartisan. We work to engage and support children, families, schools and communities. Anyone can become a member.

Sponsor a Meeting

Hands together

Join us at a monthly meeting as a community partner to share relevant, family-friendly information and collaborate on important student, family and school needs.

Email norfolkpta@gmail.com for details. 

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