PTA Vision

Every child's potential is a reality.
 

PTA Mission

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

 

 

Purposes of PTA

  • To promote the welfare of children and youth in home, school, places of worship, and throughout the community;
  • To raise the standards of home life;
  • To advocate for laws that further the education, physical and mental health, welfare, and safety of children and youth; To promote the collaboration and engagement of families and educators in the education of children and youth;
  • To engage the public in united efforts to secure the physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and social well-being of all children and youth; and 
  • To advocate for fiscal responsibility regarding public tax dollars in public education funding.

 

PTA Structure

 

Members

Local PTA (campus level)

Council PTA (district or community)

Texas PTA

National PTA

  • RISD Council of PTAs has more than 19,000 members.
  • Texas PTA is a part of National PTA, which is nearly 6 million members strong with 54 state congresses (includes the District of Columbia, Europe, Pacific and Virgin Islands) in 23,000 local chapters.
55 Local Units:
  • 4 High Schools
  • 8 Junior High Schools
  • 41 Elementary Schools
  • 1 Early Childhood Unit
  • 1 District At-Large SEPTA
Council provides support to all of the local units as well as RISD's Alternative School which does not have a PTA due to its always changing population.
 

Follow us on Social Media

@risdpta

 

 RISD Council of PTAs FB Page

 

PTA Websites

National PTA - www.pta.org 


Texas PTA - www.txpta.org





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