E.R. Hughes Elementary School

PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION

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What is PTA?
 
 Mission Statement:
The New York State Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc. (NYS PTA) recognizes that every child deserves excellence in education and in quality of life.  NYS PTA will maintain its commitment and service to all children and its diverse membership through increased parent and community awareness, advocacy, education, and involvement.
 
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 the adequate laws for the care and protection of children and youth.
  • To bring into closer relation the home and 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.

 
Structure:
 
  • Unit:  ER Hughes Elementary (chartered by the State)
  • Council:  New Hartford (Includes all units in the area)
  • Region:  Leatherstocking (a division of the NYS PTA, includes all Units)
  • NYS PTA:  Organizes Units and Councils (A branch of the National PTA)
  • National PTA:  Establishes basic policies