Why Join the PTA?

Building the future

How it Benefits Parents

Research proves that children and schools perform better when parents are involved both at home and at school.

Successful parent involvement improves not only student behavior and attendance but also positively affects student achievement, knowledge and skills.
Successful parent involvement also improves the reputation in and around our school allowing new families who enter the community a place to call home.
Successful parent involvement also improves administration, teacher and staff morale which in return helps families build strong relationships throughout the school year!

How it Benefits Parents

When joining the PTA, it benefits you as a Parent too! It is a great way to get to know your school's administration, teachers, and the school.

It allows you to get connected so you know what's happening in and at Forester.
It allows you to discover our resources and programs we use in and at Forester.
It allows you the chance to speak up and more effectively suggest change at your child’s school.
By getting involved at your child’s school you’ll be part of the solution, helping make positive changes. Local PTAs play an important role by supporting building improvements through advocacy and play an important role in fundraising for curriculum based programs and social events.
It will allow you to become a role model for your child and the importance you place on education.
It allows you to influence how fundraising dollars are spent and connects you to other parents committed to Forester Elementary.

Community Connections

How it Benefits Parents

Community Connections

Local PTAs are self-funding. By inviting the entire school’s parent community to join and become members we then generate the unlimited possibilities like programs at Forester. For example, local PTA fundraisers support school programs, building improvements, and educational events.

Parents, grandparents, educators, legislators, neighbors, and community leaders are essential members of the PTA family and provide a powerful and effective voice for all children.
Our future leaders, innovators, and citizens are our children, and our children are given their best chance to succeed when we all work together.

10 Reasons to Join Forester PTA

❶ Your child benefits.

When parents get connected to the

school, children do better. Research

shows children who parents are

involved get better grades, do better

on tests, and have fewer discipline

problems at school.

❷ We make a difference.

Our mission is to create the kind of school

community where teachers and administrators can

do their best work—and so can our children. We

provide support for teachers in and out of the

classroom. We provide resources they need. We

help create learning opportunities for children. And

we try to build the kind of supportive, caring

atmosphere that makes school fun.

❸ We pledge to honor your time constraints.

People are often reluctant to participate because

they’re afraid they’ll get pulled into a black hole

of never-ending time commitment. That won’t

happen here. An hour or two a semester really

makes a difference. And we won’t push you to

commit more than you want to or able to.

❹ We have fun.

Volunteer work shouldn’t be drudgery. We

accomplish a lot, and not everything we do is easy.

But we know we’re not balancing the national

debt, either. We don’t take ourselves to seriously,

and we try to enjoy ourselves along the way

whenever possible.

❺ Meet people who share your concerns.

We all have a common bond. We care about

creating the best possible educational

experience for our children. We are neighbors

and peers who share many of the same

experiences. And many friendships have

developed as a result of those connections.

❻ There’s a lot to be done.

These days, schools are asked to do

more with less. Our help is needed

more than ever to fill the gaps.

❼ We can match jobs to your interests and abilities.

The work we do covers a broad spectrum; filing

and photocopying, planning and executing

events, writing and editing, working directly with

children, managing a budget and cash flow, and

lots more. We encourage creative ideas, and

we’re thrilled to have people take on tasks that

meet their skills and interests.

❽ We’re welcoming.

To us, there are no “outsiders.” We

are people who have come together

to work toward common goals. We

couldn’t be happier to have you join

us in working toward those goals.

❾ We’re about parent involvement, not just fundraising.

In these times of tight budgets, parent groups

everywhere are having to fill in the gaps, and so

are we. But our number on goal is to get more

parents connected to the school. That’s because

more than 300 independent research studies

show that building parent involvement in

education is the number one thing, we can do to

create a great school and improve student

performance.

❿ This work is very rewarding.

It’s seeing the bright light of learning sparkle in a

child’s eye. It’s seeing the smile that shows we’re

making school a little more fun—and a child feel

a little more comfortable in a learning

environment. It’s learning that test scores have

risen and knowing we played a role. There are

lots of rewards, both big and small, for those who

get involved. Won’t you join us?