Southwind Middle School

7740 Lowrance Road

Memphis, TN 38125

Phone 901.759.3000 Fax 901.759.3011

e-mail: southwind.ms@mail.scs.k12.tn.us

School Hours 7 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Parent Teacher Association (PTA) (Policy 7015.1)

Studies have consistently shown that parental involvement in education of their children provides numerous benefits. The Shelby County Board of Education supports parent involvement in each school.

To facilitate parental and community involvement each school shall have a Parent Teacher Association (PTA) or Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA) that is chartered by the National PTA Congress and the Tennessee PTA Congress. The Tennessee Congress of Parents and Teachers, a branch of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers, is a non-profit organization which seeks to unite the forces of home, school, and community on behalf of children.

The Board encourages school staff to join their local PTA/PTSA chapter. School administration, faculty, and staff should encourage and foster a mutually productive relationship with the local PTA organization with each respecting the appropriate roles of the other in the joint mission of student achievement and student welfare.

The National PTA Congress stated mission:

To support and speak on behalf of children and youth in the schools, in the community and before governmental bodies and other organizations that make decisions affecting children;

To assist parents in developing the skills they need to raise and protect their children;

To encourage parent and public involvement in the public schools

The Purpose of the PTA

To promote the welfare of the 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.