Category: News

NYS PTA on Executive Budget

Click Here to View PDF PRESS RELEASE Many Positives in Executive Budget, Students Will Greatly Benefit Highly Disappointed by Exclusion of School Meals Proposal February 1, 2023 (Albany) – The NYS Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc. (NYS PTA) is honored to represent the families of our 2.6 million school children and our 210,000 members.  […]

Legislators Join Coalition of Education Groups, Nonprofits, Labor Unions, and Parent and Teacher Organizations to Call on Governor to Fund Free School Meals for All in FY2024 Budget

Click Here to View the PDF A recording of today’s event is available here. Photos are available here. ALBANY, N.Y. Jan. 9, 2023 — Senator Michelle Hinchey, Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas, and other legislators joined education, anti-hunger, nutrition, health, and equity advocates at the Capitol today to call on Governor Kathy Hochul to address the quiet […]

NYS PTA Recipients of Program Funding from National PTA

ALEXANDRIA, Va., (Nov. 9, 2022)—National PTA announced today the recipients of over $650K in funding to help host PTA programs this school year in the areas of mental health, STEM, digital safety, literacy, tobacco use prevention and the arts. Nearly 500 PTAs from across the country have been selected to receive funding as part of […]

National PTA Announces Recipients of Grants for Family-School Partnerships

CLICK HERE FOR PDF ALEXANDRIA, Va., (Oct. 6, 2022)—National PTA is pleased to announce that 10 PTAs from across the country have been selected to receive a grant from its Center for Family Engagement to help strengthen partnerships between families and schools. The grant program is part of National PTA’s efforts to update its National […]

Summer NYPT is HERE

Click Here to read the PDF of the latest edition of New York Parent Teacher, or Click Here to read the Flipsnack version!

Congratulations to the 2022 Phoebe Apperson Hearst Outstanding Family-School Partnership Award Winner- Country Parkway Elementary PTA, Williamsville NY and to our NY School of Excellence Designees! To view the full list, click the link! https://www.pta.org/…/National-PTA-School-of-Excellence

NYS PTA Announces Winners of New Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award

May 23, 2022 (Albany) – NYS PTA is thrilled to announce the inaugural unit-level winner of the newly created NYS PTA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion award. This award serves as a means to honor NYS PTA Units, Councils or Regions that demonstrate a leadership commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through recruitment, training and retention […]

Click Here to view the full list and their work! National PTA awarded seven Outstanding Interpretation Awards, NYS won three of them. Check out their work! Sonia Singh, Middle School, Acadia PTA, Northeastern RegionAward of Outstanding Interpretation: Music CompositionTitle: “Rainbow”Artist Statement: “My composition, Rainbow, relates to the theme “I Will Change The World By…” through […]