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 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

The mission of the PTA is three-fold:
 

	to support and speak on behalf of children and youth in the schools and before governmental agencies 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 of this nation.