Membership Benefits

The number-one reason to join the PTA is to benefit your child. In doing so, you also help your school. But there are many more advantages. Here are just a few:

Get Connected.  There’s no better way to know what’s happening in your school.

Discover Great Resources.  The PTA offers a variety of programs designed for parents as well as students.

Tap into a Network.  Parenting is not easy—it helps to share ideas, concerns and experiences with other parents and educators in the community. PTA meetings are opportunities to meet other parents and teachers, building rapport and discussing issues that are on your mind.

Watch Yourself Grow.  By volunteering with your PTA, you gain valuable experiences. It’s an opportunity to put your skills and hobbies to good use for a good cause—your child and all children in the community.

Speak Up.  Because the PTA is a forum for exchanging ideas, you are encouraged to make suggestions. PTA can be a way for you to more effectively suggest change at your child’s school.

Witness Improvement.  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 in fundraising to provide building improvements, curriculum-based programs, and social events—all vital to a school’s success.

Be a Role Model. By becoming a PTA member, you’ll be demonstrating to your child the importance you place on education.

Your membership in Chester PTA automatically enrolls you in the National PTA. As a member of the National PTA, you’ll receive:
• Special discounts from member benefit providers such as Barnes and Noble, Kinkos, and S&S Worldwide
• Weekly National PTA e-newsletter
• Partnership with national organizations, sponsors, and foundations
• National representation on Capitol Hill aimed at improving the education of our children
• National representation before other education, health, and child advocacy organizations
• Toll-free legislative hotline
• Web based parenting articles from Our Children magazine
• Kidz-IDz student card
• Consumer FIRST rebates for shopping at merchants such as Target, The Sharper Image, and thousands of others

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