About Santa Monica Malibu PTA Council

Advocacy and Support for Excellent Public Education

by Maria Rodriguez, SMMPTA Council Past-President

For more than 80 years, the Santa Monica-Malibu Council of PTAs has provided leadership, advocacy, communication and, funding to our school community. Our membership of more than 8,000 volunteers, is made up of parents, students, staff and community members who all work together tirelessly (over 115,000 volunteered hours per year) for one common cause and to provide ALL students with an excellent public education.

Research shows that parent involvement is one of the main predictors of student achievement. Our PTAs run volunteer programs for the classrooms, improve communication through newsletters and informational meetings and hold special school events that build community. Many of our enrichment programs and the much needed classroom supplies are funded by our PTAs.

The PTA, while nonpartisan, is also a politically active lobbying organization, supporting school funding measures as well as legislation to support public schools and the wellbeing of children and their families. As a recent National PTA poll indicates an overwhelming 93% of public school parents said that education plays a major role in their decision about which candidate to support in this election year.

Please be part of the future and join our local PTA.

Santa Monica-Malibu Council of PTAs
1651 16th Street
Santa Monica, CA 90404
pta@smmpta.org

 PTA Objectives
  • 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 intellignetly in the education of children and youth;
  • To develop between educators and the general public such united efforts as well secure for all children and youth the highest advantages in physical, mental, social, and spiritual education.

PTA 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 of this nation.
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District
33rd District PTA                         California State PTA                        National Congress of Parents and Teachers