The Santa Monica-Malibu Council of PTAs is an association made of up the PTA units in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District in Southern California. The Council officers work to support individual PTAs in their volunteer and advocacy work at each school site, and across the district, while serving as a liaison between school PTAs and SMMUSD, the cities of Malibu and Santa Monica, and other community and educational organizations. SMMPTA is part of the Thirty-Third District PTA and the California State PTA, and is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.

Santa Monica-Malibu Council of PTAs invites all of SMMUSD to celebrate National Teacher Appreciation Week, May 3rd -7th, 2021. 

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Join the district wide celebration of our teachers by purchasing and displaying our thank you sign in your yard, window, balcony, or anywhere it can be seen by neighbors and passers-by.

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Lawn signs look like the image in the flyer on our website, and may be purchased for $10 each by clicking HERE and ordering in advance. Payment MUST be made in cash at the time of pickup, and volunteers will not be able to make change, so please bring exact change.

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Signs will be available for pick up on Saturday, May 1st from 10am-12pm at designated locations (choose your pick up location in the order form). 

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We will not have extras for sale, so please be sure to order in advance.

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Spread the word! Sales are open to all SMMUSD families, neighbors, and friends! It would be great to see signs all over Santa Monica and Malibu to show our teachers how much we appreciate them, now and always!

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CLICK HERE to order your lawn sign. Orders are due no later than Friday, April 16th. 

Questions? Email SMMPTA President, Gabrielle Cohen at SMMPTAcouncilpres@gmail.com.

Santa Monica-Malibu PTA Council, as the umbrella body of all our SMMUSD PTAs and PTSAs, is acutely aware of the variety of opinions expressed by parents and caregivers regarding how our schools have operated over the past year, and how they should move forward. Reasonable minds can differ, but what we have in common is a commitment to education, and an appreciation for those who have dedicated their professional lives to educating our young people. As we are poised to transition our resilient students back to in-person learning over the next weeks and months, we look forward with optimism and hope. We want to instill in our children gratitude and empathy, even while we acknowledge that families have also experienced unique challenges in this season. Our teachers and staff members are friends, colleagues, parents, sons, daughters, and, most importantly, members of our community. We acknowledge that they have worked through the pandemic in a manner previously unknown to them, with upended personal lives, and in isolation away from supportive colleagues. We want to express our deepest gratitude for their work, and share that gratitude with our children. We encourage parents to remain engaged. PTA meetings and Community Conversations at your school site offer reliable, up-to-the minute information from your school leadership. There may be disagreements as we move toward reopening, but still we move forward together with empathy and gratitude for the teachers and staff of SMMUSD.