The CLES PTA Executive Board

Our Mission & Values

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PTA Mission & Values
​The overall purpose of PTA is to make every child’s potential a reality by engaging and empowering families and communities to advocate for all children. The standards and values guide our efforts to bring our CLES school community together: 

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PTA’s National Standards for 
Family-School Partnerships:

1. Welcoming all families into the school community
2. Communicating effectively
3. Supporting student success
4. Speaking up for every child
5. Sharing power - working together to inform, influence, and create policies, practices, and programs
6. Collaborating with community​

PTA Values:

1. Collaboration: We work in partnership with a wide array of individuals and organizations to accomplish our agreed-upon goals.
2. Commitment: We are dedicated to promoting children’s health, well-being, and educational success through strong parent, family, and community involvement.
3. Accountability: We acknowledge our obligations. We deliver on our promises.
4. Respect: We value our colleagues and ourselves. We expect the same high quality of effort and thought from ourselves as we do from others.
5. Inclusivity: We invite the stranger and welcome the newcomer. We value and seek input from as wide a spectrum of viewpoints and experiences as possible.
6. Integrity: We act consistently with our beliefs. When we err, we acknowledge the mistake and seek to make amends.

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