Community Building

Community building is an important function of PA/PTAs, which should strive to make parents feel welcome and comfortable in their children’s schools. Additionally, the more unified the parent body, the better it can work to implement programs and activities to enhance the school.

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Heritage Day - P.S. 107K

A heritage festival can be a wonderful educational and community-building event. At P.S. 107 in Brooklyn, Heritage Day is a celebration of the families’ many countries and cul...

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Talent Show - P.S. 277X

This year, our annual talent show was one of the highlights for our school community. It was a fun, community building event for our students, families and staff, as well as a...

Grandparents’ Day

Many PA/PTAs host a Grandparent’s Day, which can serve a number of purposes: it becomes an occasion for a multigenerational event, with grandparents teaching children by shari...

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Multicultural Thanksgiving Feast - P.S. 26K

Since 2008, P.S. 26 (the Jesse Owens School), has hosted a Multicultural Feast the week before Thanksgiving. It is one of our most highly attended events and it truly is a com...

Dances

School dances can be fun, community building events for the students. Often, they are used to celebrate events such as graduations or holidays, though some PTAs integrate them...

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Back to School Events - P.S. 199M

Most parents, especially the new kindergarten parents, are very enthusiastic about school during the first month. Often, the first PA/PTA meeting is the best attended of the y...