Northside ISD’s Council of PTAs put on their annual Founder’s Day event to celebrate everything that their members have done throughout the district. The theme for this Founder’s Day was, “There’s No Place Like PTA” and featured student performances led by the Tin Man, Cowardly Lion, and Scarecrow, symbolizing the shared values among PTA members of heart, courage, and wisdom.
The National Parent Teacher Association (National PTA) has been supporting students and educators for 125 years. Today’s PTA looks a lot different than it did when it was first founded as the National Congress of Mothers in 1897, but its contributions to the lives of students, teachers, administrators, and their communities are still going strong.
Founder’s Day occurs every year on February 17, and honors the legacy of the National PTA’s original founders, Alice McLellan Birney, Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Selena Sloan Butler. The celebration reminds all PTA members of the values they stand for, the positive changes the organization has made over the years, and all those yet to come.
Sources: Northside ISD Facebook, National PTA website
Blog by: Laura Hermes, Intern, UT Austin
