PTA Council of Baltimore County | Every Child. One Voice.

Welcome to the PTA Council of Baltimore County

Learn all about the BCPTA Council, find out about the latest news and events, check our resource page, and give us feedback or suggestions. We want to make your experience here informative, yet as simple as possible. We look forward to working with you as one voice for every child!

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Leslie Weber, Council President

president@bcptacouncil.org

PTA Council Scholarships: Applications Due May 1!

Application here: https://bcptacouncil.org/scholarships/

Council Bulletins

Join PTA Council’s Responsible Cellphone Use Campaign!

Read our August 2024 press release

PTA Council Responsible Cellphone Use Campaign

Read about the campaign in the 8/20/24 BCPS Staff and Community Update: Highlights from Superintendent’s Back-to-School Press Conference

Press Conference

“Our partners in the PTA Council of Baltimore County are working with us to build awareness and educate families on the potential dangers of cell phones and social media for children. Smart phones and school time don’t mix! New this year, 16 BCPS middle and high schools have volunteered to pilot a new program utilizing pouches to restrict cell phone use as a way to reduce distractions and disruptions in the classroom.”

See Dr. Rogers mention PTA Council at about minute 17:12

https://www.youtube.com/live/MkpLejiDads

Watch PTA Council interviewed in this 8/28/24 WJZ-TV segment on cellphones in schools

WJZ-TV news segment

Take our survey! We want to hear from parents/caregivers, BCPS staff, students, and the community!*

PTA Council Responsible Cellphone Use Survey

Review the BCPS Cell Phone Policy summarized in the 3/11/24 BCPS Staff and Community Update

3/11/24 BCPS Staff and Community Update

The Mission of the PTA:

To make every child’s potential a reality by engaging and empowering families and communities to advocate for all children.

National PTA Standards for Family-School Partnerships

https://www.pta.org/home/run-your-pta/family-school-partnerships

National PTA Standards for Family-School Partnerships One-Pager

The Objectives of the PTA:

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 intelligently in the education of children and youth.
To develop between educators and the general public such united efforts as will secure for all children and youth the highest advantages in physical, mental, social, and spiritual education.
To support and speak on behalf of children and youth in schools, in the community, and before governmental bodies and other organizations that make decisions affecting children; and
To assist parents in developing the skills needed to raise and protect their children; and
To encourage parent and public involvement in the public schools of this nation.

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