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Goal: to expand student access to books and diversify libraries at home, in school and in the community. 

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Goal: to expand student access to books and diversify libraries at home, in school and in the community. 

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We encourage local PTAs to host a Family Reading Experience program to promote family reading time and evaluate their school library's catalogue to ensure that all children see themselves represented.

The Family Reading Experience aims to:

Empower PTAs with information on hosting literacy activities that improve book access and book choice and incorporate a lens of diversity and representation

Provide families with ready-to-go literacy resources

Equip families in-need with books during this school year

The program offers guidance on how to host literacy activities that improve book access and book choice, incorporate a lens of diversity and representation and provide families with ready-to-go literacy resources.

To fulfill grant requirements, each PTA grantee is required to host one Literacy Activity and share at least one resource from the Information and Tools for Families toolkit with their school community. The toolkits and resources will be available at PTA.org/FamilyReading.

We will also create opportunities for peer-to-peer sharing throughout the year.

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Engage families in reading fun at your school by hosting a PTA Family Reading Experience-an interactive event that engages the whole family in reading activities. Our guide is organized into 5 steps with links to materials and sample templates you can customize for your own PTA and school.

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Goal: to support diversity in the arts, celebrate diverse artists and create new pathways for students to participate in the National PTA Reflections program. 

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Goal: to support diversity in the arts, celebrate diverse artists and create new pathways for students to participate in the National PTA Reflections program. 

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Become an Arts Advocate

PTA believes all students deserve the opportunity to take part in the arts, both in school and in the community. The arts can positively affect entire school culture-especially student motivation, attitudes, and attendance-which encourages students to stay in school, succeed in school, succeed in work and succeed in life!

Help PTA ensure that every child has access to-and takes part in-high quality arts learning experiences. Use the tools below to grow family and community engagement for arts education at your school.

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Explore the ArtsEd Toolkit and apply for the Mary Lou Anderson ArtsEd Grant to grow family and community engagement for arts education at your school. Help PTA ensure that every child has access to-and takes part in-high quality arts learning experiences.

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Goal: to host a discussion that families and students participate in together about digital safety and The Smart Talk tool.

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Goal: to host a discussion that families and students participate in together about digital safety and The Smart Talk tool.

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Smart Talk - PTA Connected - Programs | National PTA

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The Smart Talk program empowers families to have honest conversations about digital wellbeing and device usage by creating a personalized contract. With this tool and program, PTA leaders will introduce parents to resources that help them have an engaging and honest conversation with their children.

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Goal: to connect families with engaging STEM activities, including at home activities, science festivals, engineering programs, math nights and more.

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Goal: to connect families with engaging STEM activities, including at home activities, science festivals, engineering programs, math nights and more.

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National PTA's STEM + Families® program delivers access and hands-on exposure to science, technology, engineering and math to engage families and inspire students to pursue career opportunities in STEM fields. PTA's vision is that all students have the family and community support needed to access and pursue STEM opportunities and careers.

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Goal: to distribute and promote the National PTA Healthy Minds resources, gather data to better understand the mental health needs of students and families, and collaborate with school leadership on school-based mental health resources and services to families and students.

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Goal: to distribute and promote the National PTA Healthy Minds resources, gather data to better understand the mental health needs of students and families, and collaborate with school leadership on school-based mental health resources and services to families and students.

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What is Mental Health?

Mental health is defined as a state of well-being in which every individual realizes their own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to their community. (World Health Organization)

When some people think about mental health, they only think about mental illnesses such as depression. However, this is just one component of mental health. As Mental Health America explains, "While 1 in 5 people will experience a mental illness during their lifetime, everyone faces challenges in life that can impact their mental health."

To help support the mental health of yourself, your children and your community, it's important to consider all aspects of a child's life, from their academics to their hobbies to their social and emotional skills. By supporting the whole child, teachers and parents provide the support necessary for children to thrive.

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Mental health is defined as a state of well-being in which every individual realizes their own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to their community. (World Health Organization) When some people think about mental health, they only think about mental illnesses such as depression.