P.T.A. Fouiide*
By Mrs. John Molletti
In this month of famous birth
days we cannot fail to profit fron
remembering the courage and for
titude of Washington . . . and ihe
unfailing consecration of Abrahan
Lincoln to the preservation of “om
nation, indivisible, with liberty ant
justice for all.” In this month too
parent-teacher members remetnbei
the vision of those who founder
the National Congress of Parent:
and Teachers in 1897 .... Thesr
founders recognized that thr
strength of this republic depend:
upon the intelligence, skill, anc
patriotic devotion of its people.
Those who first organized thi:
Congress of Parents and Teacher:
knew nothing of vitamins and cal
ories, psychoanalysis, and “socia
mores” but they did know that thr
ill-nourished, neglected child be
comes an unhappy, disappointec
youth and often a burden to socie
ty . . . and that the most difficult
and dangerous problem confront
ing our nation was that of humar
erosion, the disintegration anc
wasting away of human souls.
They also realized that the edu
cation of children cannot be car
ried on successfully without an ac
tive, sympathetic partnership be
tween home and school, paren1
and teacher. Thus the parent
teacher association began as an in
strument “to bring into closer re
lation the home and school, thal
parents and teachers may cooper
ate intelligently in the training oJ
the child.” The P. T. A. became a
way “to develop between educators
and the general public such united
efforts as will Secure the highesi
advantages in physical, mental, so
cial and spiritual education.
Mrs. John E. Hayes has writter
for us the above message on the
national level and as we loot
around us here in Kodiak, we car
see that the national goal is also oui
local goal. The recent cooperative
effort required to successfully ac
complish the Elementary Schoo
Carnival is an illustration of how <
common goal can be achieved. The
teachers and children worked hare
and made their contributions hap
pily, parents cooperated with time
and substance, members of the
School Patrol spent hours in the
cold parking cars and moving traf
fic, and friends and members sup
ported the effort with their pres
ence—working together because
we want our children to have the
advantage of a beautiful musica
instrument for the furthering o
the school program.
ihrough the years P. T. A
groups like ours have worked in
dividually and as a national uni
to insure that every child aliv<
may enjoy sound health, spiritua
security, careful nurture, and wis<
schooling. Some of the ways thej
have accomplished these goals
have been to supply voting powei
needed to turn the tide when is
sues affecting the welfare oi
schools have been at stake . . . pro
moting thousands of school build
ing projects . . . donating money
for scholorships to students plan
ning to enter the teaching profes
sion . . . developing teacher re
cruitinent activities . . . pioneer
ing in establishing hot-lunch pro
grams—Any problem .hat con
cerns a child and its welfare is £
challenge and an opportunity foi
the combined efforts of parents
and teachers and through the ef
forts of the P. T. A. these prob
lems and opportunities are being
met effectively through coopera
tive planning and action.
Our common goals are well sum
med up in the objectives of P. T. A,
as published in the Founders Day
booklet.
1. To promote the welfare ol
9s Day Observed
c!rff8ren' ■ arid youth in home1,
. school, church and community,
i 2. To raise the standards of
. home life!
■ 3: Torsecure adequate laws for
i the care and protection of children
s and youth.
1 4. To^, bring into closer relation
the home and the school, that par
ents and teachers may cooperate
1 intelligently in the training of the
; child.
5. To develop between educators
and the general public such united
efforts as will secure for every
child the highest advantages in
'physical, mental, social, and spirit
ual education.
Jim Brightman left for his form
er home in Sitka, Alaska. He is ex
pected to be gone for two weeks.
He is part owner and manager of
the Kodiak Outfitters.
John and Sally Nosich have pur
chased the LaLandes house on
Mill Bay Road near the Mont
martre.
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