White Oak MS PTSA Mission Statement
Every Child, One Voice: To build a strong, dedicated WOMS community that encourages success for every student in a secure environment that promotes academic excellence, values a strong home/school partnership, and ensures respect for all.
Goals and Objectives
Goal #1 : To promote an atmosphere of respect and accountability through enhanced communication between the school staff, teachers, students, and parents
- Support character building and development programs
- Distribute monthly newsletter with contributions by students, teachers, parents and principal
- Produce a student/staff directory
- Increase Oaknet subscriptions
- Enhance staff/teacher/parent involvement in PTSA programs and staff/teacher/parent committees in school
Goal #2: To promote academic excellence
- Establish a clear message of “expectations” and “goals” throughout the school year both with respect to academics and behavior. Acknowledge this by establishing student and teacher “recognition” programs
- Ask Principal to seek staff inputs on specific activities that require parent volunteers
- Support development of a student mentoring program
Goal #3: To facilitate family and community involvement at WOMS
- Organize family events, such as turkey bingo and cultural appreciation day
- Enhance parental participation in both in-school and after-school activities
- Support teach, staff and student recognition in school and in the broader community
- Use the Comer Process as a tool to facilitate family and community involvement
- Provide support for the annual Comer School Development Summit
Goal #4: To leverage diversity as a strength at WOMS
- Highlight globalization and diversity through visuals in school and cultural arts programs
- Support greater inclusion of foreign languages in PTSA communications
- Liaison with NAACP Parent Council and the Latino Parent Group