Why join the PTO?

The #1 reason to join the Parent Teacher Organization is to benefit your child. In doing so, you also help your school. But, there are additional advantages available to you and your family.

Here are just a few:

Get Connected. There is no better way to know what's happening in your school. In addition to this page, the PTO's Facebook page will also help keep you updated with latest news about what is going on at Wilkerson.

Discover Great Resources. The PTO offers great programs designed for parents as well as students.

Tap Into a Network. Parenting is not easy - the PTO helps share ideas, concerns, and experiences with other parents and educators in the community. PTO functions are opportunities to meet other parents and teachers, building rapport and discussing issues that are on your mind. Today's chance meeting may become next month's Emergency Contact.

Speak Up! Because the PTO is a forum for exchanging ideas, you are encouraged to make suggestions. PTO can be a way for you to more effectively suggest change at your child's school.

Witness Improvement. By getting involved in your child's school, you'll be part of the solution, helping make positive changes. Local PTOs play an important role in fundraising to provide building improvements, curriculum-based programs and social events - all vital to a school's success.

Be a Role Model. By becoming a PTO member, you'll demonstrate to your child the importance you place on education.

Most important, the PTO offers you an opportunity to make a difference not only in your child's life but also in the lives of the other children. The differences that you make in these kids' lives may be the momentum that transforms your neighborhood into the community that you have always dreamed of living in. We are here for the staff and the students. We want to make every year a memorable one, as well as making sure the school has the equipment, technology, and resources they need for your children to be able to grow in their education. We cannot be successful with out you.