John Rogers Elementary has an active, dynamic, energetic, and supportive PTA. We are a group of dedicated parents, grandparents, guardians, teachers, school staff, community leaders and businesses. PTA funds provide vital supplies and program for our students! Additionally, the PTA supplements each classroom with additional monies for field trips.

Joining our PTA means you'll automatically become a member of our Washington State and National PTA associations!

From the Washington State PTA:
"PTA is the only group whose exclusive interest is the health, welfare, safety and education of your children.  Children cannot vote and do not participate in the legislative process.  Thus, they have no say in creating the policies that affect their lives and well-being.  PTA allows you to speak for the interest of your children when you cannot be there yourself.  Whether in Washington DC, Olympia, or in your own city government offices, everywhere decisions are made that affect your children.  PTA is speaking on behalf of your children.  This has always been and will always be a central focus of PTA.

Additionally, studies show that when parents are involved in education, student academic performance improves.  Involvement in PTA allows you not only to be involved in your child's education, but also allows you to get to know their teachers better and become more familiar with the school and what goes on there.  PTA members can develop relationships with the parents of their children's classmates.  Even if you don't have a great deal of time to devote to PTA activities, by becoming a member and attending meetings shows your children that you believe their school and their education is important.

Perhaps most importantly, though, your membership in PTA has a direct impact on your children and the quality of their school.  PTA has the ability, more than any other organization, to make a school a better place for your children to learn.  PTAs do this by addressing the needs of their individual schools.  By becoming a PTA member, you can help identify those needs and develop solutions that may include making the school safer, becoming more technologically advanced, being more tolerant to others' differences, and bringing enriched educational opportunities to the school."