Irvine Unified Council PTA (IUCPTA) consists of PTA presidents from PTA units at each IUSD school as well as an elected Executive Board and committee chairs. Additionally, representatives from IUSD’s board of trustees, IUSD’s superintendent, and representatives from Irvine Public Schools Foundation are regular meeting presenters and attendees. On occasion, community partners are also invited to present programs and information of interest to the PTA units.

IUCPTA is a member 4th District PTA (www.fourthdistirctpta.org), California State PTA (www.capta.org) and National PTA (www.pta.org). The National PTA is the oldest and largest volunteer association working exclusively on behalf of all children and youth. For more than 100 years, the National PTA has promoted the education, health, and safety of children, youth, and families. The purposes of the PTA, as defined by National PTA, are:

  • To promote the welfare of children and youth in home, school, community, and place of worship.
  • To raise the standards of home life.
  • To secure adequate laws for the care and protection of children and youth.
  • To bring into closer relation the home and the school, that parents and teachers may cooperate intelligently in the education of children and youth.
  • To develop between educators and the general public such united efforts as will secure for all children and youth the highest advantages in physical, mental, social, and spiritual education.