Phoebe Apperson Hearst Family-School Partnership Awards

National PTA's Phoebe Apperson Hearst Family-School Partnership Awards recognize and celebrate PTAs that are successfully implementing the National Standards for Family-School Partnerships.    

The PTA National Standards for Family-School Partnerships are a framework for how families, schools, and communities should work together to support student success. Each standard is rooted in the value of mutual respect, trust and courtesy. You can use the National Standards to develop, evaluate, and improve engagement practices at your school. 

There are three levels of recognition:

1. The Outstanding Family-School Partnership Award will be given to one local PTA that has excelled in implementing the National Standards, and includes a monetary award of $2,000.  
2. The Family-School Partnership Award of Excellence will be given to six local PTAs, each representing the best in one of the six National Standards, and includes a monetary award of $500. 
3. The Family-School Partnership Award of Merit will be given to all PTAs that apply to the awards program, in recognition of their commitment to building partnerships.  
   

The recipient of the Outstanding Family-School Partnership Award will receive two all-expense paid trips to the 114th Annual National PTA Convention, June 10–13, 2010, in Memphis Tennessee, and be recognized during one of the general sessions. The six Award of Excellence recipients will also receive recognition at the national convention.

Applications, due March 1 2010, may be downloaded from National PTA's website.