Southwestern Elementary PTA
Working together to make every Southwestern child's potential a reality.
Connecting Southwestern parents, students, teachers, and staff and improving family engagement
Working together to make every Mustang’s potential a reality. Proudly located in Suffolk, Virginia.
Increasing the horsepower at Southwestern
The PTA, Parent Teacher Association, funds technology enhancements, curriculum enrichment, assemblies, student organizations, field trips, school improvements, and much more! Our PTA is powered entirely by volunteers and funded through fundraisers, donations, and community partnerships. Your help is always needed to continue improving our student’s school experience and fuel our many ongoing missions including:
Engaging and empowering families to support their child’s learning, health and safety by:
- Hosting events such as the annual Health and Wellness Fair
- Promoting internet safety with the Smart Talk Program
- Launching Watch D.O.G.S. and providing positive male role models
Supporting teachers and school administrators by:
- Recognizing staff year-round and celebrating birthdays and teacher appreciation week
- Remodeled Teacher’s Lounge and Teacher’s Work Room
- Monthly Teacher Supply Store provides free supplies year-round
Improving the school and community by:
- Sponsoring free, safe family events like “Boo’ks & Treats”
- Adding an outdoor classroom, learning & sensory garden to engage with local agriculture
- Rehabbing the blacktop while adding new basketball courts, soccer nets and gaga ball pits
Connecting families, teachers, and community partners by:
- Hosting summer meetups, family fun runs and family engagement nights with events such as BINGO
- Connecting teachers, students, and parents with needs such as school supplies, free hearing and vision tests, health screenings, and more
PTA is no longer a noun. It’s a verb- an action plan working to support your child’s success.
It’s an invitation to every family in every school to participate because we can do more together
than we can do apart.
There’s no wrong way to PTA- just as long as you’re doing it for your child. You can give money by joining or donating. You can volunteer your time and effort. Or you can help grow our strength and presence at the school, state, or national levels as an advocate for improving your child’s education.
Many hands make light work.
As a completely volunteer-run organization, we can’t run without you. Whether you have a special skill to share or can only help at special events, we need you! We have opportunities for everything from remote help to school day volunteers.
Horseshoes aren’t cheap!
To tackle all the missions the PTA does year-round, it takes a lot of funds and donations. Please consider supporting us any way you can.
Community Collaboration
It takes a “village” to raise our students and we need your support. Consider joining our herd and helping make our Southwestestern students’ potential a reality.
Connecting Southwestern parents, students, teachers, and staff and improving family engagement
Working together to make every Mustang’s potential a reality. Proudly located in Suffolk, Virginia.
Southwestern Elementary PTA 