Welcome to PS199 PTA
We deeply value the important role that families and community play in the educational lives of children at PS199. One of our highest priorities is to engage families as partners, teaching children that the adults in their lives deeply value their educational experience. The ​PTA hosts many family events throughout the year, helping families and children bond outside of school, including beginning and end-of-year picnics, community festivals, and wonderful diversity events. Through various committees such as our Garden and Community Cares, Committees, students and staff are involved in creating a healthy, open-minded and supportive community inside and outside of PS199. Our active, supportive, and generous parent body provides the additional talent, time, and resources that help us achieve our goals. All current parents of PS199 are automatically members of the PTA. The PTA holds monthly general meetings to update the parent body of school wide occurances and educational goals. The PTA is governed by its bylaws, and its Executive Board members meet monthly to collaborate and discuss how to optimize the PTA's resources to support the needs and initiatives of our school. We encourage everyone in the PTA to stay involved and engaged. We work together to fundraise for curriculum materials, to partner with cultural institutions, and to provide wonderful educational opportunities for our learners.
Parent involvement is what puts a good school on the path of greatness.
Our Call to Action
Strengthen our diverse community by fostering participation and exchange.
Motivate our community to donate
and invest in our school.
Enrich the experience inside and outside the classroom.
Our PTA Mission
School Leadership Team
The School Leadership Team (SLT) is an important guiding force in the school. Its primary function is to ensure that the school’s Comprehensive Educational Plan (CEP) creates goals that align with the school’s philosophy and ensures that the needs of all students are being met. In creating each new CEP, the SLT reviews the previous goals to see what outcomes have been achieved. They conduct needs assessments and use these in formulating new goals for the upcoming school year. All public schools are required to assemble a SLT. Administrators, teachers, and parents comprise the SLT, which meets monthly. The school's principal, the PTA president(s), and a teacher's union representative are required members of the SLT. The remaining members positions are filled through elections.