parent-teacher organization

American  

[pair-uhnt-tee-cher awr-guh-nuh-zey-shuhn, par-uhnt] / ˈpɛər əntˈti tʃər ˌɔr gə nəˈzeɪ ʃən, ˈpær ənt /

noun

1. an organization made up of parents and teachers at a school that works together to promote mutual understanding and to increase the effectiveness of the educational program. PTO

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Example Sentences

Parent groups at one school can raise hundreds of thousands of dollars while another campus just a few miles away has no parent-teacher organization.

From Seattle Times • May 28, 2023

She contacted the school’s parent-teacher organization and local nonprofits serving the Black, Latino, and refugee populations in Charlottesville, asking them to connect her to Greenbrier families who lived outside the immediate neighborhood.

From Slate • Oct. 22, 2020

Ariana Quinones, parliamentarian of Ellington’s parent-teacher organization, said she wasn’t surprised by the report’s findings,

From Washington Post • May 11, 2018

The Southwestern parent-teacher organization voiced its fears about the change.

From Washington Times • Jan. 23, 2016

“It’s just an extension of when the local parent-teacher organization came to my mom and asked if she would teach the kids on our hill,” said Barbara Ann, who heads the current instruction program.

From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2013