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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parent-teacher organization

A board liaison and the treasurer of the band’s parent-teacher organization will soon work with Perry to create a plan and a budget for the money.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2022

Guidera and her husband moved to Virginia in 1995 and their daughter attended Fairfax County Public Schools, where she served as a classroom volunteer, parent-teacher organization leader and advisory committee member.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 20, 2021

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

Now the Marshall Elementary School parent-teacher organization president turns to Google and her children to help them with their homework.

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