LAPTA Grant Winners!
The LAPTA Board is excited to announce our winners for the 2025-26 $500 Creative Teacher and $500 Day of Service Grants! We will contact our winners by tomorrow about receiving your check. Many applicants were disqualified due to not having their affiliation reports 100% filed. Please keep applying though. We can't wait to see the difference you can make at your schools!
LAPTA General Membership Meeting
LAPTA will hold a Special General Membership Meeting on Sunday, April 26, 2026, at 6:30 pm to hold elections. While the meeting will be brief, it is very important that every Local PTA is represented. This meeting requires preregistration so that we may establish the quorum requirement which is a majority of those registered. It will be a hybrid format with LAPTA meeting in our Mandeville office conference room. Local PTA officers are welcome to attend virtually or in person. All officer positions (President, VP of Affiliation, Treasurer, and Secretary) are up for election. If you would like to serve on the Nominating Committee or if you would like to run for an office, email Beth Maillho at President@LouisianaPTA.org. Once the Nominating Committee Chair is appointed, we will share that contact as well for those who want to run for an LAPTA office. The meeting will be held in accordance with the LAPTA Bylaws.
As the current and outgoing President, what a joy it has been serving through the years on the many local PTAs in Madisonville and Mandeville and with LAPTA! My time to move on has come so that I can focus on my counseling work. I love all of you and can't wait to see where LAPTA goes in the future! -- Beth Maillho, LAPTA President
Submit Member Dues
PTAs submit $4.50 to LAPTA for each person who is a member. LAPTA forwards $3.25 to National PTA and retains $1.25 for LAPTA. Please submit new dues on a monthly basis. To submit dues, log into your npo.givebacks.com account associated with the PTA. Under the Memberships Menu, select Remit State Dues. There are two bank account set ups needed to submit dues: 1) The STRIPE account must be set up which takes a day or so to be finalized AND 2) linking the ACH payment on the "Remit State Dues" page to the bank account. Find further directions at LouisianaPTA.org/givebacks and LouisianaPTA.org/submit.
Membership Goals
Louisiana PTA has a 2025-26 goal of 10,250 members for its 103rd year. Membership is at the heart of PTA and plays a vital role in the success of Local PTAs, Louisiana PTA, and National PTA. LAPTA had 10,388 members for 2024-25 year. Thanks to everyone who helped to spread the important message and mission of PTA. For your Local PTA Unit's 2025-26 membership goal, download the Local PTA Membership Goals PDF below or contact Peggy Mauer, LAPTA Membership Chair, at Membership@LouisianaPTA.org. Create your own Membership Thermometer with this Canva Template.
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Friends of LAPTA & Vendors at Training Days
Friends of LAPTA financially support LAPTA and our mission and vision of supporting all children and families. To become a Friend of LAPTA, see the different opportunities below. Please support our Friends of LAPTA! Sign up to become a Friend of LAPTA and financially support our goals and mission! We have 5 levels of support. We also have Vendors at our training events in August where pricing ranges from $0 to $250.
Mission Partners
Mission Partners are nonprofits or other groups whose focus is to improve the lives of children and whose mission aligns with the PTA mission. These like-minded associations and coalitions might include a teacher or librarian group, foster care, a mental health group, and so many more. To become a Mission Partner or learn more about it, visit LouisianaPTA.org/missionpartners.