The purpose of the McGaugh PTA is to:

promote the welfare of children and youth in home, school, and community

raise the standards of home life

secure adequate laws for the care and protection of children and youth

bring into closer relation the home and the school, 

that parents and teachers may cooperate intelligently

in the education of children and youth

develop between educators and the general public such united efforts

as will secure for all children and youth the highest advantages

in physical, mental, and social education.