National PTA’s Take Your Family to School Week, celebrated Feb. 16–20, 2026, is designed to spotlight the importance of family engagement to support student success and highlight opportunities to encourage family engagement and strengthen family-school partnerships. The timing of the week honors the day PTA was founded, Feb. 17, 1897.

Family Engagement Supports Student Success

Research shows that family engagement supports student success. Students with involved parents are more likely to earn higher grades and pass their classes, attend school regularly, have better social skills and go on to post secondary education.

Help us celebrate PTA’s long legacy of family engagement during Take Your Family to School Week by strengthening family-school partnerships using PTA's National Standards and encouraging everyone to join PTA.

For over 129 years, National PTA has been encouraging families to get more involved in their child’s education.