The 2006 winner for Outstanding Focus on Involvement started a program with a few soccer teams that has emerged as a sports program that other schools want to emulate. Oklahoma City’s Wilson Elementary has 10 soccer and 10 baseball that teams compete in the city league, and parents serve as coaches—in fact, participation in athletics frequently acts as a springboard for other types of PTA involvement, as well as a good way to involve fathers. The involvement of a wide spectrum of children and parents is particularly notable at this inner-city school at which 70 percent of students participate in the federal lunch program.
