Programs

The PTA pays for and operates a host of programs:

We fully fund these classroom enrichment programs (more than $100,000 per year):

• Settle Science (hands-on environmental science workshops for every class)
• Additional PE  (twice a month for each class, plus coaching during all recesses)
• 20-22 weeks of music instruction for each class (in Spanish for TWBI classes)

We fund these programs, and they are organized and run by PTA volunteers:

• Project Cornerstone anti-bullying program (ABC Reader and Los Dichos lessons in classes)
• Art supplies and lessons
• Garden and lessons
• Science Fair/Science Family Fun Night
• Tiger Store (overseen by school, funded/staffed by PTA)
• Book swaps
• Author assemblies
• Opera performance/assembly
• Band instrument rental closet
• Yearbook

We fund these events, and they are organized and run by PTA volunteers:

• Kinder welcome events (park playdates, pizza party, Kinder Coffee)
• Back-to-School Ice Cream Social
• Fall Festival
• Book Fair (also serves as a fundraiser)
• Tree Lighting
• Walking Wednesdays
• Two parent-child events a year
• Student Talent Show
• Auction/Dinner for parents/teachers (fundraiser)
• Walkathon (fundraiser)
• 5K (fundraiser)
• School T-shirts (student-designed)
• Staff Appreciation Week

We pay for these items:

• Library books
• Laptops
• Classroom stipends of up to $1,500 per teacher (to pay for supplies, field trips)
• School needs (copy machine, laminator, picnic benches, Tiger folders)