PTA - Parent Teacher Organization
Is there a PTA at your child’s school? Are you a member? Are you involved?
My daughter’s school does a lot of fund raising for the school as well as for the PTA. I tend to purchase things through the fund raisers as I know it will benefit her school. Her building is new, this is its second year to be open, so I know they can used things like library books, supplies, etc. and I don’t mind helping with those things.
As the school coordinator for Destination Imagination I find it necessary to look at various ways we can get money to support our two teams. The school itself has put up the money to register the teams with the National DI organization as well as paying the Regional tournament fees for both teams. That has been a huge help. Our teams will have to spend there own money on supplies to make their costumes, props and sets. Each team has a maximum spending level of $125 per team, so that’s not too bad. Many times they don’t come close to spending there maximum.
I found out about a festival being sponsored by the Regional DI that our teams can attend in January. It is a place they can go and work on Instant Challenges and they will receive feedback on ways they can improve. Each team must do an Instant Challenge, which is basically improv, when the attend a tournament in addition to their regular challenge. This festival is an excellent learning opportunity.
This morning I requested monetary assistance in the amount of $30 from the school’s PTA. I’m somewhat disheartened to learn that the organization sets its budget at the beginning of the school year and since DI did not exist at the school until October, there was no budget for DI included.
The PTA president did say they are having a board meeting this month and they could possibly agree to an amendment to their budget. I hope this happens, it would be great to not have to ask the kids and parents for the money, even though it isn’t that much. So, I will be keeping my fingers crossed that the PTA will come through for our teams.
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