PTA Budget & Finance Info

Welcome to the 2024-25 School Year! Whether you are new to Parkside Montessori or a returning family, we want to provide you with information about the Parkside Montessori PTA and how you can help make 2024-25 a great school year!

 

Why the Parkside Montessori PTA exists

 

The PTA is a partnership between parents and educators who strive to enhance student learning and enrich the lives of the students within the school. We exist to engage and empower all families in our community – for today and tomorrow – to support the mission, vision, and goals of Parkside Montessori School. We are committed to providing each of our children a strong academic foundation, helping them become motivated learners, problem solvers, and global citizens through a Montessori whole-child approach. Unfortunately, public funding is not enough to provide the kind of public education our children deserve.

 

As a result, the Parkside Montessori PTA relies on the community’s generosity to help bridge the gap between state funding and the funds necessary to provide a high quality, well-rounded education for all Parkside students.

 

Fundraising Goal

 

The Parkside Montessori PTA has a 2024-25 fundraising goal of $216,300 to keep important programs and staffing in place. With the funds we raise each year, the PTA uses part of the funds for the current year’s operating budget and the net income funds the PTA Gifts-To-School Fund.

 

 

 

 

Ways You, Your Friends, Your Families Can Help

 

We have a variety of ways you can help contribute to helping us meet our fundraising goals:

  • Parkside Tiger Fund Direct Donation Drive
  • Walk-A-Jog Fall Fundraising Event: Contribute to build raffle baskets, soliciting community pledges & raffle basket ticket purchases, host a Fall/Winter Count Me In event for Parkside Walk-A-Jog
  • Spring Fundraising Gala: Donate and solicit auction items and wine for wine pull, host Spring/Summer Count Me In event, participate in Spring Gala events (wine pull, silent auction, live auction, Fund-A-Need, Count Me In events)
  • Dine & Donate: Dine in, take out at recurring events with local eateries who donate a portion of sales proceeds from the dining events to Parkside Montessori PTA
  • Shop & Support: Shop events at brick and mortar stores and online stores who donate a portion of sales proceeds from purchases to Parkside Montessori PTA
  • Partnerships with local sports teams coming soon.

...and for those who are looking for non-monetary ways to contribute...we can't do any of it without volunteers, so please check out all the different opportunities and sign up.