Our Efforts Directly Benefit Your Child
When you support the Sacajawea PTA, you’re helping fund our $100,000 budget that enables these programs:
Classroom Support, $33K. This includes funding for classroom supplies ($9K), teacher stipends and reimbursements ($19K), and specialist support for art, library, PE, and Music ($5K).
Staffing, $23.7K. This includes funding for Hourly Staffing and Tutors ($13K), Volunteer Coordinator ($7K), and Family Support Coordinator ($3K).
Family Support, $14K. This includes supplements and grocery cards for our Packs for Kids families ($10K) and scholarship funds for various programs throughout the year ($4K).
Arts and Culture, $9.5K. This includes Teacher Appreciation ($5K), Field Trip Buses ($2.5K) and Equity Team ($2.5K).
And more! See our Budget page for a complete rundown of our spending to support Sacajawewa.
2024-2025 Fundraising Initiatives
Each year, we raise contributions to fund the PTA’s budget for the following school year. With Sacajawea remaining open for the 2025-2026 school year, we’ll need to raise $60,000, augmented by $40,000 from our surplus, to fully fund our $100,000 budget.
This school year, there will be two main fundraisers for parents, friends, grandparents, and our extended community to support the Sacajawea Elementary PTA. This year, we’re starting off with our Winter Ask (direct contributions), followed by Move-a-Thon later this spring.
Winter Ask
Goal: $30,000
Date: Feb. 24th - Mar. 7th 2025
Your support enables the PTA to provide funds for programs like the ones listed above.
Look for a letter in your child’s take-home packet.
Move-a-Thon (In-Person)
Goal: $30,000
Date: TBD
The more your kids move, the more programs our PTA can offer our school!
This is a great way to reach out to friends and family to involve them in your child’s education.
Community Celebration
Goal: $0
Date: Spring 2025
We’ll be celebrating with our entire community at a dinner event held at Sacajawea. There will not be an auction/fundraiser associated with the event this year.
Why is this fundraising even necessary?
Washington state’s public education system is drastically underfunded. To make up for this shortfall, public schools rely on their communities to support schools with both volunteers and financial giving for even basic programs.
The Sacajawea Elementary School community has a strong tradition of parent involvement in terms of volunteering and financial support.
How is the PTA helping to close our funding gap?
Last year over 100 parents, teachers, staff and students came together to volunteer on numerous school improvement projects. We also met our fundraising goal (and had a high parent participation rate), ensuring continued essential support of key programs.
We’d like to continue last year’s success so that we can expand the list of programs and services the PTA supports, such as funding school supplies for the entire school for the entire year, updating our classroom libraries, fully funding field trips, additional curriculum enrichment and more!
Coming together as a community is both rewarding and a lot of fun as we improve our children’s education and build a strong foundation for their future.
What can you do?
Volunteer your time. Help Sacajawea beyond just giving money. There are many volunteering opportunities to fit your time and interests.
Become a room parent. Room parents provide classroom support and are critical to overall fundraising and community success and serve as liaisons between teachers and families, coordinate parents for class projects, activities and field trips.
Come to PTA meetings. All PTA board and general meetings are open to the entire Sacajawea community. Look for meeting dates in your newsletters and on the sign board. Join us if you can!
Give a Gift Today
Donating money to the Sacajawea Elementary PTA is the how you can to help us reach our fundraising goals for the 2024-2025 school year.
If you can give today, use the button below to donate to our PTA.
Be in Touch
If you’d like to make a gift by working directly with our Treasurer, Cheryl Davis, please get in touch with her via email: treasurer@sacpta.org