The PTA pays for and operates a host of programs:
We fully fund these classroom enrichment programs (more than $100,000 per year):
- Schmahl Science (monthly hands-on 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
- Harvest 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)