Arnold Elementary PTA Grant Program 2010-2011
Arnold Elementary School Teachers, Parents, Staff and Students: Do you have a great program or project idea that fosters Arnold's mission "To create a positive learning environment in which children excel academically, socially, and emotionally, as well as develop and apply principles of ethical behavior but need financial support?" Our PTA Board meets throughout the year to evaluate new grant requests. See below for grant guidelines and grant request cover page.
Contact PTA Treasurer Mike Murphy if you have questions.
About PTA Grants
Our primary goal is to benefit the students at Arnold. People have lots of ideas on how to achieve this goal; we hope there will be many more ideas than we can fund. The PTA Board will try to support the best ones. Some of the questions the PTA will consider in deciding which projects to fund are:
• Is this project the best use of PTA funds, or are our funds more urgently needed for something else?
• Will this project solve an existing problem or meet a need that is not currently being met? (These grants are usually meant for projects outside of our existing PTA budget.)
• Do we have a clear idea how the project would work? (A timetable and details of any items to be purchased would be helpful.)
Any teacher, staff member, parent or student can submit a PTA grant request. We will take requests for reading programs, outdoor classroom programs, equipment and any other programs that would benefit our school. Download the Grant Request Cover page or pick up a copy from the office, complete using the guidelines below and return to the school office PTA drop box. Applicants are welcome to come to a PTA Board meeting to present their ideas. We meet the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. Grants must be approved by PTA President, Treasurer and our Principal, Mrs. Biggart and approved at the PTA meeting where it is presented.
Grant Guidelines
Grant recipients may request that the PTA write checks directly to vendors for grant related expenses, or we can reimburse your expenses when you submit receipts to us. Completed order forms, invoices or receipts may be left for the Treasurer in the PTA treasurer's box.
Final Report: The PTA requires a report from each grant recipient before the end of the school year in which funds were used. We want to know how successful you feel the project was so that we can make better funding decisions in the future. If you can come to a PTA meeting to tell us how your project went, great! If not, a written report should be submitted to the grant committee.
Books, software, and other permanent instructional materials and equipment purchased with PTA grants become property of Arnold Elementary School.