Wow! What a year 2020 was. It felt like it lasted much longer than it did and I’m sure we’re all wondering when the world will return and we can all back to something approaching normal. I don’t have any answers on that subject, but I do know the PSA is working hard to support our teachers and staff and do what we can to help them provide an enriching distance learning experience for our children.
Our amazing teachers are working harder than ever and everyone, children, parents, teachers and staff are doing their best to get through this crazy time.
So, what is the PSA doing?
In December we raised $1,015 to assist those families that might have needed just a little bit more for Christmas. Thank you to all that donated.
We have also have a still active Book Drive Book Drive that has raised $270 so far.
We don’t have any general fund raisers scheduled for the rest of the school year. We are working on getting some swag set up – things like t-shirts, hoodies, mugs, cups and other stuff. We’ll let you know here and on Face Book when we get that rolling.
If you’d like to make a donation to your child’s teacher to have a little bit more for class enrichment, each teacher has a fundraising page dedicated to that class. Any money you donate WILL go to that teacher, for that class, to be used for enrichment materials. I’m sure you’ve noticed that teachers are occasionally sending home a bit more than photocopies. In a lot of cases, that extra material is coming out of the teacher’s pocket and isn’t reimbursed by the school. The PSA budgets $250 to each teacher to supplement their class for enrichment material. The additional donations families make to teachers are on top of what the PSA has already budgeted.
Please consider donating to your child(‘s/rens) teacher(s) here: Mountain View School PSA Fund Raisers
And finally, on that fund raising page you’ll see a fundraiser for a 2021 school camping trip. This is a traditional before school, community building camping trip that we missed in both 2019 and 2020. Hopefully, the world will be back by August this year and we can once again meet before school starts for our kiddos to see each other in person after a long, far too long, time away. The reservation is made, some REALLY vague planning is in place and we’ll let you know if this is going to even be feasible around early July. Fingers crossed.
Stay safe. Stay sane. Stay hopeful.
