Grand View Elementary School PTA
Grand View Fiesta 2010
The online portion of Grand View Fiesta Auction 2010 is now open. The auction will run from April 1, 2010 to April 26, 2010.
Your donations make great things possible! Here are a few of the benefits that you and your fellow businesses have provided for our children:
- This year, we brought SMART Board technology to our 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade classrooms!
- We have created a fabulous 2500 square foot Performing Arts Center. It is used daily to support our visual and performing arts programs, school assemblies, and provides needed space for meetings and seminars.
- Grand View parents have created and funded an innovative program known as Grades of Green, which teaches the children environmental awareness and the importance of taking care of our planet. Your donations make it possible for our students to go on field trips and to bring curriculum based assemblies to our campus.
Going forward we would like to maintain and expand these programs, but we need your help more than ever. Federal funding for schools is insufficient and State funding is undergoing drastic cuts with the economic downturn. The Manhattan Beach Unified School District had to make significant cuts to the 2009-2010 budget and is faced with making additional cuts to the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 budgets. We want to maintain the high quality educational experience and high test scores we have worked so hard to achieve. We, the parents and the community, need to provide the additional funds required to continue this high level of education.
Grand View PTA plans to spend over $300,000 during the 2009-2010 school year. Our students benefit from PTA support for more than 65 programs, enrichment activities, and contributions to classroom and curricular materials and supplies. Our PTA budget includes $49,000 for classroom supplies and support, $10,000 for library materials, $6,000 for science supplies, $12,000 for technology supplies, $13,000 for PE programs and equipment, $30,000 for science and visual and performing arts assemblies and workshops, $23,000 for field trips, and $24,000 for student clubs and enrichment programs.
Your donation to the Silent Auction goes directly to help maintain all of our successful programs and curriculum support. Every student at Grand View benefits every day from the money raised at this event! Auction items range from exotic vacation getaways to donated items guaranteed to delight and surprise. So, tell your friends, family, community. Let the bidding begin!
Now is your chance to not only get all the great items you want, but to do it knowing you are helping support our organization and mission.