Grant Guidelines
Pioneer Elementary PTA Grant Program 2011-2012
Pioneer
Elementary School Teachers, Parents, Staff, and Students: Do
you have a great program or project idea that fosters Pioneer'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 President Herb Eash "herbeash@herbeash.com" if you have questions.
About PTA
Grants
Our primary goal is to benefit the students at Pioneer. 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 Thursday of every month at 3:40 p.m.
except December 2011. Grants under $300 must be approved by PTA Board
Executives, Principal, and 2 Pioneer Team Members. Grants at $301 and above must
be approved at the PTA General meeting where it is presented or by email General
PTA member proxy vote.
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 on a reimbursement form. 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 PTA Board.
Books, software, and other permanent instructional materials
and equipment purchased with PTA grants become property of Pioneer Elementary
School.
For more detailed information about our PTA, date, and times, please visit
http://www.mypioneerpta.org/