What Does the PTSA Do?

Simply put, the PTSA at Fall City Elementary organizes parents to help make our school a better place for our children to learn. Study after study has shown that parent involvement is key to student success in education. The PTSA is a great avenue for parents, working with the teachers and staff, to impact the success of Fall City Elementary School.

• The PTSA raises and manages an annual budget of $100K. It spends 93% of that budget on educational programs and services that directly impact the children. (Operating costs represent the remaining 7%).
• Enhancing education is the top priority receiving 86% of the spending. PTSA helps to fund four Sci-Art teachers that teach in the classrooms and a multi-day, outdoor study trip for all 5th graders (Seabeck).
• The PTSA provides each teacher and the principal with generous mini-grants to benefit each classroom. Mini-Grants get PTSA funds quickly into the hands of the experts that best know how to spend them.
• The PTSA builds community with social events for our families — from ice cream socials to family science nights to book fairs — everyone is invited!
• The PTSA is addressing the recent growth in enrollment at our school. A third playground duty was made possible with help of PTSA funds.
• The PTSA organized the school's first-ever auction and raised $47K. These funds were used to completely upgrade the school's computer lab. All new hardware and software were installed in January 2006.

PTSA Officers 2008–2009

Board of Directors 2008–2009

The PTSA at Fall City Elementary is organized by the Board of Directors.

The Board consists of the elected officers, all year-long committee chairpersons, a teacher representative and the school principal. The meetings are open to all members of the PTSA. Please join us anytime!