PTA

Parent Teacher Association

What We Do

We count on parent involvement to guarantee specific academic needs and enrichment activities benefiting all students. Whether it is your time, money, ideas or all of the above, the reality is parent involvement at Burroughs is not only a want but a critical need.

A major purpose of the PTA is fundraising through programs like:

Read-A-Thon
Dining 4 Dollars
Spirit Wear
Scholastic Book Fair
Direct Donations

Below are examples of the benefits we can continue to offer our kids with this level of involvement:

Regular Significant Donations to Burroughs Achieve Fund
Supplementing Art - Fine Arts Poetry, Art Adventure/Art Institute tour
Supplementing Music- Bravo!, MN Sinfonia, Ordway and Choir trip
Environmental Centre Overnight Field Trips - Voyager and Deep Portage
After School Clubs - Chess, Destination Imagination, Bird Watching and Lego League
Extra Active & Healthy Programs - Mindfulness, Ice Fishing, Track & Field and the Ski trip
Celebrating Accomplishments - 5th Grade Graduation Party, End of the Year Picnic
Recognizing our Amazing Teachers - Teacher Appreciation Breakfast
Student, Faculty and Family enrichment through PTA sponsored committees: Families for Equity and Justice (FEJ) and Social and Emotional Wellness (SEW)

The Burroughs PTA achieves its goals by managing a budget of $40,000 up to $100,000 that funds classroom enrichment, field trips, teacher support, and school-wide events. The PTA also oversees many of the opportunities for parents to be involved at Burroughs.

Membership

Join the PTA! As a member you can vote on budgets and other decisions, as well as stay up-to-date on all the latest information about academics and extracurriculars at Burroughs. Annual Membership dues are covered by the Burroughs PTA

Join us at any of the PTA meetings to sign up or contact the PTA at burroughsmn.PTA@gmail.com.

We need your continued support! Please consider donating to the Burroughs PTA! Please drop off cash or checks to Maggie Nelon, our school Secretary.

Meetings

PTA meetings are held from 6:30-8:30 throughout the year. We will continue to accommodate social distancing this year by conducting the meetings remotely over Zoom. Please stay tuned for the link information. In the event we move to onsite PTA meetings, FREE childcare for ages 3+will be available! In the 2021-2022 school year, meetings will be held on:

9/21/2021

11/16/2021

1/18/2022

2/15/2022

3/15/2022

4/19/2022

5/17/2022

Previous meeting agendas/presentations:

April PTA Presentation from 4/18/22

April PTA minutes from meetings on 4/18/22

March PTA minutes from meeting on 3/15/22

March PTA Presentation from 3/15/22