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, strengths or all of the above, the reality is parent involvement at Burroughs is not only a want but very much a need.

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

• Silent Auction  

• Read-A-Thon  

• Box Tops

• Spirit Wear  

• Scholastic Book Fair

Last year the above programs, and the families involved in making them a success, resulted in near $100,000. 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

• Exceptional Math Program - Singapore Math, M2 and M3

• 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

  
  

The Burroughs PTA achieves its goals by managing a budget of over $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.

In 2019, the PTA voted to discontinue the $10 annual dues requirement. Join us at any of the PTA meeting to sign up or contact the PTA at burroughsmn.PTA@gmail.com to join. 

If you would like to donate to the Burroughs PTA, click here or drop off cash or checks to Maggie Nelon, our school Secretary.

Meetings

PTA meetings are held from 6:30-8:30 five times a year. This year, to accommodate social distancing, we will be 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 2020-2021 school year, meetings will be held on:

September 22
November 17
January 19
March 16
April 20

Below is how our last meeting agenda:

May 28th 2020 PTA Meeting Agenda