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:
June PTA Minutes from 6/21/22 meeting
June Presentation from 6/21/22 meeting
May PTA Presentation from 5/19/22
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
February presentation from PTA meeting on 2/15/22
January presentation fromPTA meeting on 1/18/22
November presentation from PTA meeting 11/16/21
September presentation from PTA meeting on 9/21/21
