So we have taken a different approach. Our main fundraiser is through letters we send home to parents in the Fall and the Spring to request direct donations to the PTA. Last year (1999-2000), we raised more than $25,000 through this fundraiser.
These funds were spent:
| To subsidize the school?s purchase of a telephone communication system that will include telephones in every classroom and voice mail boxes for all teachers ? to improve communication between teachers and parents; | |
| To purchase classroom sets of textbooks ? so that students do not need to carry heavy textbooks back and forth to school each day; | |
| To purchase new computers for Longfellow?s computer lab ? to ensure that the computer lab remains up-to-date. |
The PTA also raised money from "booster" memberships to the PTA and through the Supermarket Scrip Program.
In addition to the PTA fundraising, Longfellow has two other major fundraising activities:
| Early in the Fall, the Principal sponsors a magazine subscription drive. The funds raised for this drive are controlled directly by the Principal ? although the PTA helps with this fundraiser, we do not decide how the money should be spent. | |
| Also in the Fall, the Music Department (Band, Orchestra, and Chorus) sponsors a candy and gift wrap sales fundraising drive. The money raised from the sales of candy and gift wrap are used to support Longfellow's music program. |
For more information, contact:
| Catherine Spinella | Miriam Wolman |
| 703-242-1747 | 703-759-2391 |
| [email protected] | [email protected] |