Your PTA donations and volunteer activities support programs that enhance the educational experience for students and provide needed support for Barksdale teachers, staff, and the campus. All of these initiatives are dependent upon financial support from Barksdale parents, members of the community, and local businesses.
Each year, the Barksdale PTA Ways and Means Committee collects the funds needed through a variety of programs:
- Bronco Buddy
- School Supplies
- Spirit Wear
- Book Fair
- Spring Auction
- Directory Sponsorship
- Sally Foster – Gift wrap, Entertainment Passbooks, and Otis Spunkmeyer cookie dough
- Special Events
- Partnership Program
- Spirit Night
- Box Tops
- Barksdale Bricks
- School Store
How are PTA donations spent?
Your generous support of the PTA through our various fundraising activities ensures these programs continue:
Student Programs
- Field trips
- Grade-level workshops
- Author visits
- School-wide parties
- Chess team
- Spanish program
- School supplies
- Science Fair – project boards
- Reading Ambassador Week
- Scholarships
- Experience the Awareness
- Assemblies
- Yearbook
- Study buddies
- 5th grade graduation
- International Day
- Red Ribbon Rally
- School store
- Student agendas
- Arts in Education
Teacher, Staff, and Campus Support
- Teacher treats
- Grade-level supplies
- Shoebox science materials
- Environmental program
- Room reps
- Teacher grants
- Teacher resources
- Building and landscape
- Library volunteers
- Office volunteers
Family Programs
- Science & Technology Night
- Newcomers lunch
- Grandparents Night
- Fall Festival
- Newsletter (YO pack)
- School directory
- SAGE
- PTA volunteer training
- Family Art Night
- Book Fair/Pajama Night
- Practical parent programs
- Weekly e-mail blast
- Spirit wear
- Spring Auction