Our Efforts Directly Benefit Your Child
When you support the Sacajawea PTA, you’re helping fund our $100,000 budget that enables these programs:
Additional reading specialist hours ($20,000). Building literacy skills and supporting students who need extra help
Family Support Services and Coordinator ($20,000). Providing grocery cards, food supplements, and scholarships, while helping support families (Ms. Karen)
Tutors, hourly staffing, and volunteer coordinator ($17,000). Providing additional academic help so struggling students can succeed & organizing volunteers (Ms. Charlene)
Teacher stipends ($10,000). Ensuring teachers don’t spend from their own pockets on supplies for our classrooms with this once-a-year grant directly to teachers
Community Events and Equity Team ($10,000). Building connection and inclusion through school-wide gatherings and equity initiatives
Kindergarten Jumpstart ($5,000). Helping our youngest learners transition successfully
And, many other programs ($18,000). Teacher grants, classroom supplies, field trip buses, teacher appreciation, and PTA overhead (rental fees, technology, insurance, etc.)
2025-2026 Fundraising Initiatives
Each year, we raise contributions to fund the PTA’s budget for the following school year. We’ll need to raise $70,000, augmented by $30,000 from our surplus, to fully fund our $100,000 budget for next year.
This school year, there will be two main fundraisers for parents, friends, grandparents, and our extended community to support the Sacajawea Elementary PTA.
Annual Giving Campaign
Goal: $50,000
Date: Oct 27th - Nov 13th
Your support enables the PTA to provide funds for programs like the ones listed above.
Look for a letter in your child’s take-home packet.
Move-a-Thon
Goal: TBD
Date: April 2026
The more your kids move, the more programs our PTA can offer our school!
This is a great way to reach out to friends and family to involve them in your child’s education.
Why is this fundraising even necessary?
Washington state’s public education system is drastically underfunded. To make up for this shortfall, public schools rely on their communities to support schools with both volunteers and financial giving for even basic programs.
The Sacajawea Elementary School community has a strong tradition of parent involvement in terms of volunteering and financial support.
How is the PTA helping to close our funding gap?
Last year over 100 parents, teachers, staff and students came together to volunteer on numerous school improvement projects. We also met our fundraising goal (and had a high parent participation rate), ensuring continued essential support of key programs.
We’d like to continue last year’s success so that we can expand the list of programs and services the PTA supports, such as funding school supplies for the entire school for the entire year, updating our classroom libraries, fully funding field trips, additional curriculum enrichment and more!
Coming together as a community is both rewarding and a lot of fun as we improve our children’s education and build a strong foundation for their future.
What can you do?
Volunteer your time. Help Sacajawea beyond just giving money. There are many volunteering opportunities to fit your time and interests.
Become a room parent. Room parents provide classroom support and are critical to overall fundraising and community success and serve as liaisons between teachers and families, coordinate parents for class projects, activities and field trips.
Come to PTA meetings. All PTA board and general meetings are open to the entire Sacajawea community. Look for meeting dates in your newsletters and on the sign board. Join us if you can!
Give a Gift Today
Donating money to the Sacajawea Elementary PTA is the how you can to help us reach our fundraising goals for the 2024-2025 school year.
If you can give today, use the button below to donate to our PTA.
Be in Touch
If you’d like to make a gift by working directly with our Treasurer, Cheryl Davis, please get in touch with her via email: treasurer@sacpta.org.
To send a gift by mail, please make your check payable to the Sacajawea Elementary PTA, and write Annual Giving in the memo line. You can mail it to: Sacajawea PTA c/o Cheryl Davis (Treasurer), 9501 20th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98115.
For matching contributions: our federal tax ID is 91-1426903. In some employer matching systems, you may find us under the name “PTA Washington Congress” with the school’s address (9501 20th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98115). If you have questions, please email treasurer@sacpta.org.