The PTA sponsors a wide variety of activities and programs at Anza, including:
- Adventures in Art-- It's time for art! Adventures
in Art is a widely successful PTA-sponsored program staffed by
volunteers like you who know the importance of art in your child's
education. Five exciting age-appropriate art projects designed by local
artists will help Anza students learn basic art techniques and art
history, discover the properties of various media and explore their own
creativity and imagination. No artistic skill or experience is needed to
be an Adventures in Art docent or classroom assistant (really!). We
will teach you everything you need to know and provide all the art
materials. Besides donating your time, you only need a love for helping
students and an appreciation for exploring new ideas.
- Anza Copy Club: PTA organizes and trains volunteers
to do the office work and copying that teachers need done daily,
allowing the teachers to focus on their students.
- Assemblies: Educational assemblies are arranged for and funded by the PTA working with the school staff.
- Communicator: Volunteers collate fliers from the
office, district, PTA, and community. These are put into packets to come
home on Wednesdays, so parents always know when to expect information
to be in their children's backpacks.
- Community Activities: The PTA organizes and
sponsors a range of events that include firefighter, military, and
police recognition; community-service projects; and book, food and toy
drives.
- Emergency Preparedness:The PTA is vital in the
organization and equipping of Anza's program for emergency and disaster
preparedness. This includes first-aid supplies, safety equipment, and
basic survival needs for the students in case of a significant emergency
event.
- Family Events: Throughout the year, the PTA
schedules and sponsors events to encourage families to get together with
their children and with other families. These include picnics, evening
programs, and other fun activities for all ages.
- Library: The school library is staffed by PTA volunteers who enable classes to visit weekly. The only funding for books in the library comes from the PTA.
- Room Representatives: Room representatives serve as
a liaison between the teacher, parents, and the PTA to recruit
volunteers for field trips, class parties, and major school events.
Parents interested in serving as a room rep should contact their child's
teacher.
- Technology:The technology committee of the PTA has
been instrumental in the upgrading of computers in the classrooms and
the computer lab, and continues to work to maintain up-to-date equipment
and software for the students at Anza.
- Other programs include the support of P.E./recess
equipment purchases, the Bike Rodeo, Eagle Readers, Science Fair, the
Reflections Program, Activity Day, Red Ribbon Week (for drug
awareness), Beautification, Band, Chorus, Funds for Student Welfare
needs, Memory Books (yearbooks), student end-of-year awards, the Talent
Show, Dr. Seuss Day, and a multicultural celebration.
- Fundraisers:The PTA is not a fundraising
organization. However, it is necessary to sponsor fund-raisers in order
to provide the programs mentioned above. The PTA sponsors two major
fund-raisers annually: the Direct Donation Drive in the fall and the
Jog-a-thon in the spring. With a dwindling state budget and less money
being given to school districts, it is critical that we work with the
school and provide programs to supplement our childrens' education.
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