PTA / Fundraising

Welcome to Meadows PTA! 

Our Parent/Teacher Association is made up of volunteers (you) who make Meadows one of California’s most distinguished elementary schools.  The PTA is a crucial group responsible for fundraising and managing our incredible volunteer base to maintain our school’s valuable programs, events and equipment.  

Parents, teachers and staff work closely together to ensure our educational excellence and constantly evaluate our programs to help ensure our district remains one of the highest achieving districts – fifth in the state.

Teachers receive financial assistance for classroom materials through grants and stipends and specialized programs such as science, music, library, cultural arts, technology/computer lab are funded through the PTA.

Of course, the PTA does more than just supplement funding.  Meadows has a rich community of volunteers who come together for a variety of “Programs” and “Fundraisers”: Spirit/Beautification Days, School Socials, the Halloween Carnival, Mustang Trot, Movie Night, Parent Party and more. 

The Meadows PTA will introduce you to a great variety of new activities and opportunities to share your special talents. And, it’s a great way to meet other parents.

Get Involved!

Join the Meadows PTA for an annual fee of only $10 per parent. (Membership form is here.) In addition, we ask for a nominal donation of $50 per child to fund the PTA-sponsored programs. We also enthusiastically encourage you to respond generously to the Manhattan Beach Education Foundation (www.mbef.org) campaign.

Three for Me

Does three hours over the course of nine months sound like a lot of time to you?  Meadows is implementing the National PTA volunteer program, “Three 4 Me.”  We’re asking each parent to volunteer three hours throughout the school year to benefit your child’s education.  It doesn’t sound like a lot to each individual, but think of the work we can accomplish together if we all volunteer just three hours of our time to our school.  If each parent dedicates this time, it would be equal to one FULL TIME EMPLOYEE working for the PTA.  If you really want to see improvement in the quality of our children’s public school education, pledge three hours a month!  Many of you do that already and it’s truly made a difference to our school. 

PTA and MBEF

The Manhattan Beach Education Foundation (MBEF) www.mbef.org provides different, but complementary, programs and services which benefit Meadows. The PTA and MBEF are separate but equally vital entities in the support of your child’s education and we

The Manhattan Beach Education Foundation (MBEF) provides different, but complementary programs and services which benefit Meadows. The PTA and MBEF are separate but equally vital entities in the support of your child’s education.

In a nutshell, PTA pays for “things” and MBEF pays for “people.” PTA funds pay for school site programs, events and campus improvements on a year-to-year basis. MBEF pays for personnel and programs at all sites – K-12— that would not exist without this private, long-term funding.  PTA pays for the computers, hardware and software in the Computer Lab. MBEF pays the salary of the Computer Specialist. Similarly, PTA pays for library books and supplies. MBEF pays the salary of the Library Media Specialist.

For more information on the National PTA visit www.pta.org or on the California State PTA: www.capta.org.  For more information on MBEF, visit www.mbef.org.