Thank you, Parents Council
November 9, 2015
After Parents Council volunteers work exceptionally hard throughout the year to raise funds to support the school, it's always gratifying to see how the money is used. At its November meeting, the Parents Council Board voted on how the money raised during the preceding year should be spent.
This year's Parents Council allocated 2014-15 funds to be spent as follows:
- $40,000 to Annual Giving – an unrestricted gift to the school’s operating budget;
- $42,500 as the final installment of the Parents Council's $250,000 unrestricted pledge to the Campaign for Burroughs;
- $7,000 to boost the wi-fi connection in the field house; and
- $26,519 to fund the faculty/staff wish list as follows:
| Admissions |
Burroughs flashlight/pens |
| Athletics |
Aluminum baseball bats |
| Bookstore |
Free-standing clothes rack |
| English |
Book allowance ($100 per teacher) |
| Family and Consumer Science |
2 Kitchen Aid standing mixers |
| Fine Arts |
Architectural files |
| History |
Book allowance ($25 per teacher) |
| Industrial Technology & Engineering |
Materials to build eight podiums for History Department |
| Junior Class |
Gas grill for concessions stand |
| Kitchen |
Soup kettles |
| Library |
Chess sets |
| Math |
Economics by Example |
| Modern Languages |
Headphone and microphone sets for iPads |
| Montgomery Plan |
Juggling scarves |
| Outdoor Education |
Climbing gear |
| School Nurse |
Electronic health records program |
| Science |
Digital microscope |
| Student Activities |
Field Day supplies |
| Sustainability |
Cedar lumber to build garden fence |
| Technology |
iPad Air for faculty |
| Theatre |
Metal prints for dance studio hallway |
