The PTA supports initiatives that directly impact all Jamestown students.
To learn more about what we do, click any of the links below or read our list of accomplishments below:
Over the past two years, the PTA has:
- placed a Smartboard in almost every classroom and trained teachers on how to use them;
- funded the cleanup and "renovation" of the Outdoor Classroom in the courtyard (including buying outdoor furniture, plants, and gardening tools that all the classes use to learn about the outdoors);
- paid for three Artists-in-Residence, who have helped the students create the mobile in the Library, the sculpture in the Outdoor Classroom, and the installation in the Multipurpose Room;
- paid for nationally-known authors - including Henry Cole, Pamela Duncan Edwards, Jennifer Holm, Margie Palatini, and Greg Tang - to visit Jamestown and meet with the students;
- donated hundreds of dollars of books to the school library;
- provided funds to buy computers and other hardware for the tech team as well as technology support for the whole school;
- bought bikes for MIPA students;
- funded all Jamestown publications (Yearbook, Poetry Journal, Directory);
- paid for the transportation for the 4th grade trips to Jamestown;
- provided funds to the Art, Music, and Spanish Departments;
- supplemented the teacher training budget, enabling staff to attend a wide variety of training courses;
- paid for school community events such as the ice Cream Social, hospitality events for teachers and staff, and the new families coffee;
- provided each teacher and staff member with a holiday bonus; and
- paid for student recognition and celebration events.
- Additionally, each year the teachers come up with a wish list of items they would like for their classrooms, and the PTA tries to fund as much as it can.
