PARENTS & LEADERS FOR STUDENTS INC
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Mission Statement
PALS, (Parents and Leaders for Students), is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to strengthen, enhance and encourage the educational and social environment of Mary Welsh Elementary. Its goals are to plan and implement activities that enhance the educational opportunities for students in pre-school through sixth grade while promoting an environment at Mary Welsh Elementary where teachers and administrators can do their best work and our students can do their best learning. We fundraise and sponsor various activities and programs, purchase supplies and equipment and volunteer when and where needed. PALS is open to any resident of the Williamsburg Community School District.
About This Cause
OUR PURPOSE - Mary Welsh Elementary is an elementary school in Williamsburg, Iowa. There are approximately 600 students enrolled in grades preschool-sixth grade, and roughly 30 parents, teachers and administrators who make up the PALS organization. Since 1994, PALS has been raising money to promote and provide a wide-variety of opportunities for students at Mary Welsh in areas where funding is needed that would normally not be part of the school district budget. In the past 5 years we have raised over $50,000 for new playground equipment at Mary Welsh, an overhaul of the playground underground drainage and even purchased special “playground mulch.” Our current funding initiative is STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics). We have some great STEAM themes planned for the 2019-2020 school year that include a pollinator fair, school-wide science assemblies, coding projects for students and much more. In 2020 we also plan to purchase Google Expedition kits for students. We’ve also purchased individual teacher STEAM requests, including building blocks, document cameras, microscopes and slides. Last fall, PALS hosted the Harlem Wizards basketball team and proceeds from this event were designated to launch our STEAM initiative. WHAT WE DO - PALS has one primary fundraiser each year: Family Fun Night! Family Fun Night is held in late March/early April. Families of ALL ages attend FFN for a fun-filled, action-packed night of carnival games, prize station, bouncy houses, face painting, special kids raffle, silent auction, food and more! We believe in putting the “fun” in fundraising. In recent years, we’ve raised around $20,000 from Family Fun Night, which provides us with our annual budget. Each year, roughly $15,000 of our budget is used for annual programs and projects held through the school year – Reading Month and visiting author expenses, “Building Better Readers” summer reading book giveaway, Character Counts/PBIS assemblies, Track and Field refreshments, school equipment requests and teacher appreciation events. PALS also provides each grade with field trip funds and classroom supplies so that parents do not have those expenses to worry about. Recent projects have included a water filter and ice maker for the teacher work room, a rock climbing wall for the gym, hosting the Harlem Wizards traveling basketball team and an electric binder and staplers for teachers. Past projects include Smartboards, lap tops, laminator, musical instruments and art display boards among other items. While our main fundraiser is Family Fun Night on the first Saturday in April, PALS also participates in various “passive fundraising” programs – opportunities for Mary Welsh families and the community to raise funds simply by shopping. These programs include: Scrip cards, Brothers Market Receipts Program, Prairie Farms milk caps, Amazon Smile and Box Tops.