Franklin PTA Annual Report 2025-2026

8/31/2026 9:20 am

This has been an amazing year of PTA related events and activities. We are very thankful for the generosity of our community members with their donations which have funded enriching activities and celebrations this year. As importantly, we wanted to acknowledge all the wonderful volunteers who have put in so many hours to plan and execute all the PTA events and celebrations throughout the year.

 

We welcomed several new members to the PTA board who were serving in their roles for the first time and others who have been continuing members of the board. Together with school administration, teachers, parent volunteers, PTA community members and Franklin Dad’s Club we have had a phenomenal year in fundraisers and events. Thank you to all of them for their passion and dedication towards our community and school!

 

With your help, Franklin’s PTA raised $86k (minus expenses) in 2 major fundraisers: Walk-a-thon and Holiday Cookie Dough Drive. Additional dollars were raised through individual and company donations as well as spirit wear sales and membership fees throughout the year for a total of $93k:

  • Walk-a-thon = ~$83k
  • Holiday Cookie Dough Drive= ~$3k
  • Other Income and Donations = ~$7k

In addition, the Franklin PTA organized two book fairs with 100% of the profits donated to the Franklin library to purchase many more books for our students to check out!

 

All these funds augmented and enriched our students’ lives. We were able to deliver the following enrichment supplies and programs using ~$56k throughout the school year for various grades. Programs funded and organized by the PTA include:

  • Teacher, staff, music, and recess supplies = ~$18k
  • Family STEM Night = ~$4k
  • Field trips = ~$11
    • 1st grade: Kohl mansion, Elkus Ranch
    • 2nd grade: Marine science institute
    • 3rd grade: San Mateo history museum, Ohlone “Touch of Earth” onsite presentation,
    • 4th grade: Sacramento Field trip with subsidized bus transportation, Sanchez adobe, Walk through California presentation
    • 5th grade (no field trip; outdoor ed is a separate line item specifically for 5th graders)
  • Assemblies = ~$19k
    • All grades: Dance-inspired assembly for mental health and wellbeing
    • 2nd-5th grades: Sky dome planetarium
    • All grades: Bot! The secret world of robots
    • Lower grades: SF Opera
    • Upper grades: Young authors day (creative writing)
    • All grades: Alphabet Rockers (program on equity and inclusion)
    • All grades: Bug Lady
    • TK, K, 1 grades: SF Opera in the classroom
    • All grades: Math night
    • All grades: Science Day/Family STEM Night
    • K: Bay area discovery museum
    • TK: Bay area discovery museum
    • All grades: BMX Assembly
  • Library materials, scholastic news magazines, field day, and green team = ~$4k

 

Our first-ever Family STEM Night was a great success thanks to the incredible support of parents who led the stations and community volunteers for the event! Students enjoyed an educational and fun experience with activities spanning a variety of STEM disciplines.

 

We spent ~$8k on Outdoor Ed transportation and on celebrating our graduating class of Franklin 5th graders funding their yearbooks, graduation t-shirts and party. We wish them a successful transition to their middle school experience!

 

To build community engagement we spent roughly $13k for our community events which were offered completely FREE for all attendees. Our biggest events were the Ice Cream Social (293 attendees), Bingo Night (350 attendees), Glow Party (350 attendees), and the Franklin Family Festival/Kidchella (675 attendees). Our other community building events included Samaritan House Drive. All these events were successful in bringing our community together. We got the chance to bond with fellow Falcon families and to meet many new families joining Franklin.

 

We celebrated our teachers, volunteers and Franklin administration with appreciation events and funded these events with ~$4k for food and thoughtful gifts from Franklin community members.

 

We spent roughly $4k in administrative expenses including taxes, council fees, tech software, insurance, and other fees.

 

We have also made a $5k donation to BCE on behalf of the Franklin Community which helps fund the teacher salaries for music, arts and PE programs and keeps our classroom sizes small. This would help BCE close the gap on their fundraising goal. An additional $1k was donated to ballot bond measures to provide a future reliable source of funding for our school system.

 

Our total expenses for the above were $106k which equate to roughly $304 per student for an enriched school experience. In addition to income received this year, a carry forward balance of ~$33k from the previous year’s PTA balance. The PTA leaves a balance forward of $33k to start the next school year with teacher supplies and community events before receiving income from our next fundraiser.

 

Please look for the PTA General Meeting schedule as we get closer to the start of the new school year. The General meetings are a great opportunity for you to participate in the planning and decision making of how we run our programs. We strongly encourage you to become involved and help us develop useful programs for our students at Franklin and our community!