2024-2025 Annual Report
6/29/2025 10:52 pm
Franklin PTA Annual Report 2024-2025
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 of the wonderful volunteers who have put in an amazing 1,806 hours to plan and execute all of 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 a record $87k in 2 major fundraisers: Walk-a-thon and Holiday Cookie Dough Drive. Additional dollars were raised through individual and company donations as well as spiritwear sales and membership fees throughout the year:
- Walk-a-thon = ~$74k
- Holiday Cookie Dough Drive= ~$2k
- Individual and Company Donations = ~$9k
- Other Income (Spirit Wear and Membership Fees) = ~$2k
In addition, the Franklin PTA organized two bookfairs with 100% of the profits donated to the Franklin library to purchase many more books for our students to check out!
All of these funds augmented and enriched our students’ lives. We were able to deliver the following enrichment supplies and programs using ~$34k throughout the school year for various grades. Programs funded and organized by the PTA include:
- Teacher, staff, music, and recess supplies = ~$12k
- Science Expo = ~$8k
- Field trips and assemblies = ~$8k
- 1st grade/mixed K - Music at Kohl Mansion field trip, Elkus Ranch field trip
- 2nd grade - Marine Science Institute field trip
- 3rd grade - A Touch of Earth field trip, Ohlone Trunk, People from Many Places field trip
- 4th grade - Sanchez Adobe field trip, Sacramento Tour field trip, Walk Through California
- TK-5 - Magic Circus, Pop-Up Art Club, Math Night
- Beetle Lady - TK & K
- Music at Kohl Mansion Sound impact - All grades
- Amazing Science Whiz Show - All grades
- Conflict Resolution - All grades
- Library books and weekly scholastic news magazines = ~$5k
- Green Team and Student Council activities = ~$1k
Our first-ever Science Expo was a great success thanks to the incredible support of our teachers, staff, and a record number of 87 community volunteers throughout the all-day 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 and Meals on Wheels Holiday Card 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 ~$6k for food and thoughtful gifts from Franklin community members.
We spent roughly $6k 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 of $3M (currently $2.95M). An additional $5k was donated to BCE to fund the successful passing of measure GG to provide a future reliable source of funding for our school system.
Our total expenses for the above were $78k which equate to roughly $217 per student for an enriched school experience. In addition to income received this year, a carry forward balance of ~$21k from the previous year’s PTA balance and $5k from our last year’s district fiduciary account balance have helped us fund our programs. 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!
Franklin PTA Annual Report 2024-2025
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 of the wonderful volunteers who have put in an amazing 1,806 hours to plan and execute all of 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 a record $87k in 2 major fundraisers: Walk-a-thon and Holiday Cookie Dough Drive. Additional dollars were raised through individual and company donations as well as spiritwear sales and membership fees throughout the year:
- Walk-a-thon = ~$74k
- Holiday Cookie Dough Drive= ~$2k
- Individual and Company Donations = ~$9k
- Other Income (Spirit Wear and Membership Fees) = ~$2k
In addition, the Franklin PTA organized two bookfairs with 100% of the profits donated to the Franklin library to purchase many more books for our students to check out!
All of these funds augmented and enriched our students’ lives. We were able to deliver the following enrichment supplies and programs using ~$34k throughout the school year for various grades. Programs funded and organized by the PTA include:
- Teacher, staff, music, and recess supplies = ~$12k
- Science Expo = ~$8k
- Field trips and assemblies = ~$8k
- 1st grade/mixed K - Music at Kohl Mansion field trip, Elkus Ranch field trip
- 2nd grade - Marine Science Institute field trip
- 3rd grade - A Touch of Earth field trip, Ohlone Trunk, People from Many Places field trip
- 4th grade - Sanchez Adobe field trip, Sacramento Tour field trip, Walk Through California
- TK-5 - Magic Circus, Pop-Up Art Club, Math Night
- Beetle Lady - TK & K
- Music at Kohl Mansion Sound impact - All grades
- Amazing Science Whiz Show - All grades
- Conflict Resolution - All grades
- Library books and weekly scholastic news magazines = ~$5k
- Green Team and Student Council activities = ~$1k
Our first-ever Science Expo was a great success thanks to the incredible support of our teachers, staff, and a record number of 87 community volunteers throughout the all-day 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 and Meals on Wheels Holiday Card 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 ~$6k for food and thoughtful gifts from Franklin community members.
We spent roughly $6k 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 of $3M (currently $2.95M). An additional $5k was donated to BCE to fund the successful passing of measure GG to provide a future reliable source of funding for our school system.
Our total expenses for the above were $78k which equate to roughly $217 per student for an enriched school experience. In addition to income received this year, a carry forward balance of ~$21k from the previous year’s PTA balance and $5k from our last year’s district fiduciary account balance have helped us fund our programs. 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!
