To develop and implement fund raising support strategies for benjamin franklin elementary school; provide an equitable system of distributing such funds and support all program, personnel and property needs of the school; and promote student recruitment and academic excellence at the school.

Education

Xl after school enrichment program for over 200 students. Classes were held in target languages and english in arts, sciences and humanities curriculum. Four 8-week sessions. garden/art enrichment pays for teacher salary to provide formal curriculum-based art and environmental science instruction for all 538 students, m-f from 9 am - 12 noon. Students attend garden/art classes anywhere from 1/mo to 1/wk depending on the teacher's schedule. music enrichment pays for teacher salary to provide formal curriculum-based music instruction for all 538 students. Students attend music classes anywhere from 1/mo to 1/wk depending on the teacher's schedule. media lab assistant pays for teacher salary to provide formal curriculum-based media lab instruction for all 538 students. Students attend media center anywhere from 1/mo to 1/wk depending on the teacher's schedule. Stared in january 2013. classroom support provides an allowance of between $400-$600 for each of 23 classrooms and the front office for supplies, reaching a total of 538 students and 30 staff members. Also pays for foreign language intern program that brings teaching assistants into the immersion classrooms, reaching a total of 436 students. campus improvements provides an allowance for garden maintenance and planting and maintaining new trees on campus. spelling bee & welcome wagon