We have about 80 - 90 5th graders at our school. The PTA purchases the t-shirts with their year "class of" with all the signatures for the kids but for their end of the year activities (in the past a dance and cake after graduation) the 5th grade pays for it themself. They have raised money with bake sales and they've sponsored a Valentine's Dance for the whole school (but the pricipal put a squash on that for the future). Now that my son is in 5th grade we have to come up with ways to make money since most of the money in the past has come from the dance.

hi, I think we have maybe 100-120 5th graders. I don't know how much money we brought in last year, I know giftwrap brought in 15,000 and the chocolate fundraiser brought in 5,000. I'm really just upset because I keep getting e-mails telling me that the 5th graders "deserve" this and that, but they aren't doing anything about it, they expect it to be handed to them. I would love to do t-shirts though. We apparently pay for the dare t-shirts, maybe we could not get those but get t-shirts with everyone's names and the year. I'll have to chat with the principal. Maggie

I have noticed that in all of our 15 units budget the 5th graders at the elementary, the 8th graders at the middle school and of course the seniors at the highschool receive more money than events at the lower levels. A few hundred here and there is not a big problem but I have a few questions. How much do you typically raise in a year and how many 5th graders are there?

Our school, also a K-5, throws an end-of-the-year picnic for our 5th graders. We buy them all t-shirts that have their graduation year and every class members name on them. We also give every 5th grader free yearbooks. Our picnic includes hot dogs, salad, desserts and fruit, along with drinks. But it costs us no where near $1000.oo. In fact, our budget for the picnic was about $150.00 for 75 students and teachers. These kids have become part of the Jackson School family and are deeply missed by all of the PTO. We don't ask the parents to contribute extra $, however, we do ask that they send in a bag of chips or cookies.

hi everyone, I have a quick question. we are an elementary school grades K-5. every year the 5th grade has a graduation party. The pta gives them 1000$ for this. (the pta also apparently pays for DARE t-shirts, and another 1000$ for the fifth grade field trip. Do other pta's do this? I'm just curious, I'm not opposed to it, I'm just wondering. Or do the 5th grade parents form a committee and do their own things to raise money? Maggie