Providencia Elementary School PTA

TONIGHT! 7pm! Check your email for the zoom link! Reminder- you must be a PTA member to join the meeting! Not a member yet? ITS NOT TOO LATE - JOIN TODAY: https://jointotem.com/ca/burbank/providencia-elementary-pta

Thank you, Teachers!

OUR BOOK FAIR IS STILL GOING STRONG!! Stop by and pick up some of your child’s favorite titles! September 21st October 4th, 2020. All purchases benefit our school and connect kids with new books, favorite characters, complete series, and more. Over 6,000 items, including new releases, best sellers, and value packs... All orders ship direct to home FREE shipping on book-only orders over $25* All purchases support our school and earn 25% in rewards Visit our Book Fair Homepage and click Shop Now to get started: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/providenciapanthers Happy reading!

Have you shopped our VIRTUAL Book Fair? Our Scholastic Book Fair is online from September 21st October 4th, 2020. All purchases benefit our school and connect kids with new books, favorite characters, complete series, and more. You’ll love the NEW option to shop for Book Fair exclusives directly from the interactive booklist and enjoy these special online shopping features:... Over 6,000 items, including new releases, best sellers, and value packs All orders ship direct to home FREE shipping on book-only orders over $25* All purchases support our school and earn 25% in rewards Visit our Book Fair Homepage and click Shop Now to get started: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/providenciapanthers Happy reading!

Calling all artists! The deadline to submit for the Reflections Art Program is October 11th! Visit the Providencia Reflections FB page to submit your art project for this year's theme: I Matter Because... Submit a project in one of the following categories: Film, Photography, Music Composition, Dance, Visual Arts or Writing. Find the entry form link on our FB page and while you're there, give us a like to stay up to date on upcoming deadlines and news about our virtual galle...ry night! https://www.facebook.com/providenciareflections

Dear families, You’re invited to shop our Scholastic Book Fair online from September 21st October 4th, 2020. All purchases benefit our school and connect kids with new books, favorite characters, complete series, and more. You’ll love the NEW option to shop for Book Fair exclusives directly from the interactive booklist and enjoy these special online shopping features:... Over 6,000 items, including new releases, best sellers, and value packs All orders ship direct to home FREE shipping on book-only orders over $25* All purchases support our school and earn 25% in rewards Visit our Book Fair Homepage and click Shop Now to get started: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/providenciapanthers Happy reading!

Have you heard about the Ralphs Community Contribution Program? It is the easiest fundraising program using your Ralphs Rewards Card. Our school can earn money simply by you shopping at Ralphs and scanning your Ralphs Rewards Card and you still get your savings using the card too! So your grocery purchases at Ralphs will give Providencia Elementary School money. It's easy... just shop, swipe your card & earn! There is only one simple thing you have to doenroll in the program. Here are the step-by-step instructions of how to do this:

Dear Burbank PTA Officers and Chairpersons, Burbank Council PTA is thrilled to be partnering with the League of Women Voters of Glendale/Burbank (LWV-G/B) to host a BUSD Board of Education candidate forum on September 30th to help our community learn more about the candidates running for Burbank Unified School District’s Board of Education. The Board of Education makes decisions that affect all of our students, and it's our responsibility to be informed advocates to ensure th...at every child has a voice. Because PTA is nonpartisan and has the best interest of children and the community in mind, this forum is a vital opportunity to increase public understanding of the democratic process and the issues affecting our community. We are excited to announce that your input will be used to determine the questions for the candidates! Please visit our website or click the button below to submit questions for the candidates. The candidate forum will be live-streamed on Wednesday, September 30th by the LWV-G/B. We will send links to this virtual forum as soon as they are available. All Burbank voters are welcome to submit questions and view the forum. To submit questions, FOLLOW THIS LINK: https://www.burbankcouncilpta.org/candidate-forum/

Dear Friends and Families of Providencia, We need your help to "Save The Music at Providencia! Click here to help: providenciapta.square.site... Providencia has been able to provide an exceptional music program for EVERY child for the past nine years thanks to donations and outside support. We have been the only school in Burbank Unified to provide general music classes for ALL students where 4th and 5th grade students also learn how to play the violin, the viola, and the cello. We are one of only 13 schools in the whole state of California to win the prestigious Exemplary Arts Education Award last school year. As exciting as this is, we’ve reached a critical moment and much of our funding is no longer available. Providencia Elementary PTA needs your help to Save The Music for the 2020-2021 school year by raising the $18,000 needed to continue our TK-5th grade General Music Program including our 4th and 5th grade Instrumental/Strings Program. This live music instruction is adaptable to the distance learning model, hybrid model, and on-site instruction. No donation is too small because every penny helps! Please share our story and our fundraising link with your family and family friends - to help us Save The Music. Did you know: Typical karate, art, or music classes in the community can cost $60-$100 for just 6-8 weeks. For less than $1.00 a week, your child can have an award-winning music program for an ENTIRE school year right here at Providencia! The current pandemic does not allow us to accept cash or check donations. Please make your donations and any supporting family or friends’ donations by using PTA’s online Square account here: providenciapta.square.site Thank you for your support, Jen Culbertson and your Providencia PTA

Calling ALL Panthers! We have started another exciting (and interesting) school year and an important part of Providencia Elementary School is our PTA! Providencia's PTA supports critical academic needs, is an active voice on decisions that impact your child’s health, safety and quality of education, and builds a stronger, more inclusive school community. We invite you to join and PTA For Your Child because increasing our membership, even by one, makes it possible to:... Provide music for Tk-5th grade at Providencia Pay for schoolwide assemblies fund the nation's largest and longest running students are program, Reflections fund Red Ribbon Week to keep kids heathy thank our teachers and staff during National Teacher Appreciation Week AND MORE! We encourage every family in the school to become a PTA member to support the success of their child. Our #1 goal is a diverse membership base that reflect ALL of the families and needs of students at Providencia. PTA strengthens connections between your family, your child's classmates and their families and teachers to build a thriving and inclusive community for everyone. There is no wrong way to PTA anything you can give, whether it’s time or money, will have a positive impact on your child’s potential. We invite you to join because we can do more together than apart. Click the button below to join online today. It only takes 5 minutes! https://jointotem.com/ca/burbank/providencia-elementary-pta

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The projected $18.3 billion reduction to the Proposition 98 will be devastating for our schools. YOUR ACTION for your children's future in needed NOW! Please email Governor Newsom and demand Sacramento prioritize funding for public education in the 2020-21 budget. You can email his office here: https://govapps.gov.ca.gov/gov40mail/ Sacramento needs to hear from each and everyone of you to save our children's future. If you need information for your email, see below pulled fro...m a variety of sources include CAPTA: 1. Reopening our schools is key to reopening our economy, but more importantly it is key to the health and welfare of our future. California’s schools will not be able to provide a safe and successful learning environment for every California student without the necessary funding. 2. schools. For two years, we tried to pass a parcel tax. Measure I just missed passing by 2% of the vote. This loss created devastating cuts to BUSD schools. This vote happened before the pandemic. However, COVID-19 and the extra expenses our school district had to pay to switch to distance learning as crippled our schools. We are facing close to a $13 million deficit to run our schools. 3. Public education in California remains underfunded, and that schools were facing severe funding challenges with rising costs PRIOR to the COVID-19 outbreak. In March before COVID-19 school closures the California School Boards Association conducted a survey which found that 77 percent of school districts were deficit spending in the current year and more than one-third were considering layoffs based on the January state budget proposal. Those same funding challenges remain, and in this crisis, they are becoming more severe, not less.