Giving at View Ridge

We have a large number of volunteers at View Ridge. It's not uncommon to see several parents working in a classroom at any one time. At Curriculum Night, early in the year, teachers discuss classroom volunteering. In addition, the PTA has over fifty committee positions, and many more people working hard to support those committees. Our PTA brings in money to support classrooms, and many community members offer the meaningful help of the time and energy we put into our school. View Ridge's giving is about much more than dollar amounts. It's about encouraging academic and personal success for all our children, in many different ways. There are as many ways to give as there are members of this community.

There are several ways we raise money to support our classrooms and community. The Annual Appeal raises money that goes directly to our classrooms by adding funds to our school's budget. Every other year we hold an Auction, with proceeds supporting many programs, including teacher needs, our music and art programs, special projects like disaster preparedness, and the operating budget in general. View Ridge parents who purchase Scrip cards or use eScrip support our school even while they shop. In addition, the View Ridge PTA holds several fundraisers throughout the school year that fund the operating budget. The operating budget covers expenses from our community builders, like Boo Ridge, Science Night, the Ice Cream Social, and Arts Night, enrichment assemblies, like Pacific Science center assemblies, Chinese New Year celebration and the Harmony run, as well as Family Support, which helps our families in need. Fundraisers also help to provide grants to all teachers and specialists to supplement their classroom supplies budgets. The Birthday Book Program and Bring-A-Grownup-To-Lunch Day are funded by PTA fundraising efforts, as are administrative costs like copies and PTA insurance.