Families of Saint Andrew School
End of the Year Bonus Collection
WHAT IS THIS COLLECTION?The all school END OF THE YEAR BONUS COLLECTION is the collection of monetary contributions into a donation pool to fund end of the year bonuses for teachers (homeroom and specials), administrative staff, and support staff (e.g. school nurse, maintenance, and more), with the significant portion going to teachers.
WHY DO WE DO THIS? We organize this bonus collection to provide the teachers with a little "extra" in their paycheck to provide end of the year fun money for our beloved teachers. Teachers will receive their bonus as part of their final school year check.
Our school is blessed to have many dedicated teachers in each classroom but also special instruction teachers for art, gym, music, computers, reading and learning resource. As well as teachers' aides for the younger grades, an aide for gym, a school nurse, a front office staff and administrators that manage all the chaos of a school, and so much more. Our children in the K-8th grades encounter so many of these wonderful during their educational week that if you added up the number of teachers you might find that your child might benefit from instruction by five or more teachers.
WHAT ARE THE CONTRIBUTION DETAILS? Any amount contributed is appreciated and may be tax-deductible (consult your tax advisor). Just like the collection at the holidays, this all school collection is in lieu of individual classroom gifts or individual family gifts to teachers and staff. Last year the average donation was $55/family with over 80% participating.
The amount of your contribution is kept confidential. Teachers are notified of which families donated without contribution amount for the purpose of sending thank you notes.
HOW DOES THIS WORK? The teachers and aides in each class of Transitions, PreK and JrK receive an end of year bonus from the pooled contributions that their individual classes made.
Teachers from K - 8, specials and administrative staff receive a an end of year bonus bonus from the pooled contributions made from the K - 8th grade parents.
If you have questions, please contact your room parent or Kathy Barnard at barnardkathy@hotmail.com