1. Montessori Tides Parents’ Night
Welcome!

2. Agenda
 MTS Overview
 Montessori Tides Children’s Foundation
 Summary and objectives
 Results this year
 Plans for next year
 New promotions
 Our outdoor learning environment

3. Montessori Tides Overview
Expenses as a % of Revenue
Prof Dev Dues and
Miscellaneous
Fees
Insurance 4%
2%
2%
Utilities
3%
Supplies and Repairs
16%
Payroll
50%
 Welcome
 Operating Expenses
Rent
23%
 Introduction to MTCF

4. Montessori Tides Children’s Foundation Overview
 We are a 501(c)3 organization
 We are staffed by MTS parents
 Our objectives are both fundraising and “funraising”
 Supplement tuition income in order to invest in MTS
 Create “win-win” opportunities for donors and the school
 Provide settings for the MTS community to gather outside of school
 Our theme for the 2012-2013 school year will be “EPIC
Adventure: Their Future, Our Mission”
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5. Our aspiration is to raise $10,000 annually for MTS
 About 20% annually is invested into continuing education for teachers (conferences,
certifications, etc.)
 About 80% is earmarked for school improvement projects (ex. our playground sunshade
in the 2010-2011 school year)
 This year we have raised roughly $9,000:
25th Anniversary Celebration..........$3,500
Royal Palms Tasting and Auction...$2,700
Bio-Books...........................................$1,600
Urban Flats Wine Tasting.....................$300
Al’s Pizza Coupon................................$300
Parents’ Nights Out..............................$300
Box Tops for Education........................$250
Learning Express.....................................$50
Total……………………………...$9,000
$1,800
$1,800 $200
$200 $7,000
$7,000
AMS Conference
AMS Conference Overhead
Overhead Outdoor enhancements
Outdoor enhancements

6. This year’s events focused on both fundraising
and “funraising”
Win-Win Offers Time together
 Al’s Pizza Promotion  25th Anniversary
 Raffle and Silent Carnival
Auction
 Box Tops for Education
 Parents’ Wine Tastings
 Small Hands Catalog  Dutton Island
 Parents’ Nights Out Campout
 Tax deductible
donations
 Corporate funds
matching

7. We are planning now for next year
 September “Parents Connect” event (like the Urban Flats
event)
 Fall Festival (like the 25th Anniversary event)
 First quarter “Parents Connect” event (like the Royal
Palms event)
 Spring Walk/Run
 Weekend campout
We need your feedback and ideas!

8. We have a new opportunity to share
 Element Travel Promotion
 When you book travel through Element Travel, they will
donate 10% of their commissions back to Montessori Tides
 There is a $25 fee to book airfare only (because airlines do
not pay commissions), but the fee is waived if airfare is
purchased with a hotel and/or rental car
 Find them on Facebook, at www.ElementTravel.net or by
calling 904-386-2898.
 Tell Erin or Chris that you are with Montessori Tides school
when booking! Pass this along to your friends and family!

9. We are planning exciting improvements to our
outdoor learning environments
 Our current equipment is 12 years old and needs to be
replaced
 We want to move away from conventional equipment to a
more natural setting
 This aligns us even more with the Montessori classroom
 It inspires creative play (pretending) and constructive play (building)
 It fosters an appreciation for nature
 Our budget is $15,000, so we will finalize our scope to meet
that
 Use local materials to minimize shipping costs
 Solicit donations and/or discounts from local businesses
 Recruit labor from the MTS community 
 Phase the implementation
 This summer, we will concentrate on engineering, costing and
planning the implementation phases

10. The vision for our outdoor spaces
Natural landscapes and structures to play on and house equipment
Art and music installations
Water and sand
features

11. We are happy to be supported by Rockaway
Garden Center

12. Thanks for coming. Stay involved!
 Share your feedback with us
 rachel.dorrian@comcast.net
 rosiehetman@watsonrealtycorp.com
 laurenfitz22@yahoo.com
 danaseveridt@gmail.com
 Look for updates via e-mail, Facebook, the website and
the blog
 Volunteer your time, skills, or resources