In addition to our enrichment classes, Parents for Carpenter also provides aides that support our classroom teachers and provide safety during recess and lunch, as well as a number of other programs.
CLASS DOWNSIZING AND INTERVENTION SPECIALIST
PFC funding supports an intervention teacher, Carissa Larsen, who works with small groups of students for language arts and math, helping to ensure students are learning grade-level standards. Students universally benefit from an enhanced teacher-to-student ratio during the pullout period. Mrs. Larsen also supports our EL students and assists with assessments.
CLASSROOM AIDES
Your donations to PFC helps fund full-time aides to help in the classroom as needed. The aides enable our teachers to work with smaller groups, giving more focused attention to the varied needs of all types of students on a daily/weekly basis. This program is coordinated with school administration and participating teachers. The aides also help at the morning valet line.
CAMPUS AIDES
PFC is proud to pay for campus aides at Carpenter that assist with everything from the Valet line and manning the entry gates to school, to lunchtime supervision. These aides additionally assist with the care of our science class garden and for our chickens, ducks, rabbits, and various other animals.
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
Funding from PFC and the PTA supports Carpenter's Disaster Preparedness Program, which ensures that the school possesses adequate supplies necessary for managing an emergency.
EQUIPMENT & IMPROVEMENTS
Funding from PFC donations help keep our campus safe and beautiful. Your donations pay for items ranging from animal cages and play equipment, to hard top resurfacing specially designed to lower the surface temperature in the yard.
TEACHER APPRECIATION
Your Parents for Carpenter and PTA donations help pay for holiday gifts and a teacher lunch during a week-long school-wide event which include students, parents and administrators in a special celebration of Carpenter's dedicated teaching staff.
WISH LIST
Working closely with each of Carpenter's teachers, the PFC provides every classroom teacher with $20 per student for the acquisition of educational materials required to support specialized curricula. Often this money, at the discretion of the classroom teacher, goes towards classroom supplies not covered by LAUSD, and enriched programs for the class.
