Benjamin Franklin Elementary Foundation

Garden/Art Enrichment pays for teacher salary to provide formal curriculum-based art and environmental science instruction for all 538 students, M-F from 9 am - 12 noon. Students attend garden/art classes anywhere from 1/mo to 1/wk depending on the teacher's schedule.

Music Enrichment pays for teacher salary to provide formal curriculum-based music instruction for all 538 students. Students attend music classes anywhere from 1/mo to 1/wk depending on the teacher's schedule.

Media Lab Assistant pays for teacher salary to provide formal curriculum-based media lab instruction for all 538 students. Students attend media center anywhere from 1/mo to 1/wk depending on the teacher's schedule. Stared in January 2013.

Classroom Support provides an allowance of between $400-$600 for each of 23 classrooms and the front office for supplies, reaching a total of 538 students and 30 staff members. Also pays for foreign language intern program that brings teaching assistants into the immersion classrooms, reaching a total of 436 students.

Campus Improvements provides an allowance for garden maintenance and planting and maintaining new trees on campus.

Spelling Bee & Welcome Wagon