Support TCGIS during Give to the Max!
Held in conjunction with Give to the Max Day, the TCGIS Fall Fundraising Campaign plays a critical role in helping our school achieve its Annual Fund budgetary goal of $80,000. See what current students, staff and families have to say about the impact of your generosity!
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Help us reach our goal! |
There are many ways to give!
The TCGIS online giving form allows donors to make one-time or recurring gifts with a credit card.
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Drop off or mail a check to:
TCGIS 1031 Como Ave. St. Paul, MN 55116 |
Pursue an Employer Match!
TCGIS family members and supporters take advantage of employer-matching and payroll deduction programs at these local corporations and organizations:
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Why do we fundraise at TCGIS?
Together, the collective generosity of the TCGIS community helps our public charter school achieve its mission of innovative education of the whole child through German immersion, even while operating with 30 percent less revenue than traditional public schools in Minnesota.
Like traditional public schools, TCGIS receives state and federal funding to operate. However, charter schools do not benefit from local property taxes or levies. This results in a roughly $7,000 per pupil difference at TCGIS compared to local traditional public schools like St Paul Public Schools.
This basic public funding covers our school’s operating costs. However, as a language immersion school, TCGIS has additional expenses that other English language instruction schools do not. For instance: we host native-German-speaking interns each semester; our students use German-language curricular and library materials we order from Germany; we hire native-speaking teachers from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland which involves financing Visas; we encourage professional development for teachers specifically around language-immersion education. For all of these reasons, TCGIS’ annual fundraising goal is a line item in the school’s annual budget.
The majority of TCGIS’s annual fundraising comes from charitable donations made by individual families, many of whom leverage their employer’s matching funds programs or elect to make a recurring monthly donation.
Families are invited to participate in fundraising efforts by two groups: the TCGIS School Board and the TCGIS Parent Teacher Organization (PTO).
Like traditional public schools, TCGIS receives state and federal funding to operate. However, charter schools do not benefit from local property taxes or levies. This results in a roughly $7,000 per pupil difference at TCGIS compared to local traditional public schools like St Paul Public Schools.
This basic public funding covers our school’s operating costs. However, as a language immersion school, TCGIS has additional expenses that other English language instruction schools do not. For instance: we host native-German-speaking interns each semester; our students use German-language curricular and library materials we order from Germany; we hire native-speaking teachers from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland which involves financing Visas; we encourage professional development for teachers specifically around language-immersion education. For all of these reasons, TCGIS’ annual fundraising goal is a line item in the school’s annual budget.
The majority of TCGIS’s annual fundraising comes from charitable donations made by individual families, many of whom leverage their employer’s matching funds programs or elect to make a recurring monthly donation.
Families are invited to participate in fundraising efforts by two groups: the TCGIS School Board and the TCGIS Parent Teacher Organization (PTO).
TCGIS School Board FundraisingLed by the TCGIS School Board's Fundraising Committee, these fundraising initiatives support our school’s Annual Fund, which is part of our school’s comprehensive budget. It supports:
The Fall Campaign—held in conjunction with Give to the Max Day—and Spring Campaign are the primary ways the TCGIS Annual Fund is supported. Recurring individual donations, corporate match donations and payroll contributions are also convenient and effective ways to support the Annual Fund. |
TCGIS PTO FundraisingLed by families and friends of TCGIS, the Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) is focused on enriching our community and supporting teachers and staff. Things that the PTO supports for teachers and staff include:
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We acknowledge and appreciate that TCGIS is located on Waȟpékhute (wah-PEH-koo-tay) Dakota traditional, ancestral, and contemporary homeland, near Lake Medewaka, in the land now known as Minnesota (Mni Sota Makoce). Read our full TCGIS Indigenous Land Acknowledgement here.
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HoursOffice Hours
School Year: Mon.-Fri. 8:00am-4:00pm Summer: Mon.-Fri. 9:00am-12:00pm |
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Authorizer:
University of St. Thomas Charter Authorizing Program 2115 Summit Avenue St. Paul, MN 55105 Danielle Miller, Program Manager Authorizer Website Phone: 952-649-1694 |