Welcome to Covington Elementary PTA!
At Covington, we are dedicated to fostering a strong, inclusive community where every student, family, and educator can thrive. Through community events, volunteer opportunities, and targeted funding, the PTA brings our school spirit to life.
Due to the way California property taxes are assessed, it’s necessary for our schools to supplement funding to ensure students receive the exceptional and well-rounded education for which LASD strives. Federal & state funds directly provided to theLos Altos School District (LASD) are supplemented by community fundraising through the Los Altos Educational Foundation (LAEF) AND the Covington (PTA) AND the.
Important Updates to School Funding This Year
This school year, there is an important shift in how programs are funded across the Los Altos School District (LASD). To allow both organizations to focus entirely on their core missions, fundraising responsibilities have been realigned:
1. Prioritize Your Gift to LAEF (District-Wide)
We encourage all families to first prioritize giving to the Los Altos Educational Foundation (LAEF). LAEF funds teachers, staff, and essential programs across LASD beyond what public funding alone provides.
What LAEF Funds: Long-supported roles like librarians, PE specialists, and music educators.
What’s Shifting: Starting this year, fundraising for instructional programs and materials previously managed by individual PTAs—including Starting Arts, social-emotional learning, and classroom technology—is shifting entirely to LAEF.
The Goal: With this expanded scope, LAEF has a district-wide target of $4.35M and suggests an annual donation of $1,800 per student. Any amount you can give makes a difference.
2. Support the Covington PTA (School-Specific)
With the shift of instructional programming to LAEF, the PTA’s fundraising needs are significantly lower than in past years. After contributing to LAEF, we ask families to support our community closer to home. We have simplified our giving process. We no longer offer multiple donation bundles. Instead, we feature a single, streamlined contribution to cover the school year:
🐾 The Coyote Pack: We suggest a $200 per-student donation to directly fund the Covington Scholarship Fund, teacher discretionary supply funds, and beloved community traditions like Family Game Night (previously Tingo), the Back-to-School Picnic, and our annual Walkathon.
👉Get the Coyote Pack |Learn More on our Support Page
3. Get Involved This School Year
Join Us at an Event: From our casual family picnics to community nights, keep an eye on our calendar for upcoming opportunities to connect.
Volunteer Your Time: A vibrant school community relies on the energy and talents of our parent volunteers. Whether you can help out for an hour at an event or lead a committee, we would love to have you. Visit our Volunteer Opportunities page to see how you can help!
Double Your Impact: Don't forget to submit your PTA donation and LAEF matching requests to your employer's corporate matching program!
Your 2026-27 representatives are happy to answer any questions:
PTA President - Yun Teng - president@covington-pta.org
LAEF Representatives - Brandon Kam, Shivanjali Srivastava: CovingtonReps@LAEFonline.org