Our Annual Write-A-Check Campaign is the largest fundraiser of the year! In 2018-2019 we raised over $75,000 to support our faculty, classrooms, and extracurricular programs.

Please download a copy of the campaign letter to read more about the impact of last year's campaign and the goal for the upcoming year: Write-A-Check Campaign Letter, the 2018 Donations List and The Impact of a Donation.

2019 Write-A-Check Campaign Kick-Off

The Archers Council will kick off their annual Write-A-Check campaign on Friday, October 11. Instead of the usual fundraising efforts that take time and energy, you can simply Write-A-Check! We were so encouraged by last year's contributions and hope to see 100% family participation this year.

The Write-A-Check campaign will run from October 11-31. We encourage you to participate in 3 ways. First, write a check to "Archers Council", give online through the QR code below, or pledge monthly gifts through Bill Pay. Second, invite extended family and friends to invest in your student's education. And third, inquire about your company's charitable matching program. With a little effort a donation can be doubled!

Please help us reach our goal...and Aim High!

For questions about the Write-A-Check campaign, please email info@archerscouncil.com.

Click here if you are interested in reading more about our past success with the Write-A-Check campaign.

Write-A-Check 2019

As of October 22 , we are currently at $20,000! That's 20% of our goal and 10% of our families have participated!

We need you!

Just like public schools, charter schools receive state funds based on the average daily attendance of students. However, charter schools do not receive funds from local tax revenue, or, in most cases, state facilities funding.

Annually, Founders receives approximately $2,000 less per student. With 700 students starting in the 2019-2020 school year, that is $1,400,000 this upcoming school year!

Charter schools like ours work to make up the difference with fundraising to help support our talented faculty, grow our fine arts and athletic programs and promote community in our many school wide events. It is important to understand that is a real condition for all charter schools and is not a circumstance of the school being poorly operated, but rather the limitations inherently placed on schools not otherwise subsidized.

In order to continue to provide this deeply intuitive and challenging education, and even the basic elective and extracurricular activities and programs readily available at typical public schools, we need your active participation through volunteering and fundraising.

As a public charter school, we do a lot with a little. The support of parents and generous members of the community is essential for our continued success. For those that are able, whether a member of the Archers Council or not, we ask that each family make a financial commitment each school year to help make up the difference. Contributions can be made all at once at our annual Write-A-Check campaign or through a monthly donation and can be directed to a preferred use.

The annual dues go directly to cover the basic administrative costs associated with conducting business as a non-affiliate not-for-profit organization operating independently from, but in direct support of, FCA Leander. Having an engaged representation of parents is vital to seeing to it that the much needed contributions that bridge the gap of the rigorous, weekly schedules of the faculty and staff to the demanding extracurricular components of a dynamic school experience are met with a sense of equal dedication. Your membership helps make that possible.