BOON PTA YEAR IN REVIEW - 2017-18

August

Delivered 400 school supply kits
Facilitated class shirts for all students
Decorated hallways
Provided lunch for the Boon Staff on MTTN
Hosted 'Tears & Cheers' breakfast on the first day of school

September

Boonster 'write a check' program raised $17,700
Coordinated room parents and grade level coordinators
Coordinated a Hurricane Harvey donation drive, partnering with Trusted World
Supported a school supply drive for Katy ISD & schools devastated by Hurricane Harvey
Collected books for the Spencer Squire Book Drive, benefiting the ACO

October

Hosted the Back-to-School 'Chili Night' - served 70 pots of chili and 400 hotdogs
Hosted Donuts with Dads (for sons)
Participated in the Allen Health Hustle
Participated in the 21 Day Health Challenge

November

Raised $2,164 for various charities during Red Ribbon Week Provided refreshments for Veterans Day Program
Coordinated the National PTA Reflections art program: 16 student participants, 24 entries, 3 students advanced to States, 1 student awarded at States
Supported Boon participants in the UIL competitions
Contributed to the 1st grade Thanksgiving Feast
Hosted fall staff appreciation breakfast

December

Supported VIP/Grandparents Day program
Coordinated winter class parties
Provided volunteer thank you gifts to 45 committee chairs
Hosted winter staff appreciation lunch
Supported a holiday toy drive, benefitting Toys for Tots

January

Supported the 100th day of school 'Balloon Launch'
Funded Author Visit - Douglas Florian
Hosted 'Milk & Cookie' night
Supported 'Burgers & Baskets' - a 6th grade fundraiser that sold 420 burgers
Funded the Boon Spelling Bee

February

Supported 2 Destination Imagination teams
Coordinated Valentine’s Day class parties
Coordinated World Culture Night, 25+ countries represented and 100+ students, in cultural attire, participated in the morning parade
Coordinated service project 'Kids Against Hunger' - packaged 13,878 meals
Hosted Donuts with Dads (for daughters)

March / April

Hosted staff dinner at Open House
Recognized Boon Watch DOGS of the year Brian Douglas and Jack Lewis
Provided snacks for teachers during STAAR testing

May

Organized teacher & staff appreciation week (delivered notes, a breakfast, a lunch, & distributed gift cards)
Funded inflatable obstacle course for Field Day
Hosted G.O.L.D. Day Luncheon
Coordinated the end of year 'Boon Family Picnic'
Funded 10 scholarships to former Boon Patriot graduating seniors
Coordinated End of Year class parties
Created a Boon scrapbook - which won an Allen Council of PTA Special Recognition award

Year Long Achievements

Coordinated monthly donation drives benefitting ACO
Sold 240+ pieces of spirit wear
Coordinated 2 book fairs, raised money and books for Boon classrooms & the Boon Library
Contributed $3500 to offset the costs for student field trips
Environmental Club:
- 65+ student participants
- Organized 4 creek cleanups
- Maintained a winter garden, a summer garden, and a butterfly garden - 16 different plants/veggies.
- Awarded the City of Allen Waste Water Works Award
- 136 pairs of shoes collected for the Reuse-a-Shoe campaign
- 52 lbs of markers recycled
- 275 toner cartridges recycled
- Supported Boons participation in the Allen Recycled Art contest - winning several awards
- Created a recycle lids mural - using 150+ lids.
- Organized Boon's participation in Arbor Day, Earth Day, Walk-to-School Day, and Bike-to-School Day.
Published the Boon PTA Directory
Provided ice cream rewards to All-Star Students
130 Watch DOGS volunteer shifts + 120 Dads Club members
Published 38 Patriot Post Newsletters
Funded the publishing of 113 Patriot Press Books
Copy Room Volunteers - supporting all grade levels:
- Logged 277 copy room hours
- 240,500 copies made
- 481 reams of paper opened and loaded
Raised $970 through Tom Thumb, Kroger, & Amazon partner programs
Collected 8,840 Box Tops, raising $884
Hosted several spirit nights, raising $960
Recognized 373 Patriots-of-the-Week
PTA citizenship awards presented to Jenifer Williams, Jason Williams, Swati Gupta, Susan Guest, Maria Paula Carrillo, Michelle Soong, & Kirsten Fair
PTA Lifetime Membership awards presented to Melissa Wolff, Shelby Hoffart, Angela Dahlgren, Leanna Bowman and Celeta Bettison
PTA Membership: 437
Awarded the 'Head Start', 'Fall Increase', 'Early Bird', & 'Honor Roll' PTA Membership Awards