Ross Auction!

Join us on March 2 for the 2024 Ross Elementary Auction: The Mixtape! We'd love to see all of our families at the auction--and online now, where you can bid on the nearly 200 items and experiences that we're auctioning to raise funds for Ross. We are aiming to exceed the record we set last year, and we can only do that with your help.

If you’re picturing your mom's gala with paddles and a stuffy formal program, think again. Think: food trucks, a 90s playlist, and a fun night with Ross parents! And you can live-bid on a seven-course tasting menu with wine pairings at Amparo Fondita, 15 visits to the Hilton pool during the 2024 season, an opportunity to co-create the spring installation at the famous Q Street Barbie Pond, and a curated getaway to NYC's Hudson Yards.

Here's what you can do now:

• Register for the auction. Tickets, which include food and drinks at the event, cost $60/ticket. This is a suggested donation; there is a code available on the ticketing page to bypass the cost.
• Join Ross families and local businesses as auction sponsors. You can be an Ice Ice Baby sponsor for $250, a Smells Like Teen Spirit sponsor for $500, a Waterfalls sponsor for $1,000, or a Wonderwall sponsor for $2,500.
• Start bidding!!!
• Share the link to the silent auction with friends and family who might be interested in bidding.

We're adding more items and experiences every day! Here's a taste:

• Shoe painting and pizza tasting with Ms. Cirillo and Ms. Nagorski
• In-home professional cooking class for four
• Stone Tower Winery experience for four
• Cooking with cats (and Ms. Juriga)
• Dinner for four at Barcelona
• 100,000 Marriott Bonvoy points
• Four-pack of sports massages
• Ross World Cup with Mr. Stewart
  
• Four tix to DC United
• $100 to Floriana
• $75 to Dauphine's
• Experience India via Dupont
• $175 to Logan14 Aveda Spa
• Lunch with DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson
  
• 14" Pikachu Squishmallow
  
• Family fitness membership to the EDCJCC
• Two tix to any Story District show
• Dinner for six at Pupatella
• $50 to Colada Shop
• $300 to Lauriol Plaza
• Electric bike rentals
• $200 to Wegmans
• Private Pilates sessions
• Four passes to the National Children's Museum
• Hot laps in a race car
• Hip hop dance class with a former Wizards cheerleader
• $100 to Commodore DC
• Two tix to any Woolly Mammoth performance
• Tix to the LEGO Discovery Center (and LEGO sets!)

The mission of the Ross PTA is to support the education of all Ross students, to support Ross faculty and staff, to foster relationships among parents, staff and community members, and to assist faculty and staff to provide a safe and nurturing environment where all students, families and faculty can thrive and grow.

Email: PTApresident@rosselementary.org
Website: http://rosselementary.org/pta-board/
Location: 1730 R Street NW, Washington, DC 20009
Phone: 202.673.7200

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Do you have updates or announcements that you think would be of interest to our school community? If so, email Ross PTA Secretary Melanie Mayhew.