Home & School Treasurer Summary for 2023-2024
The flea market on Saturday, June 1 was a success and we raised $1,051!! We hope to have more families and volunteers participate next year!
This year, Home & School increased our budget to nearly $29K so we could contribute more towards student events and supplies.
Here is a summary of where the H&S funds went over the year:
- We try to minimize costs for families by contributing over $6k towards field trip transportation (which equals $15 per child).
- We also contributed over $1,200 toward 5th grade picnic, $900 for classroom books, nearly $5k to teacher allotments to help cover costs for extra supplies in the classrooms.
- We also fund author for a day and back to school bash, so families do not have to pay to attend.
- We put on the annual lip sync event which costs $1,500.
- We purchased picture frames for the school hallway - you may have noticed updated pictures in the frames if you stopped by Open House!
- Other things our funds go to include hospitality, garden club, after school rec, Oakie's Caring Hearts, a high school senior award, Reading Olympics, and several others. We were also very excited to bring back sundae bar twice this year!
We did not have our large bi-annual Fun Run this spring, so we relied heavily on other ways to raise funds throughout the school year.
We raised funds through both commissions on events and through strictly fund-raising events.
We earned over $6,019 in commissions through Painting with a Twist, Sky Zone Bounce Night, clothing drive, flowers and concessions at the two concerts, spirit wear, box tops, Kona ice truck at the Back to School Bash, pizza kit fundraiser, Floral and Hardy container workshop, Shutterfly, and graduation signs.
We raised over $6,360 alone just with the Holiday Shoppe and the the spring flea market.
We spent 87% of the planned budget and raised $12,379 over the course of the school year. Through fundraising, we brought down our operating costs to under $13K!! Fundraising allows us to give back to Oak Ridge in so many ways. Please keep this in mind when you see us starting to provide details on our BIG bi-annual fundraiser, the Fun Run, on Friday, October 18th. One of our goals is to raise funds to plant some shade trees for the fields! Look for more details about the Fun Run as we start school this fall!
Where in the World is Oakie?
Don't forget to take OAKIE with you on vacation this summer! Send in your pictures by September 20, 2024. They will be displayed all year long on the designated bulletin board. You will have a chance to win a $25 gift card. We will only accept printed 5x7 photos with name/s on back of photo. We can't wait to see where Oakie goes this summer!