“What does the Grace Abbott PTO do with all of the money my family raises and donates to this volunteer organization?”
With the money raised, we have been able to:
- Upgrade and update the Smart Projectors in each classroom
- Provide the Little Free Library at Grace Abbott
- Help fund Dancing Classrooms for the 5th graders
- Donate to the Millard Public Schools Technology Drive, providing iPad carts and iPads for our students to use in their classrooms
- Install 2 concrete slab/basketball courts on the playground
- Purchase an amazing portable sound system (available for use for any school event)
- Remodel the front entry area
- Grant scholarships to graduating Abbott alumni (2 $1000 scholarships each year!)
- Pay for the crossing guard on 156th Street
- Granted educational grants to teachers and staff, which has gone or will go to:
- the creation of a science lab (to be used by all Abbott students)
- library books
- musical instruments
- classroom work station activities
- Shade trees for the playground
- A hand-painted mural for the new science room
- An ice maker for staff and PTO use
Finally, each year, the PTO coordinates / hosts and supplements the cost of the:
- Gator Walk-a-thon
- Buzz Book
- Yearbook
- School carnival
- Staff meals during conference times and teacher appreciation week
- Snowflake Breakfast
- Movie nights
- Cash Rewards Programs
- Grade level Fun Nights
- Classroom parties
- The fees and transportation to send all current fourth and fifth grade students to a Youth Frontiers retreat
- Last but not least, each year every Abbott teacher and staff member is given a gift of appreciation on their specific day of recognition