What does our yearly budget cover?  Here is a list highlighting some of the programs and events we were able to do last year because of the APEX Fun Run:

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• All expenses related to the garden and outdoor learning space, including the shed, brick path construction, chicken feed and supplies

• 22 Butterfly cages for raising/viewing the caterpillar to butterfly life cycle

• Halloween Block Party, Family Movie Night, Pastries with Parents

• Art Appreciation (4 times/year)

• Kinder Popsicle party for incoming kinder students, Kinder Round up 

• Teacher Luncheon during summer in-service days, Teacher appreciation Thanksgiving luncheon, Teacher catered snacks on early release days, Teacher appreciation week in May

• Sugar Shack cookie party for all teachers and staff in December

• Counselor supplies, author visit, professional development

• Snacks for all students taking STAAR test (over 800 across all the testing days) and breakfast for exam proctors daily

• The Singing Zoologist for all grades

• Supplies and materials for CL&I and Maker Space

• Financial support for Maker Faire coming up in May

• Grade Level Funding Requests: Toast of Texas and Camp Write Along (4th grade), Immigration Day (3rd grade), Tigers Rising (5th grade), additional field trip (1st grade), other grade level program requests including monthly periodicals, science materials, classroom supplies, various professional development opportunities for teachers

• Talent Show (coming up in April)

• The MORE Store (3 times/year)

• Special funding requests (incl: learning materials for a resource closet for all teachers, radios (walkie talkies) to increase the total number at the school for safety, dies for the die cut machine)

• Volunteer Appreciation events

• Essential Areas support - instruments, PE equipment, art supplies etc.

• $48k was allocated for playground shade structures and covered tables and benches

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Questions?  Contact:  fundraising@ssespta.org