PTO
Thank you so much to everyone who volunteers with the PTO. You have all helped make our school such a wonderful learning environment for our children.
We are your PTO
By volunteering, we are showing our kids and teachers that we have respect for learning and that we value the effort that they display each day while they are at school. We are so fortunate to have such an active PTO that serves our students and provides extras that tuition doesn’t cover. We appreciate your support and encourage everyone to become involved.
Raider Run – April 22, 2023
May Fair – May 4, 2023
Fundraising
Funds raised by PTO go directly back into our school in ways that benefit our students, teachers, and our entire school community. Our goal is to raise money for the extras that tuition doesn’t cover.
Throughout the year, PTO holds many fun events like Raider Run and Mayfair. Sponsorships and ticket sales for these events give PTO the ability to provide funds for school improvements while also bringing our community together.
Spirit Cards bring in funds for PTO by earning a percentage of sales from these cards. Spirit Cards also provide an opportunity for HA to support local businesses during the year; they are good for one full year August 31 to August 31.
Raider Retail is our biggest source of income for PTO. It is supported by volunteers every school day and allows students to purchase snacks and drinks in the new Grand Hall.
In the past year alone, PTO has funded several lower school requests for flexible seating in the classrooms, band equipment & supplies, and tents for additional outdoor shade during construction. These improvements totaled approximately $48,000 last year. PTO also provided teacher/administrative luncheons throughout the year, held Field Day for the students, and provided supplies for the lunchroom as needed. These expenditures totaled approximately $15,000 last year.
This year, we will use funds towards paying for construction of a new middle school playground area (just next to the new amphitheater), which will include a large astroturf area, expanded basketball court with 2 goals, swing set area, and concrete area of 4-square play. There will also still be a large area for kickball, baseball, and wiffleball games as well as lots of other things the kids can imagine!
We are proud of our accomplishments over the years and we hope you are too! We could not do these things to help Houston Academy without each of you and your support! Thank you so very much.
PTO Facebook Groups
The HA PTO Facebook page provides important information quickly to our HA community. This is also a great place to ask questions and get quick answers, as well as network with other HA family members, friends and staff.
The Raider Marketplace Facebook page is available for the HA community to buy and sell gently used current school uniforms, jackets, t-shirts, current school books, or other HA merchandise.
@Houston-AcademyPTO Venmo Account
The HA PTO Venmo account name is @Houston-AcademyPTO. We will be using this account for most PTO activities (Teacher Luncheons, Spirit cards, Raider Run Sponsors and Sign up for participants, etc). Please note that Raider Retail has a separate venmo account and should
only be used for Raider Retail purchases. In order to ensure your money goes exactly where you want it to go, please be very specific in your notes. Please see the “cheat sheet” provided in the link below for guidance. We hope this will work well for all areas of fundraising for HA PTO. PTO email contacts
@Raider-Retail Venmo Account
This Venmo account is specifically used for Raider Retail purchases only. Please do not use this account for any other forms of PTO transactions. Thank you! @Raider-Retail is the handle.
