Hyde Park School Pto Inc

DEAR HPS FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND COMMUNITY, THE HPS PTO FUNDS, ORGANIZES, AND IMPLEMENTS DOZENS OF EVENTS AND INITIATIVES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WITH FUNDING FROM YOU, OUR DEAR AND VALUED COMMUNITY, WHO GENEROUSLY SUPPORTS OUR FUNDRAISING EFFORTS. WE ARE EXCITED TO SHARE EXACTLY HOW WE USE THESE FUNDS TO BRIDGE THE CINCINNATI PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING GAP. THE FIELD TRIPS, CLASSROOM SUPPLIES, TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES, ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES, AND COMMUNITY-BUILDING EVENTS THAT THE HPS PTO IMPLEMENTS AND WHICH WILL BE SPECIFICALLY LISTED BELOW, ENHANCE THE SUPERIOR EXPERIENCE OF OUR STUDENTS AT HYDE PARK SCHOOL. FIELD TRIPS: THE HPS PTO SPENT $44,000 ON FIELD TRIPS THIS YEAR SO THAT STUDENTS IN ALL GRADES FROM K-6 COULD ATTEND MULTIPLE FIELD TRIPS AT NO COST TO THE STUDENT/FAMILY! SOME OF THE FIELD TRIP LOCATIONS HAVE INCLUDED COSI, FT. ANCIENT, CAMP KERN, CINCINNATI NATURE CENTER, CHILDREN'S THEATER, CINCINNATI ZOO, CINCINNATI CYCLONES, CINCINNATI ART MUSEUM, AMERICAN SIGN MUSEUM, MARKET MADNESS AT UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI, HOLOCAUST AND HUMANITY CENTER AT THE CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER, ISPACE, SHARON WOODS, AND MORE! TURF FIELD: THE HPS PTO WAS ABLE TO RESURFACE THE LAWN AREA ON THE OBSERVATORY SIDE OF THE SCHOOL INTO A BRAND NEW TURF FIELD, SOCCER GOALS AND RUNNING TRACK LANES. WE LOVE SEEING IT IN CONSTANT USE AT RECESS, DISMISSAL, DURING THE EVENINGS, AND ON THE WEEKENDS. IT WAS ALSO PUT TO GOOD USE DURING FIELD DAY!CLASSROOM/SCHOOL-WIDE SUPPLIES & INITIATIVES: THE HPS PTO FUNDS THE HYDE PARK HEROES INITIATIVE BY SUPPLYING OUR HEROES WITH THEIR MONTHLY YARD SIGNS AND PRIZES. THE PTO ALSO PROVIDES WEEKLY PRIZES FOR BUCKET TICKET WINNERS! ADDITIONALLY, THE PTO PROVIDES TEACHERS WITH REQUESTED SUPPLIES TO ENHANCE THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE AND ENGAGES THE BROADER COMMUNITY THROUGH MONTHLY RESTAURANT NIGHTS, PROGRAMS LIKE KROGER REWARDS, AND SCHOOL SPIRIT WEAR SALES.EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY OPPORTUNITIES; AND STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS: THE HPS PTO WORKS WITH OUR RESOURCE COORDINATOR TO ORGANIZE DOZENS OF EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FROM COOKING CLUB, TO KARATE, CIRCUS CLUB, YOGA, ART CLUB, ACTING CLUB, INDOOR SOCCER, SPEED AND AGILITY TRAINING, AND MORE. IN ADDITION TO THESE EXTRACURRICULARS, THE PTO BROUGHT BACK THE SCHOOL MUSICAL FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE 2018-2019 SCHOOL YEAR! ADDITIONALLY, THE HPS PTO FUNDS SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES. NO STUDENT WAS TURNED AWAY FROM AN EXTRACURRICULAR THIS YEAR DUE TO PROHIBITIVE COST, AND WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THIS POINT.