Montana Congress Of Parents Teachers Students

THE PRIMARY PURPOSE AND MAIN GOAL OF HELLGATE ELEMENTARY PTA IS TO RAISE FUNDS THAT GO BACK TO HELLGATE ELEMENTARY. OUR MAJOR SOURCE OF FUNDS IS RECEIVED FROM VARIOUS FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES. WE HAVE ONE LARGE FUNDRAISER EVERY FALL AND A FEW SMALLER ONES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. OUR LARGE FUNDRAISER IS THROUGH A COMPANY CALLED STEP IT UP. PARENTS / GRANDPARENTS/ COMMUNITY MEMBERS SPONSOR A STUDENT WITH DONATIONS AND THE STUDENT EARNS PRIZES AND TIME ON A LARGE INFLATABLE OBSTACLE COURSE ONCE THE FUNDRAISER IS COMPLETE. OUR OTHER SMALLER FUNDRAISERS ARE THROUGH DOMINOS PIZZA AND CHIPOTLE. WE SELECT DATES AND THE COMPANY GIVES 30-50% OF THE PROCEEDS FROM THE SELECTED DATES AND TIMES. IN ADDITION, WE HOSTED A HOLIDAY CRAFT FAIR, AND A HOLIDAY MOVIE NIGHT WHICH ARE SMALLER FUNDRAISING EVENTS BUT PROVIDE YET ANOTHER WAY TO HELP SUPPORT PROGRAMS AND EVENTS THAT HAPPEN AT HELLGATE ELEMENTARY ONLY BECAUSE OF THE MONEY WE ARE ABLE TO RAISE. UNFORTUNATELY AS OF FEBRUARY 2020 WE WERE NO LONGER ABLE TO HOST EVENTS DUE TO COVID-19. OUR THEME THIS YEAR WAS HANDS ON LEARNING . OUR GOAL WAS TO BRING TOOLS AND PROGRAMS INTO THE CLASSROOM THAT OILS PROMOTE HANDS ON LEARNING AND GIVE THE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS A LEARNING OPPORTUNITY THAT THEY WOULD NOT OTHERWISE HAVE.