The Parent Council would like to send out a big thank you to our Gledhill community for coming together to support Gledhill through a variety of fundraising initiatives this year, most recently our Family Fest and Silent Auction! We also had 9 pizza lunches, an incredible parent Halloween party and a Marlies game to support the school!
What are we supporting, you ask?! Good question!
Parent Council found itself in the privileged position of being able to support the school with over $30,000 this year. With these funds, the school will be purchasing:
- A FULL class set (30) of new Chrome books ($7,700)
- A ChromeBook charging station ($1,500)
- English and French Literacy Materials ($1,500)
- Drama with Jeff for the 2024/2025 School Year ($4,000)
- Chess Program for the 2024/2025 School Year ($6,000)
- School Buses for Field Trips 2023/2024 – each teacher was provided with $250 to put towards a field trip with their class ($6,250)
- Classroom Support for Teachers 2023/2024 – each teacher was provided with $150 to purchase items for their classroom. Some used this for art supplies, new equipment, new books and much more! ($3,750)
Without the support of our school community, these things would not be happening. Please continue to support council initiatives in the future so that we can continue to create these opportunities for Gledhill’s students!
Please keep reading to see how we raised these funds!
We hosted 9 pizza lunches! That is 9 lunches that you didn’t have to make this year which is a win in itself, not to mention the money it helps raise for Gledhill. Thank you to Jennifer Otley and Janelle Petkopoulos for continuing to lead this initiative! And the countless parents who volunteered their time as well. You have it down to a science!
In October 2023, Parent Council hosted a parent Halloween party, costume contest and all, to raise funds. Thank you to the Don on Danforth for hosting us that evening. A big congratulations to all of the incredible costumes that came out that night – the Game Boy, the Queen of Hearts, Wayne & Garth, Where’s Waldo, Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce, Yellowstone’s Rip and Beth, 90210’s Brenda and Kelly, Ted Lasso and many, many, MANY more.
Council had another day out at the Marlies on March 24th. We had over 100 community members join us this year!
We hosted TWO incredible movie nights! Our kids love these evenings so much. A huge thank you to Maggie Crilly for leading these this year and post-Covid. There are so many moving pieces to these evenings that seem effortless with Maggie at the helm. We are going to miss you next year when you’re a full on DA parent!
Our biggest event is always Family Fest and 2024 was no different, except the incredible results we saw from the event!
This year’s Family Fest raised an outstanding $11,387. Jessica Braun has pulled a team together since Spring 2022 to ensure this amazing event happens for our kids and families. Thank you, Jessica and team! Parent Council is grateful to the support of those who gave up an hour or two (or more for some!) on May 30th! Please keep this in mind next year. Without volunteers, this event does not happen.
$4,400 of these proceeds came from our first Family Fest Silent Auction. A HUGE thank you to Erin Kuri, Marci Rodriguez, Jonathan Parham, Tara Narbonne and Meg Davies for making this possible. We want to send out a big thank you to all of our community donors who provided services and products, the teachers and parents who put together exciting classroom baskets, those teachers who shared their time to put on fun lunch time events, the volunteers who helped to organize and coordinate the auction behind the scenes, and to all who participated in the bidding of so many amazing prizes.
In an effort to collect feedback to support this fundraising initiative in future years, please complete this brief survey. Thank you in advance!
The Gledhill Guardian 