Vaughan PTA

This year for the holidays we want to show our love and appreciation to our wonderful staff by gifting them gift cards so they can spoil themselves this holiday season. Let us know if you can help.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0C45A5A62CAAF58-46421276-christmas

Reminder Spirit night tonight at Hat Creek!

Tomorrow is storybook character dress up day.

Special thanks to our volunteers who helped setup the bookfair this year. Don't forget to stop by this evening before you leave the Red Ribbon picnic.

Come join us for an evening of fun and games at the Vaughan Red Ribbon picnic! We’ll have Inflatables, 9-Square, Facepainting, Games, and a Cake Walk. The PTA is providing Hot Dogs, Chips, Drinks and Desserts. Tonight 5:00pm-6:30pm, rain or shine we hope to see you there!

Tomorrow is the day! Vaughan Red Ribbon Picnic!

Ummm, donuts. Give yourself some extra time this morning and have some 'Donuts with Grown-Ups' in the Vaughan cafeteria. Stop by the Book Fair afterwards and get your kid a book.

ATTENTION Grown-Ups! Get your sweet tooth fix at 'Donuts with Grown-Ups' tomorrow morning in the Vaughan cafeteria. Stop by the book fair before you head out to take on your day.

Get ready for Red Ribbon week! Here are the upcoming activities.

Don't forget! Your entries for Art Expressions are due this coming Monday October 16th in the library. For more information, go to https://vaughanpta.membershiptoolkit.com/reflections

Last Chance.. Fundraiser is closing tonight!!
We hit our goal of $30,000!!
Money Raised: $33,887
TOP Student for Donations: $1,535
****Top Student Donations Overall VIP Carpool Parking Spot****
Acts of Kindness Completed: 1825 (Goal: 1750)
TOP Student for AOK: 97 AOK
**Top Student AOKs Overall Principal for the Day
Reminder on Incentives beyond the passport.
$250+ Raised Silly String The Principals!
$500+ Raised Lunch with your teacher + Student’s Name on the school Marquee (for birthday or other date of choice)
$1000+ Principal for the Day

⭐️⭐️⭐️Raise Craze extended through Sunday!
WE DID IT!🎉
Wow! We met our $30,000 fundraising goal this morning! The students have all earned POPSICLES at recess and we are so excited to deliver the new GLOW DODGEBALLS to Coach G next week!

This morning on announcements, Mrs. Jasenof announced to the students that we would extend the fundraiser deadline to Sunday, October 1st, so that anyone working towards the incentives could have a couple extra days. We will announce all the final winners during announcements on Monday!

So far our students have completed 1,718 Acts of Kindness (AOKs)! If we can reach 1,750 by Sunday, the students will earn a crazy hair and/or sock day on Tuesday! Click here to view the leaderboard.
https://my.raisecraze.com/leaderboard/for/AKP8JHY/

A tremendous thank you to all who have generously supported our fundraising efforts. This has been a very successful fundraiser and PTA is excited to bring new programs and resources to the school this year with the funds we've raised!

Go Vikings!

ONLY 1 DAY LEFT!!
OUR CURRENT RAISE CRAZE STATS:
Money Raised: $27,718 (Goal: $30,000)
If we hit our fundraising goal, we will have a glow in PE, complete with new glow-in-the dark dodgeballs! Plus, PTA will treat the whole school to popsicles during recess.
TOP Student for Donations: $1,110
****Top Student Donations Overall VIP Carpool Parking Spot****
Acts of Kindness Completed: 1576 (Goal: 1500)
TOP Student for AOK: 66 AOK
**Top Student AOKs Overall Principal for the Day **
Reminder on Incentives beyond the passport.
$250+ Raised Silly String The Principals!
$500+ Raised Lunch with your teacher + Student’s Name on the school Marquee (for birthday or other date of choice)
$1000+ Principal for the Day

OUR CURRENT RAISE CRAZE STATS:
ONLY 4 DAYS LEFT!!
Acts of Kindness Completed: 1370 (Goal: 1500)
TOP Student for AOK: 42 AOK
TOP Student for Donations: $1060
Money Raised: $24,558.00 (Goal: $30,000)
Students Registered: 240
Reminder on Incentives beyond the passport.
$250+ Raised Silly String The Principals!
$500+ Raised Lunch with your teacher + Student’s Name on the school Marquee (for birthday or other date of choice)
$1000+ Principal for the Day
Top Student AOKs Overall Principal for the Day
****Top Student Donations Overall VIP Carpool Parking Spot******
$30,000 Fundraising Goal If we hit our overall fundraising goal, we will have a glow in PE, complete with new glow-in-the dark dodgeballs! Plus, PTA will treat the whole school to popsicles during recess.

Let’s Talk CORPORATE MATCHING! Many employers have awesome matching programs so be sure to check in with yours to increase the impact of your donation! Please reach out if you have questions on corporate match.

Only 8 days left!! Have you registered for Raise Craze? If we raise $22,000 by Monday, the school will get cartoons at lunch! We are currently at 207 registrations. Thank you all for your generous support of our Raise Craze fundraiser!!
So far, we've raised $18,815 and completed 1064 Acts of Kindness! How amazing is that?!!
In the lead for amount raised
Waites, Fine, Gibbon, Polansky, Campbell
In the lead for Acts of Kindness
Fine, Domenico, Esquivel, Clark, Kuneman
Leaderboard https://my.raisecraze.com/leaderboard/for/AKP8JHY/
If you haven't signed up already, you can get started here. https://vaughanpta.membershiptoolkit.com/raise-craze
Please share in the comments some acts of kindness your Vikings have been doing at home and in our community! Thank you so much for your support!

The annual PTA Reflections Art Competition is going on now! Students can explore the arts by creating an original piece of art in response to the theme "I am Hopeful Because...". Students may enter art in one or all of the categories.

Entries due October 16th and should be turned into the library. Click the link below to learn more about reflections and print the entry form or pick one up at the front office.

https://vaughanpta.membershiptoolkit.com/reflections

Don't forget to head over to Sci-Tech Discovery Center in Frisco TODAY between 10am-5pm. Stimulate those minds and help support your Vaughan PTA.

8004 Dallas Parkway, Suite 100
Frisco, Texas 75034

Photos from our WatchDOGS kickoff event. If you have not already, be sure to sign up to be a WatchDOG!

https://vaughanpta.membershiptoolkit.com/volunteer/113048

We made our goal of 700 Acts of Kindness this week!! 🥳 Congratulations to top class winners!! Mrs Waite's for top class donation & Mrs Fine's class for top Act of Kindness! The trophies were delivered to the classrooms by the Viking!

Be sure to log those acts of Kindness & get registered for Raise craze. We have a drawing Tuesday for all who are registered!! Prizes for drawing are Glow with Kindness Tshirt or a Squishmallow!!

Not registered? More details & signup information on our Raise Craze page!!
https://vaughanpta.membershiptoolkit.com/raise-craze

A special thanks to our Environmental Chair, Shirley Bayles, for sprucing up our planters. Such a kind act of service! 💜

Rasie Craze!! We are so close to our Goal of 700 Acts of Kindness by Friday! Make sure to log those AOK tonight!
We’d love to see the kind things your students are doing! Please drop a note or photo in the comments below!
Still haven’t registered for Raise Craze? There’s still time!

REGISTER HERE: https://my.raisecraze.com/AKP8JHY/

ART...This evening

More photos from our PTA meeting last week followed by Popsicles on the Playground! Thanks to all who attended and signed up to help our PTA.

Spirit Day for September will be at Sci-Tech Discovery Center. Don't forget to purchase your tickets on site and mention that you are with Vaughan Elementary.

8004 Dallas Parkway, Suite 100
Frisco, Texas 75034

This evening ! Dads of Great Students!

Help us Celebrate our Vaughan Teachers and Staff September Birthdays. (sorry it's a little late)

Thanks to everyone who attended our first 23-24 school year PTA meeting last Thursday! We had a great turnout! Congratulations to Becca Ozuna, the winner of our movie-themed prize bucket 💜

Stay tuned for pics from our Popsicles on the Playground event!

Have you registered for Raise Craze? If we reach 50% school participation (about 350 students) by Monday, the school will get cartoons at lunch! We are currently at 115 registrations.

Plus. for each Act of Kindness (AOK) they record, they will be entered into a drawing each week for a Squishmallow or a cool glow-in-the-dark t-shirt!

Read more about the fundraiser and get registered here: https://vaughanpta.membershiptoolkit.com/raise-craze

Watch D.O.G.S. ASSEMBLE!!!!

This evening ! Come beat the heat and get a jump start on Raise Craze!

Don’t Forget To Log Those Acts of Kindness! We want all students to be recognized for participating even if they can’t raise money 🎉💜 Be sure to log your acts of kindness in the software - we can’t wait to see all the kind things our students are doing!

REGISTER HERE: https://my.raisecraze.com/AKP8JHY/

Raise Craze kicks off today! HOORAY! Be on the lookout for instructions being sent home with your student. We can’t wait to see how our school spreads kindness as a way of thanking our donors! Let’s get this party started! Check out the “How It Works” video to see how this super simple and sweet fundraiser works! 🎉❤️
https://raisecraze.com/instructional-video
To learn more click below.
https://vaughanpta.membershiptoolkit.com/raise-craze

The first PTA meeting of the 23-24 Vaughan school year is 2 days away! Don't miss it.

SAVE THE DATE! We will start our kindness journey on September 6! 👀Be on the lookout for registration info!

What is Raise Craze? Raise Craze is an online platform enabling students to set up secure, custom websites where they request donations via email, text, or social. During the fundraiser, students pay it forward by completing Acts of Kindness for others.

SAVE THE DATE! The Raise Craze Kindness Fundraiser is headed our way! Our school will launch our fundraiser on September 6! We can’t wait to watch kindness take over our school!

Love movies? Love your kids? If you answered yes, this opportunity is for you!