Our PTO, What We Do...

Through the hard work of our PTO Board and committee volunteers, over the years, we raised enough money to accomplish the following throughout the years:

  • funding and updating the basketball hoops at CRS and LLE
  • funding a new state of the art Obstacle Course at DMS
  • funding the Gaga Pit at LLE
  • supported the updated design of the DMS Cafeteria
  • funding new classroom and library books
  • funding new musical equipment
  • funding updated STEM materials
  • funding audio and visual equipment for the News Club
  • funding the expansion of the County Road playground
  • funding for some furniture and devices such as calculators, iPads and Kindles for various grades
  • funding some outdoor recess equipment
  • funding the upgrade to the sound system at DMS 
  • funding of classroom projects (hands on teacher projects created by lesson plan)
  • funding of Lego Robotics Bundles for DMS
  • funding fitness equipment for Health Class
  • funding curtains for the stage at DMS

Additionally, the funds raised are used to support our various PTO programs:

  • funding and planning the DMS musical, an amazing performance put on by the middle schoolers over at DMS
  • funding and planning International Day in March
  • funding and coordinating Author Visits and Guest Speaker Enrichment Assemblies throughout the year
  • funding and coordinating Enriching Assemblies throughout the year such as STAR Labs, the Giant Life Sized Whale Visit, Mobile Dinosaur Museum, African Drummer Program and many, many more!
  • funding and coordinating Crafts, Snacks and Pizza at 4 various Holiday Parties (throughout the year)
  • organizing and partially funding School-Based Dances (prek, CRS, LLE, 5th/6th grade at DMS)
  • planning and partially funding 4th Grade Moving Up Festivities
  • 4th Grade Yearbooks are fully gifted by the PTO to each student and to 4th Grade Staff
  • planning and partially funding 8th Grade Graduation Festivities including the BBQ, Ice Cream Social, DC Bagel Breakfast, and the 8th Grade Dance
  • funding the DMS Fun Committee (4 sessions per year of pure fun for everyone!)
  • funding One Book One School (books for every CRS, LLE Students)