What Does the PTA Do for Davis?
A Lot!!
Join the PTA and Make a Difference in Your Child’s Education! Here are some of the PTA’s many activities..
- Dedicated more than $10,000 as stipends for the Davis school staff and new teachers to spend on classroom supplies.
- Directed more than $7,000 of the No Hassle Fundraiser to pay for the operation of the Davis Science Lab. Davis is one of the few schools in AISD to have a dedicated science lab and science lab instructor.
- Directs money from the No Hassle Fundraiser and DolphinFest profits towards the salary for a Computer Lab Specialist.
- Partners with local restaurants to support Davis in the Dine with Davis program.
- Runs the Dolphin Digest weekly communication email.
- Helps students gain a love of math by working as volunteer teachers for Math Pentathlon.
- Skate Nights!
- Gets male role models involved with Watch D.O.G.S.
- Provides weekend meals for our students in need through Blessings in a Backpack.
- Manages our grounds with a forward thinking plan through a Beautification Committee.
- Hosts luncheons and special treats for staff on in-service and training days.
- Staffs the Turkey Trot fun run with parent volunteers!
- Hosts a Welcome to Davis club for incoming kindergarteners.
- Began a scholarship program for Davis alumni who are graduating from high school.
- Works with teachers and administrators to develop campus-wide education priorities and initiatives.
- Organizes ‘Welcome Back to School’ breakfast for teachers.
- Holds regular PTA meetings for the Davis community.
- Raised more than $20,000 at DolphinFest to help pay for PTA activities and staff positions on our campus.
- Works with students to recycle paper and cans across the campus.
- Funded the Davis Robotics program with over $20,000 for robotics supplies.
- Supports the work of the Davis Safety Patrol.
- Regularly updates the outdoor message boards.
- Coordinates school supply sales for each grade level.
- Provides spare clothes for the Nurse’s Office.
- Hosts our annual Ice Cream Social event to welcome our families for another great year at Davis.
- Creates and sells an awesome school t-shirt, hoodies, and stickers.
- Supports the Davis Computer Lab with $36,000 in funds and with PTA volunteers.
- Coordinates and staffs a Book Fair that raises thousands of dollars for Davis.
- Recycles computer printer cartridges.
- Collects Box Tops for additional funds for our children.
- Works with local community businesses through our Partners in Education program to build relationships between area companies and our school.
- Helps distribute textbooks to our students in each grade level.
- Puts together over 70 pages for the school yearbook.
- Helps with field trips in all of the grade levels.
- Organizes and staffs an amazing Spring Fling for the kids, and a Big To-Do for parents that together raised over $21,000 last school year.
- Stuffs folders, makes copies, sharpens pencils, cover books, you name it!
- Donated funds to the Library for books and equipment.
- Volunteers in the Library by shelving books, and preparing lesson materials.
- Reads books to the kids in the classrooms.
- Works closely with other volunteers at schools within the Anderson Vertical Team.
- Advocates for family and student concerns on our campus.
- Works with students to promote safety and drug awareness.
- Fills in for the front office staff.
- Coordinate volunteers for more than 100 different interest areas.
- Does anonymous acts of kindness for needy students.
- Staffs each of our classrooms with room parents.
- Helps with school picture days.
- Secured and refined a solar panel grant from Austin Energy.
- Helps host our Back to School nights.
- Coordinates our Parent Volunteer Round-Up.
- Works with the administration to create new classrooms after the start of the school year.
- Works with district officials to select school calendars.
- Works hundreds of hours as classroom volunteers and works with teachers to meet grade-level needs.
- Hosts a ‘Boo-Hoo, Ya-Hoo’ for incoming Kindergarten parents.
- Organizes and staffs the annual Science Fair for all grade levels.
- Funds and organizes the 5th grade Davis Players program.
- Coordinates annual MARE/ Ocean Week program where students dive deep into learning about marine life.
- Helps in the cafeteria during the first few weeks of school.
- Makes a difference in the lives of the children at Davis Elementary.