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The Corpus Christi School Parents Teacher Organization (CCSPTO) is an association of parents and guardians of Corpus Christi students. The group works to strengthen the special community connection that exists at school by sponsoring family fun activities, offering volunteer programs that connect the school with its neighboring communities, and coordinating fund raising efforts to benefit the school.
To find out more about the PTO mission, the many PTO functions held each year and how you can participate to make Corpus Christi even better, please check out these sections:
Many parents have questions about the PTO such as what does it do and how does it use the money it raises? The Parent Teacher Organization is a group of fun-loving parents and teachers dedicated to building community within the school.
Through the many social events and fund raisers, this group is always working hard to provide all the Corpus Christi families ways to meet and enjoy spending time with each other socially as well as while raising funds necessary for the school's many social events.
The Parent Information Guide below provides a summary of information about PTO events, activities and funding. All are welcome to join the PTO and we're always looking for more people. If you are interested in joining and contributing your many talents, please send an email to PTO@corpuschristischool.org.
Corpus Christi School is proud to implement a new Family Service Program for our upcoming school year. This program will provide new opportunities for families to become more involved in their children's school life, be more active participants in the school community at large and even a chance to make new friends! Starting with the 2011-12 school year:
- two parent families will need to donate 20 hours of volunteer service throughout the school year
- single parent families will need to donate 10 hours of volunteer service throughout the year.
Many opportunities for volunteering will be available - from being room parents to working lunches and even some "at-home" work, plus much more. If for some reason you can not commit to volunteer hours, a "buy-out" of $200 will be offered ($100 for single parent families).
Some parents have asked: why does the PTO need to run so many fundraisers? In fact, not all of the fundraisers are PTO fundraisers
There are three types of fundraisers held at the school:
- school fundraisers
- PTO fundraisers
- fundraisers for charities.
Corpus Christi School holds several fundraisers during the year, and also runs some ongoing fundraising programs, to raise funds for costs not covered by tuition payments and funding from diocesan sources. All of the funds from these fundraisers go to the school; the PTO does not receive any of these funds.
The school uses these funds to pay for tuition assistance, to purchase books, supplies and equipment and to maintain and renovate the school. Some school organizations also run programs to raise funds; for example, the Student Council sells chips on Wednesdays at lunch to raise money for its activities. The school fundraisers include:
- Innisbrook wrapping paper sale (September)
- School spirit wear (fall and spring)
- Book fair (December)
- Office Depot purchase program
- Giant, Safeway and Harris Teeter club cards program
- Target guest card program
- Campbell's Labels for Education program
The PTO raises funds to pay the costs of events and activities run by the PTO for Corpus Christi students and families. The PTO also raises funds to pay costs for school events and activities that the school does not fund. Many of the PTO fundraising activities serve a dual purpose.
Some fundraising activities, such as the Christmas Attic and Fuddruckers Night, also provide an opportunity for families to socialize with other Corpus Christi families, while other activities, such as the pizza lunch and hot lunch programs and the uniform sales, are run for the benefit of students and families at the school.
The PTO fundraisers include:
- Christmas Attic (November)-this is the PTO's major fundraiser
- Membership fees/Directory sales
- Pizza lunch program
- Wednesday lunch program
- Restaurant Night (October)
- Uniform sales (August and April)
The school also holds several fundraisers during the year to raise money for charitable organizations. These fundraisers usually include:
- Jump Rope for the Heart (American Heart Association)
- Pennies for Patients (Leukemia & Lymphoma Society)
- Lee Denim Day (Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Fund)
- Mathathon (St. Jude's Hospital)
- Student Council Tag Days
Why does the PTO have to raise so much money, and how does it use the money it does raise? Many parents are not aware of the extent to which PTO monies are used to fund the costs of many different school events and activities. This year the PTO needs to raise over $45,000.00 to pay for all of its budgeted costs.
The PTO uses some of the funds it raises to hold several social events each year for Corpus Christi students and families. Last year the PTO social events included Movie Night and the International Pot Luck Dinner. This year the PTO began the year with the Meet, Eat and Greet Dessert Social, and the PTO Social Committee will be planning some additional social events to be held later in the year. Those social activities will probably include another Movie Night and an adult-only social event.
The PTO also uses some of the funds it raises to pay the costs of some school events and activities, which are organized and run by the PTO at the request of the school.
These events and activities include:
- Kindergarten graduation reception
- Eighth grade graduation reception
- August Teacher Luncheon
- Catholic Schools Week Teacher Luncheon
- Cultural Arts programs
- Field Day lunch and carnival games
The PTO also provides funding for the costs of some school events and activities run by the school, which are not covered by the school.
These costs include:
- Appreciation gifts for staff and teachers
- Art Fair prizes
- Catholic Schools Week gifts and treats
- Christmas Gifts for teachers and staff
- ECC Fun in the Sun program and lunch
- ECC Thanksgiving feasts
- Extended Day supplies
- Buses for all kindergarten and CCE field trips
- First Communion reception
- ECC and CCE graduation gifts and awards
- DJ for eighth grade graduation party
- Teachers' Institute fees
- ECC pumpkin patch hay bales and pumpkins
- Seventh Grade picnic
- Patrol camp fees
- Shakespeare Festival participation fee
- DJ for Jump Rope for the Heart program
- Donation for Lions Club vision and hearing screening program
- Junior National Honor Society reception and awards
- Poetry Contest awards
The PTO looks forward to the continued support of Corpus Christi families who enable the PTO in providing these benefits to our students and our school.
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