Galaxy Dash Lap-a-thon (yearly Jog-a-thon)

Galaxy Dash Lap-a-thon

FRIDAY MARCH 27th 2026

General Event Info

Attention: The Galaxy Dash Lap-a-thon (Ladera’s annual jog-a-thon) is scheduled for Friday, March 27 and is our school’s biggest fundraiser of the year!

Galaxy Dash donations help pay for our Garden Teacher, Maker space & its specialist teacher, Music Specialist for the lower grades, and some Creation Rotation classes like Snapology & more! They also offset costs for Field trips for every grade level, pay for some Assemblies, and put on the fabulous Family Fun events like Movie Nights, Big Boo, Cupid BINGO, and so much more! Thats right, it's the PTA that pays for these wonderful programs that our kiddos have all come to know and love so we really need everyone's help to make it a super successful fundraiser and event.

Even better, because we run this event ourselves, 100% of the profits stay at our school to pay for the cool programs and specialist teachers as mentioned above. Every single student at STARS Academy benefits!

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Lap-a-thon T-shirt Info

WINNER of the T-shirt contest:

Teah N., 5th Grade Mrs. Keatts class

*PLEASE NOTE: All students & staff will receive ONE FREE Lap-a-thon t-shirt.*

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Participation

** ALL students will participate in this event as long as the PTA receives their permission slip. EVERY child will also receive a popsicle after the race if they want one.**

PAPER PERMISSION SLIP

Online permission slips;

English: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc5fMd0DEC9tM6oMl_nl381b5Qs8m2fCaIDlONjwG14FQOVPQ/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=105362134721484992886

Spanish: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdrjA7jsb11HOpP74znKndfnwC1YSCIGujJw19DmHs0X3hzcw/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=105362134721484992886

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Prizes - Individual, School-Based, Classroom-Based, & 'Day Of'

Individual: there are individual prizes students can earn depending on how much they are able to raise. A weekly report is pulled on Saturday evening, sorted on Sunday, and then delivered to classes every Monday during the course of our Comet Chase fundraising. Classroom delivery days will be:

Feb 9

Feb 17 (since no school Feb 16)

Feb 23

March 2

March 9

March 17 (since no school March 16)

March 23

& March 30 (for any kiddos who raised up to the last day)

Winners of the top earner prizes (1st, 2nd, 3rd & top earning family) will be announced at the awards ceremony 3/27.

School -wide: there are also many school-wide prizes that ALL students get to experience (no matter if they are able to individually earn) based on funds raised school-wide. These are super fun activities and it is our hope that we are able to raiser enough money to ensure our students get to experience all the various fun school-wide prizes we have in store of them!

PRIZE CHART

Classroom based: The different classes often also have prizes they can earn too based on class standings. Plus the top earning class from TK-2 & 3-5 get the highly coveted GOLDEN SHOE award!! Top Classes to be announced at the awards ceremony 3/27.

Day Of Awards: The runners with the most laps (boy & girl) from every class get an award at the closing ceremony. Every grade top runner (boy & girl) also gets an additional award! Day of Awards will be announced at the awards ceremony 3/27.

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Collecting Pledges (raising money)

Funds can be raised via cash or check using a paper pledge form

PAPER PLEDGE FORM

Funds can also be raised via online! This year we are continuing to use 99pledges. Families were sent a email on 2/6/2026 with their admin page for each child. You can also locate a child's page via going to https://app.99pledges.com/fund/laderastars and inputting the childs name. There you can click to donate or click to share the page via email/social media in a. For more info about 99pledges, there is a quick start guide.

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Volunteering

We need volunteers from EACH class 'Day Of' to help with lap marking, popsicle distribution, and spraying hair! If you can help please contact your room parent to coordinate this.