What Does our PTA do?
Here is a sampling of the many Ladera PTA sponsored activities that happen throughout the year:
Free Fun Family Events
- Hosts the Back to School Social to welcome back dragon families the night before school starts, as well as a Welcome Back Grown-ups Coffee on the first day of school.
- Hosts a Welcome Back staff breakfast & luncheon at the start of every school year
- Family movie nights ( Fall & Spring). Also hosts a end of school movie day for all students
- Open House in May
Community Service
- Hosts a Food Drive in Fall
- Hosts a Toy Donation Drive in Winter
Fundraising
- Crazy Socks & Popcorn fundraiser
- Yearly jog-a-thon
- Spirit Wear and Dragon Student Store
- BoxTops for Education, Kroger
- Collecting flat donations for Dragon/Specialists Fund
- Family Fun Restaurant Nights
Student/School Programs
- Hosts Reflections program
- Hosts Red Ribbon Week
- Organizes the Fall Festival aka "the Big Boo"
- Helps fund specialist programs/teachers like Garden, Creation Rotation, MakerSpace, & Music for TK & K (district funds music for grades 1-5)
- Helps host Unity Day & Kindness Week
- Organizes annual Science Fair
- Organizes Chalk Art Festival
- Hosts yearly Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week
- Helps to fun many Assemblies - fun & educational throughout the year
- Helps fund classroom field trips
- Helps fund Library programs, books and supplies & assists with the school book fairs
- Helps fund technology updates and improvements
- Contributes to playground, school, and garden updates and improvements
- Contributes to musical/chorus production
Like what you see and want to get involved? If you haven't already done so, register for / sign on to your membership toolkit account below. Once you finish completing family/student info then you will see a list of forms to allow you to purchase PTA membership, donate, sign-up to volunteer, and more!
Upcoming Events
- Thursday, November 21
- Friday, November 22
- Monday, November 25
- Tuesday, November 26
- Wednesday, November 27