What does it Mean to Join the APT?
This first fundraiser goal is to raise $45,000, and we need your support now more than ever. With this money we will be able to host the community Cochise Carnival and fund teachers’ initial spending budgets for their classrooms.
1) Contributing to your APT Membership raises money that directly benefits your child throughout the year! In doing so, you help our school, students, teachers and receive numerous tangible and intangible benefits.
2) You have voting rights - by contributing towards the APT Membership, you can attend and vote at General APT meetings. While not required, if you have time, we look forward to seeing you.
3) You will receive a weekly Bobcat Blast newsletter filled with timely information about what is going on at Cochise.
4) You will have access to the membership Directory.
5) Anyone can contribute towards APT Membership and join Cochise APT! Parents, students, grandparents, business owners, friends, etc. All APT memberships are valid for the current school year.
We have a variety of membership packages with different perks.
Business sponsorship packages are also available and a great way to get your name out in our community.
Access APT Membership Store by logging in. We've made it super easy.
1)Your Family Account Page will be the first thing you see after you login.
2)Just below your Family Information will be your APT Membership Store link
Click here to learn more about Why APT Still Matters.
We are a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, EIN: 56-2430117.
Our Bobcat Baller APT Membership package includes a chance to win a personalized reserved parking space. We will conduct the drawing for the winner at the end of the Membership Drive.
Why APT Matters?
With the help of our amazing Cochise families, we were able to raise $315,850 (gross) in the 2024-2025 school year.
We have allocated nearly $126,000 toward Instructional Aides. This includes Response to Intervention (RTI), Kindergarten, as well as playground aides for the ‘25-’26 school year.
Below are just a few of the items we were able to fund thanks to your donations this past year:
● Backpack hooks for use throughout the school
● White Board Easels for CKLA support
● Substitutes for every teacher for Planning Days for all grade levels
● Playground support aides
● Alt Seating for Classrooms
● Standing Desks for teachers as needed
● Ice Machine in teachers lounge
● Teacher stipend for A+ rating submission
With your ongoing financial support, this year we hope to make campus improvements in anticipation of earning our A+ rating!
Here is where your donations will go! With the rising costs of each event, meal, and activity, your continued support is the reason we keep Cochise great!!
● $12,350 – Classroom Funds ($475 per teacher)
● $11,500 – Grade Level Funds
● $6,350 - Specials (Art, Band, Chorus, Music, PE, Strings)
● $5,875 - Special Education
● $9,000- faculty support funds (Principal, Nurse, Cafeteria, Counselor, Maintenance, PBIS,
Nurse)
● $26,500– Carnival
● $60,000 – Bobcat Bash
● $7,000 – Teacher Appreciation & Hospitality Events
● $5,000 – Decade’s Dance
● $2,000 – Chaparral/Cochise Scholarship
● $1,700- 5th Grade Art Mural
● $1,500 – Parent Engagement Events
● $1,300 – New Library Books
● $500 – Creative Arts Festival
● $500 – Veteran’s Day Meal and Parade
● $1,000 – Bookfairs
● $15,500– Spirit Wear (Cost of Goods)
● $13,600 – Yearbook (Cost of Goods)
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