Why APT Still Matters?

With the help of our amazing Cochise families, we were able to raise $352,644 (gross) in the 2022-23 school year. 

We have allocated $95,000 toward Instructional, Kindergarten and Response to Intervention (RTI) Aide salaries for the 2023-24 school year.

In April, we asked all teachers and staff to complete a “Teacher Wish List” form.  No restrictions were given. We received approximately $46,000 in requests….and we filled all of them!

Below are just a few of the teacher wish list items, as we can’t list every book, wall map, teaching material or classroom supply.

• New Piano, Portable Speakers plus Mixer & Wooden Mallet Instruments for Music
• Five (5) iPads Per 5^th Grade Class w/ Charging Stations, Wireless Microphones
• Automated External Defibrillator (AED) for Cafeteria (2nd for Campus)
• 2023 End of Year Foam Party for Kinder, 1^st & 2nd
• Herpetological Field Trip Truck on May 16^th for Kinder & 1st
• Seven (7) Raised Garden Beds for the Kinder, 1^st & SPED’s Pod
• Trees for Kinder, 1^st & SPED’s Pod
• Sports Umbrellas for P.E.
• Accelerated Readers for 5th and 4th Grade Gifted
• Speech Therapy Materials
• Wish Lists Items from Lakeshore, Amazon, Really Good Stuff etc.
• And Lots of Classroom Rugs, Bean Bag Chairs, Desk Chairs, Vacuums, Wagons, Rolling Carts & Printers

Here are some of the ways your APT donations helped support our students, school, and educators during the past year.

• $13,000 – Classroom Funds ($500 Stipend Per Teacher)
• $12,500 – Literacy Support Funds ($1500 Per Grade)
• $6,200 - Specials (Art, Band, Chorus, Music, PE, Strings)
• $5,400 - Special Education 
• $28,637 – Carnival
• $63,000 – Bobcat Bash
• $9,200 - Faculty Support (Principal, Nurse, Counselor, Maintenance, Teachers' Lounge)
• $7,012 – Teacher Appreciation & Hospitality Events
• $5,756 – Decade’s Dance
• $5,256 – Read-A-Thon
• $3,000 – 5^th Grade Graduation
• $2,722 – APT Membership Contests
• $2,000 – Chaparral/Cochise Scholarship
• $1,774 - Classroom Memories (Kinder & 1^st Grade)
• $1,732 – Parent Engagement Coffee Trucks/Events
• $1,500 – New Library Books
• $582 – Creative Arts Festival
• $371 – Field Day
• $353 – Angel Tree
• $305 – Veteran’s Day
• $291 – Young Author’s Day
• $9,110 – Bookfairs (Pass Thru Income/Scholastic Dollars Received)
• $15,397 – Spirit Wear (Cost of Goods)
• $13,554 – Yearbook (Cost of Goods)
• $2,540 – APT Business & Officer Insurance
• $2,215 – APT Dues & Admin Costs
• $4,710 - APT Printing, Office Supplies, Credit Card Processing

Per our Bylaws, we can carry over no more than $35,000 in unallocated/savings funds into the next school year. We continue to maintain this amount in savings.