2023/2024: A year to celebrate!

(We think the photo above, from Spring Fling, captures the vibe well!)

The 2023/2024 school year was a standout one for Dovercourt SAC. We launched exciting new projects and events, and scaled up Spring Fling. (We missed you, bouncy castles!) We advocated against education cuts and launched a new Dovercourt Pride subcommittee.

We also focused our fundraising efforts and, as a result, enter the 2024/2025 school year with a balance of more than $23,000—in line with pre-COVID norms. This will help us support more initiatives that benefit our students. Hooray!

Fundraising highlights:
Thank you to all for your generous support!

• We raised more than $900 (net) from the school’s Fresh from the Farm produce fundraiser in the fall;
• We launched a new online Spirit Wear shop, which has raised nearly $400 in rebates already;
• The school’s annual school Dance-a-Thon in March raised more than $2,000; and
• We raised nearly $10,000 (net) for the school from Spring Fling tickets and silent auction purchases.
  
  

Investment highlights:
A sample of SAC-funded student activities:

• Mystic Drumz music program;
• Roots of Empathy in Ms. Smith’s 4/5 class
• Books for the school’s Book Clubs;
• Dovercourt’s Ukelele Club; and
• The Grade 8 graduation picnic lunch.
  
  

SAC community-building highlights:

• We hosted and funded a successful Welcome Back Open House during Curriculum Night in October;
• We supported the school’s Holiday Food Drive for to benefit the Oasis Dufferin Community Centre;
• We held a fun and popular School Movie Night to beat the winter blahs in February; and
• We convened after-school enrichment programs in the winter and spring.

Special thanks:

Major thanks to 2023/2024 co-chairs Ben Peto and Peggy Gibbons for leading our small-but-mighty council with such integrity and vision. And a special shout-out to departing SAC enrichment lead Melanie Kramer—we will all miss you!

Check out our year-end SAC newsletter:

SAC News June 2024
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