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PTSA School Support

Did you know that since its inception, 
the PTSA has been bringing 
good things to CRHS?

The following is a list of some of the items that PTSA has purchased for the benefit of our school over the years. Amazing!

We are able to purchase these items with the support of our PTSA members and their fundraising activities. Thank you everyone, and please visit the fundraising page of the website to read about the current PTSA fundraisers.

Year 2010-2011: $ 17,107.89
The Cinco Ranch High School PTSA wishes to thank everyone who helped in any capacity with fundraisers, donations, and the many volunteer hours spent by parents, faculty, staff, students, neighbors, friends, families, and community members during the 2010-2011 school year. Because of your generosity, the CRHS PTSA was able to purchase and donate $17,107.89 worth of needed items for Cinco Ranch High School.

Items included:
9 Lenovo Think Pads (Social Studies, Pilot Program and other departments), Portable Smart Board (Share between Choir, Band & Orchestra), 5 Wireless Microphones (Choir), 2 Smart Document Cameras (Math), 11 Electronic Balances (Science), 3 Dimensional Anatomical Man Chart (Science), 12 Hungry Planet posters (World Geography), Microphone Flag (Tech Apps, Cougar Vision), Re-chargeable drills, adjustable wrench sets, combo wrench set SAE, combo wrench set metric, pliers, drill bits (Ag Dept), DVD Foundations in Personal Finance (Special Education), 5 Logitech Quickcams Orbit (LOTE Dept.), Steps to Independent Living (Special Ed.), Vacuum Sweeper (Special Ed.), Polytex Snap & Grow Greenhouse (Environmental Science)

Year 2009-2010: $24,261.00

Items included:
Desk (Counselor), Smart Board (Foreign Language), 3 Smart Document Cameras (Math), 25 Electric Pencil Sharpeners (Science), 2 Markerboard (English/Math),Tip Unit Supplies/variety (Special Ed), Books, DVDS, Class Sets (W. History, Human Geography), Supplies (Lifeskills), Plasma Cutter (Ag Dept.), Science Supplies (Biology, Chemistry, Anatomy), 5 Wireless Presenter Mouse (Science), Laptop & Supplies (English), 50 Calculators (Math), Sony Cyber Shot (Tech Apps.), Blenders, Griddles, Knives, knife sharpeners etc. (Lifetime, Nutrition & Wellness Food Services), Supplies (Floral Design)

School Year 2007-2008: $22,441.00

Items included: Smartboard and Locking presentation cart for the Math Department; Laptop and Locking presentation cart for the English Department; Labquest package for AP Environmental, telescope, Physic and Biology supplies for the Science Department; $100.00 to Food and Nutrition Science for supplies; a cold saw for the Ag Science class; a video projector for Health Sciences; 4 digital cameras for Technical Applications; 2 paper storage racks for the Art Department; collaborative PE equipment, Life Skills Reading Program, Career Prep Program, general skills materials, laptop and a projector for Special Education Department and 2 to 3 additional Smartboards depending on the remaining budget.

School Year 2006-2007: $15, 000.00

Items included: 4 Vernier Lab Pro systems, 4 TI-83 Plus graphing calculators, 1 electric autoclave, 5 light and optics modules, 3 heat engine/gas law apparatus, 1 Lab regulated power supply, 2 Rat Models, 2 Fetal Pig models, 2 Sexless Torso models and 1 Ring-mounted skeleton model for our Science Department, one Smartboard with stand for our Math Department, one Document Camera, one freestanding portable partition for our Special Education Department, and several items for our Orchestra (details forthcoming.) The CRHS PTSA would like to thank everyone for their continued support!

School Year 2005-2006: $20, 894.60

35 yoga mats for the Cougar Stars, jelly bean switch, power link, little and big step by step, small and large spoon sets, fiber flash lamp with music, pouring cup on flex mount, randomizer, digital camera, and petite pillow switch for the Special Education department, 1 digital camera for the security guards,3 sharp desktop stereo systems for choir, 1 skeleton display with ring mount, 5 electronic balance scales, 6 atom building kits, 3 introductory optic systems, 1 force table, 5 science tables with boots, 1 tuning fork set for the sciences, 2 color laser jet printers for choir, 46 Merriam Webster Thesaurus' and 50 Merriam Webster dictionaries for English, and for administration 2 AED wall mounts, 1 mahogany conference table, 3 software textbook scanners, 14 greystone lightweight folding tables, 10 folding tables,, and 1 Olympia paper shredder.

School Year 2004-2005: $15,467

30 graphing calculators, 1 Van de Graf generator for the science department, 5 boom boxes and 7 DVD/VCR players for the library and foreign language departments, 13 lightweight round tables, lighting for the Performing Arts Center, 2 scanners for textbook inventory, 2 custom-made floor mats with the Cougar logo, artwork for the 9th Grade Center Conference Room, and outdoor beautification items such as plants, mulch, and landscaping services.

School Year 2003-2004:  $19,777 

This year the PTSA provided the school with 8 DVD players with instructional media and one projector, an assortment of thesauruses, dictionaries and art supplies, an awning for the commons patio to provide shade for the students during lunch, a tape duplicator for the special education department, 4 custom-made floor mats with the Cougar logo, outdoor beautification items such as plants, mulch, soil, landscaping services, and other miscellaneous indoor beautification items.

School Year 2002-2003:  $33,656

1 AED (defibrillator and electrodes), glass table top for the welcome desk, seasonal decorations for the main office and 9G center, microwave oven for the 9G nurse's office, 1 tiered ficus tree for the PAC, 5 urns with silk floral arrangements for the PAC, 2 stone pots for the PAC and 2 42" aspidistras for the PAC. Outdoors we have replaced 20 Indian Hawthorne bushes and the PTSA purchased the electronic marquee at the school's main entrance.

School Year 2001-2002: $8,045

Executive desk and burgundy office chair for the main entrance welcome desk, digital camera for the art department, art mural in the library, 12 tack strips, 4 tablecloths (2 with CRHS logo), and 5 silk trees for the PAC. Outdoor landscaping costs included replacing 25 bushes, mulch and completing the gardens at the front entrance.

School Year 2000-2001: $7,263

Popcorn machine, 3 pop-up tents, 1 welcome banner for the front lobby, 1 teak bench for the attendance office, 10 copies of computer software for the foreign language (French) department, 5 graphing calculators, bookshelf for the welcome desk, and 11 framed prints. Outside we created 2 new plant beds with 11 plants and mulch.

School Year 1999-2000: $10,712

15 memory benches, 4 picnic tables, 2 door mats with the CRHS logo, 1 deluxe auto-folder for the workroom, mural in the weight room, 4 framed prints, 1 safe, 5 silk plants and trees, skirt for the welcome desk, and a coffee pot. Our landscaping was enhanced with 4 trees, 54 shrubs, plant containers, rocks, metal edging and peat moss mulch. 

Click here for the fundraising page.

 

Cinco Ranch High School
23440 Cinco Ranch Blvd
Katy, TX 77494
Main Campus:  281-237-7000

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