As the school year comes to an end the 2025-26 PTA of AEA executive board would like to present … this year in numbers.
160,625
Minutes read during our annual Read-A-Thon (raising $13,195.20 in support of our school!)
$2,212
Worth of doughnuts, cookies, brownies and coffee sold at the Harvest Parade bake sale (the best day of the year!)
$897
Raised from Shake Shack night (the equivalent of 112 single Shackburgers!)
697
Sales processed at the Scholastic Book Fair (earning $6,737 in Scholastic Dollars for the school to spend!)
350
Student planners (with bookmarks!) ordered for grades 2-5 next fall
250
Ice skaters registered at our event at World Ice Arena
232
The number of puppets in “The Lion King” on Broadway, which our 5th grade class watched as their capstone trip, sponsored by the PTA
150
Mets tickets sold in AEA’s section for fireworks night
132
Personalized sketchbooks made by Little Pulp for our students
90
Museums and other city sites available for families to visit through the Cool Culture pass thanks to PTA’s enrollment
72
Pre-K students and 100 kindergartners who performed at their stepping up ceremonies (plus 64 fifth-graders who graduated to middle school)
47%
The percentage of students who said “Cheese” for Stomping Ground Photo and placed a purchase
11
Pallets of 1st Day School Supply boxes unloaded and delivered to classrooms by our amazing volunteers
8
PTA executive board members, whose absolute joy it was to serve you all this year
3
Assemblies organized by the Antiracism and Belonging Committee and funded by the PTA
3
In-person PTA meetings, marking the first time we’ve gathered in the Cafe since 2020
2
Lion dance assemblies celebrating the year of the horse
1
Rosie the Reindeer, who delivered hot chocolate to students before winter break (sadly she didn’t make a reappearance on Kona Ice day in the spring)