How we use our funds

Our Waller community is growing faster than ever, and your involvement and community partnerships are key to growing our projects and offerings for the TES family. We host two primary fundraising events throughout the school year, spirit night, spirit shop and seasonal grams. We also rely on the generous donations of our Community and Family Partners to support our Bulldogs.

The funds pay for things such as:

Hospitality for staff, families and students (Teacher Appreciation Events, Movie Nights)
Physical school improvements (Playground upgrades, Outdoor Learning Program, Staff Lounge Remodel)
Classroom Supplies Allowances (Books, Specials Materials)
School Programs (Kindness week, Earth day)
Grade Level Ceremonies
and much, much more!

Completed projects

Take a look at what we have done and continue to do thanks to all PTO members, volunteers, donors, and sponsors!

Library Reimagined

and with the help of our amazing sponsors...

Amerigroup

Welch Law Firm, PLLC

Melissa Hegemeyer Realty

Cypress Green

Toys for Tots Marine Reserve

Edmonds Insurance

Gullo Commercial Construction

Innovative Car Care Center

San Bernard Electric Co-op

Texas Classic Barn Co

Narramore Glass

Rapid Waste Solutions of Texas

Resale with a Purpose

The Outhouse Boys

Blue Willow Bookshop

Target

Office Depot

Personal

Book Drives

FALL 2022 - SPRING 2023

Field Day ContributionsWhat an incredible field day! We thank all the families that donate materials for all field day activities. Thank you to all our sponsors, Sonic Drive-In for the water for the students, The Lippincott Team and H&H Moonwalks for the bounce houses.

Staff Appreciation Week- May 2023We kicked off with breakfast tacos, coffee, and orange juice provided by the Dincans family, Duran family, Ojeda family, and PTO. We partnered with Cy-Fair Federal Credit Union to wrapped up with the perfect Cinco De Mayo lunch from Julio's Mexican Cantina.PTO was happy to give the staff the cutest “stuff” bag as their end-of-the-year gift!

STAAR Test seasonDuring STAAR test weeks, que provide snacks and encourage notes for all students while their test time. We also partnered with Gateway Church to provide staff a much needed treat during STAAR testing.

TES Family Movie Night 2023PTO treated TES families to a free movie!

New Outdoor Learning Center athletic ballsPTO and Student Council proudly presented 108 sports ball to all grades for use in the OLC. With the help of all student council members, the PTO was able to raise over $1,000 at a Pickles and Popcorn event, all of which was put towards the purchase of these athletic balls. 🏀🏈⚽️

Kindness WeekDuring the week of February13-17, students participated in kindness week. It was a great week full of kind acts and fun activities!

New Music Room Items

PTO used the profits from the music program concession stands to purchase much needed items for Mrs. Brooks’ Music classroom! We added sound and action games, new keyboards, keyboard note labels and stools!

🎶A Note From Mrs. Brooks:🎶

“What an amazing addition to our music classroom! The keyboard stands have helped our students enjoy playing keyboards / much easier to play since they are not on the floor. Our 3rd, 4th and 5th graders have been listening, learning, and laughing with our new Station Rotations!”♥️🐾

TES staff makes us POP with Appreciation!🍿🐾In March, PTO celebrated the staff with a Fancy Popcorn stand!

PTO celebrated TES staff with a Tailgate Stand in February!🤎Thank you Sonic Drive-In for donating all hot dogs and buns!😋

We love TES staff A LATTE!☕️PTO celebrated our staff with a coffee and hot chocolate stand to start their Friday on January! 🤎

Turlington Staff Christmas giftsTurlington admin and PTO made special Christmas deliveries to the staff! 🎁❄ “Turlington Bulldogs” sweatshirt!

SOCK DRIVE 2022

Thank you TES Families for your donations! 414 items total were donated and benefit The Boys & Girls Country and Harris County children through The BEAR Room!

Congratulations to 🏆KINDERGARTEN - SOCK DRIVE WINNERS!!! The entire grade level got a pizza party!!!! 😋🍕 Special thanks to Tairyn Mutz for counting, sorting and coordinating all the logistics.

📰 “Boys and Girls Country is thankful for the generous donations from the students and families of Turlington Elementary School!”

Vince Duran CEO of Boys and Girls Country of Houston.

TES is LOADED with the best staff!In December, PTO celebrated our staff with a Loaded Baked Potato Stand!🤎

TES staff is Awesome to the Core!We celebrated our staff with sweet caramel apple kits in October!

Donation for STEAM LABThank you Sterling Family for the STEAM LAB supplies for HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES!

Celebrated our poppin’ staff!In September, PTO hosted a popcorn and drink stand for Turlington staff!

Grandparents Week

During the week of September 12th-16th, Turlington Grandparents were invited to have lunch with their grandchild! It was an amazing week full of smiles, creating community and loving memories!

FALL 2021 - SPRING 2022

Kindness Week

During the week of February14th-18th, students participated in kindness week. It was a great week full of kind acts and fun activities! See the video to learn more.

Staff Appreciation Week, May 22We had a blast celebrating our amazing staff!

Earth Day at TES PTO was happy to donate new books to our library for Earth day! 💚🌎

TES Family Movie NightPTO treated TES families to a free movie showing at the Waller Auxiliary Field.

Chips & Dip for StaffPTO was excited to host a Chips & Dip stand for our amazing Turlington staff!

Food Drive

Turlington Beautiful hosted its first event of the 2021-2022 school year by organizing a Food Drive for Turlington Elementary School. The purpose was to help feed 70 families in our community as well as teach the students the importance of giving back and volunteering.

Thanks to the amazing generosity of our Turlington families, we collected 8,629 food items! Boxes were distributed confidentially to families. We couldn’t have done this without the hard work of many parent volunteers and student volunteers!

"GO TEXAN DAY" for StaffWe celebrated by serving the Turlington Staff hotdogs donated by Sonic!

TES Staff "a waffle lot!Our PTO hosted a breakfast stand for our a hardworking Turlington staff!

Turlington Staff Christmas giftsTurlington Admin and PTO were excited to give the staff their presents under the tree.

Kindergarten hall holiday decorating!

Staff Lounge Remodel

TES administration tasked the PTO with remodeling the Staff Lounge. We would like to thank our business partners and the many volunteers who worked tirelessly to support this project! we had a great time and are so proud of the end result! Special thanks to Nikki Dincans and Ashley Duran (co-chairs).

Coffee Cart Paw PerksOur community partners and Turlington PTO sponsored our coffee cart Paw Perks!

Specials AllowanceA total of $1,267.00 was spent on the Specials Teams.

SUMMER 2020

Outdoor learning classroom remodel

TES administration tasked the PTO with remodeling the Outdoor Learning Classroom to promote creativity, build confidence and encourage physical activity. The concrete was sandblasted to remove worn images and prevent slipping, an activity path and games were painted on the concrete and new sports equipment was purchased. The money we raised during the 2019-2020 was used for this remodel! Thank you to all the families who participated in our fundraisers and attended our events. We could not accomplish our goal without the commitment, support and enthusiasm of our teachers and staff. Special thanks to Nikki Dincans (Coordinator), Ashley Duran, Michelle Jendral, Lacy Kuhn, Kelsey Lance, Tiffany Malek, Georgette Smith and Nancy Tryon.