James Gettys Elementary PTO

Day 4 - "Join Us At Central Perk - They'll Be There For BREW!" was quite a hit! We had On My Grind Coffee truck parked out front making orders for each staff member. We also included a picture of our volunteer drink runners, as we can't do it without them either. Thank you, Ladies! The smoothies he had to offer seemed most popular but the coffee was also delicious! Thank you, Forrest, for making the trek our way for our staff!

Last day of Teacher Appreciation is tomorrow. Be sure to end strong in your James Gettys gear!

🏀Math Madness Round 3 is completed and donations have been counted!

Our students raised $4,125.51 in the first three rounds!!!! WAY TO GO!! 👏

Here's the reward results after the first round:

Bracket Winners!

Pitt (Becker)
UCLA (Arentz)


Eliminated

Mt. St. Mary’s (Spokus, Sease, Raffensperger)
Notre Dame (Strausbaugh)
Duke (Jones)
UNC (Seibert)
Alabama (Lamer)
Ohio State (Roy)
Michigan (Sterner)
Maryland (Jachelski)
Penn State (Cooper)
Kentucky (Secrest)
UConn (Flickinger)
Florida (Cool)
Miami (Peterman)
Villanova (Wampler)

• Classrooms that earned Extra Recess ($100 raised)
Becker
Spokus
Sease
Raffensperger
Seibert
Wampler
Lamer
Strausbaugh
Arentz
Cooper
Peterman
Flickinger
Cool
Jachelski

• Classes close to that extra recess
Jones - $65.10 – Needs $34.90
Roy - $72.70 – Needs $27.30
Sterner - $69.31 – Needs $30.69
Secrest - $10.61 – Needs $89.39

• Grades that earned free choice of seating in the cafeteria for a week ($500 raised)
2nd Grade
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade

• Grades close to free choice of seating
Kindergarten – $463.77 – Needs $36.23
1st – $177.41 – Needs $322.59

• Hallway that earned Basketball Olympics/"Have a Ball" Stations ($2000 raised)
3rd/4th/5th

• Hallway Close to a Basketball Olympics
K/1/2nd - $1,157.85 – Needs $842.15

🏀 Teacher vs Student basketball game at Gettysburg College ($4000 raised)
WE MADE IT!! 🥳

🥧 Staff getting pied in the face for every $1000 above our goal:

Round 4 ends tomorrow, Wednesday, March 25th. Keep gathering those donations to help your team advance in the bracket (Eliminated teams will add their buckets to a remaining team to help them out).

https://givebutter.com/GettysMathMadness2026

🏀Math Madness Round 2 is completed and donations have been counted!

Our students raised $3,524.20 in the first two rounds!!!! WAY TO GO!! 👏

Here's the reward results after the first round:

Bracket Winners!

Pitt (Becker)
Villanova (Wampler)
UCLA (Arentz)
Miami (Peterman


Eliminated

Mt. St. Mary’s (Spokus, Sease, Raffensperger)
Notre Dame (Strausbaugh)
Duke (Jones)
UNC (Seibert)
Alabama (Lamer)
Ohio State (Roy)
Michigan (Sterner)
Maryland (Jachelski)
Penn State (Cooper)
Kentucky (Secrest)
UConn (Flickinger)
Florida (Cool)

• Classrooms that earned Extra Recess ($100 raised)
Becker
Spokus
Sease
Raffensperger
Seibert
Wampler
Lamer
Strausbaugh
Arentz
Cooper
Peterman
Flickinger
Cool
Jachelski

• Classes close to that extra recess
Jones - $65.10 – Needs $34.90
Roy - $47.70 – Needs $52.30
Sterner - $69.31 – Needs $30.69
Secrest - $10.61 – Needs $89.39

• Grades that earned free choice of seating in the cafeteria for a week ($500 raised)
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade

• Grades close to free choice of seating
Kindergarten – $410.93 – Needs $89.07
1st – $161.37 – Needs $338.63
2nd - $490.60 – Needs $9.40

• Hallway that earned Basketball Olympics/"Have a Ball" Stations ($2000 raised)
3rd/4th/5th

• Hallway Close to a Basketball Olympics
K/1st/2nd - $1,062.90 – Needs $937.10

🏀 Teacher vs Student basketball game at Gettysburg College ($4000 raised)
Almost there!

🥧 Staff getting pied in the face for every $1000 above our goal:

Round 3 ends Monday, March 23rd. Keep gathering those donations to help your team advance in the bracket (Eliminated teams will add their buckets to a remaining team to help them out).

https://givebutter.com/GettysMathMadness2026