Hawkeye Hustle

Last Friday was a special day at school!  It was the Hawkeye Hustle!  The PTO,  staff and students spent two weeks gathering money donations from family, friends and local businesses. In return, the students and staff of Hamilton Elementary School walk, run, skip, gallop and more around our track all day long! Each grade level takes a turn to go out to the track and do their part for this fundraiser.  Our PTO then uses all the money earned for many different activities and supplies at school.  All grade levels have access to Raz Kids and IXL -  reading and math learning tools used on our computers and IPads.  They also provide money for the teachers to supplement classroom supplies in each classroom to enhance learning. They plan various events for the kids like roller skating parties, Santa's Workshop and FUN NIGHT!  I'm certain I am forgetting many other things that our PTO provides for us.  Did you know that our PTO spent over $26,000 last school year, which directly benefited THE KIDS!

Thank you parents, for donating, and helping your child find others to donate to our school.  Each and every penny earned will benefit the kids at Hamilton Elementary School!  We appreciate our awesome PTO and all that they do for us!  It was our pleasure to take our turn on the track to help!  Enjoy the pictures below!

Ki leads the pack!

Logan and Collin are right behind him!

Tyler starts running!

Go Keira, go!

Here come Molly, Jayden, Emily, Maddy, Sierra and Page!

Keep going girls!

Leah, Talon, Ethan and Miley start up!

Go Ethan, Miley and Jayla!

Deegan, Jayla, Uriel, Kaylee and Bailey!

Uriel, Bailey, Kaylee and Reece (with Ki coming up on his second lap!)

Look who showed up to keep us going!  Our own Hawkeye mascot!

Giving the kids a 'high five' for their efforts!

Hello, Hamilton Hawkeye!

Talon was given a little prize for his efforts! 

The crowd of kids walking with the Hawkeye mascot!

Jayla thinks she knows who is inside the costume!

Poor Hawkeye!  The crowd never thinned out!

I was amazed by the energy those kids had!  Many of them ran for a good portion of our time on the track!  After our turn, the kids were rewarded with a glass of water, an apple and a bag of chips!  The only negative was the bees who really wanted the sweet apples!  Yikes!  Poor Molly even got stung!

Aidan and Miley

Leah

Kylee

Ethan

Sierra

Reece

Emily and Jayden

Ki and Tyler

Thank you again to the parents, family, friends and businesses who donated money to our school!  Thank you to all the kids for doing your part in return!  We appreciate your support for our learning at Hamilton Elementary School!