Last summer our painting project was completed along with bench making for the front of the school and other projects. Birthday tributes, welcome back treats, and other special occasion events are held throughout the year. It is held each fall to provide students with an opportunity to display artistic abilities. The PTA sponsors the Target drive, which tries to increase Target credit card users identification of YMS as the beneficiary school for their school rebate program. In the winter each year, students are encouraged to gain sponsors for the Math Challenge Test.
Students earn money for each right answer on the twenty-question test.
The proceeds from this project benefit the Cultural Arts Program and a specific department at YMS on a rotating basis. Parents from the PTA provide the critical accounting element of the magazine drive. It usually takes six to ten people several hours on four separate days to complete the accounting job. Prize distribution adds to that total. The PTA supplies dance chaperones, tutors, classroom aides, field trip chaperones and other adult help as needed.