Year 2023-2024
Community Engagement:
- Assisted at Meet the Teacher Night as part of our new Fall Booster Drive
- Created new opportunities for student leadership through Student Advisory Committee
- Continued partnership with National Honor Society to offer the Nest Cafe for a third year
- Sponsored Fall Senior Night Pack the Stands event
- Sponsored Alumni Appreciation Night & Celebrate State Pack the Stands event celebrating Girls Ultimate Frisbee 2nd place at state
- Sponsored Winter Senior Night Pack the Stands event
- Extended Concessions to a beverage machine outside of gym/auditorium
- Annual Awards Celebration
Activities Assistance:
- Hudl upgraded to include FREE live-streaming of soccer and baseball in addition to volleyball and basketball
- Cross-country: summer training camp
- Robotics: Robot parts and computer equipment
- Mock Trial: Name plaques
- Baseball: Hotel expenses for overnight travel games
- Track & Field: Patches and stickers for meets and bands for warm-up and training
- Soccer: portable team bench and shade cover
- Ultimate Frisbee: partial funding for new uniforms for boys & girls teams
- Math team: sponsored a mathlete to attend the American Regions Math League competition
- Sponsored year-end team parties
Year 2022-2023
Community Engagement:
- Enhanced the offerings at the concession stand.
- Provided FREE live-streaming on You Tube for all gym events through Hudl.
- Added printed programs with sponsorships.
- Sponsored 3 seasonal "Pack the Stands" events to honor senior students and another special "Pack the Stands" night to celebrate State Champion Math Team, Regional Champion Robotics and State 3rd Place Mock Trial Team.
- Annual Awards Celebration
Activities Assistance:
- Shot clocks (as required by MSHSL) with stat panel, runners, padded chairs, table
- Robotics: Robot parts, filament, tools, laptop
- Girls Basketball: New uniforms
- Boys Basketball: Hotel expenses for overnight travel games
- Cross Country: Summer skills camp, tent frame and finish chute banners
- Theater: Mobile lighting system, supplies for One-Act Play
- Baseball: Batting cages in main gym, portable pitchers mound, L screen
- Track & Field: coaches apparel
- Math Team: sponsored Mathlete at All-state tournament in Iowa
- Audio improvements for Auditorium
Year 2021-2022
The pandemic continues while ERA activities see an increase in participants. The Boosters expand community events and add meaningful support to programming.
Community Engagement:
- Sponsored 3 seasonal "Pack the Stands" events to honor senior students and another special "Pack the Stands" night to celebrate State Champion Mock Trial and State Champion Robotics teams.
- Coordinated parent volunteers as Team Coordinators (TC) to act as liaisons between the Booster and teams. Team dinners were rolled out by the TCs for many sports fostering a sense of belonging for athletes.
- Partnered with the National Honor Society and ERA PTO to open the NEST CAFE
- Launched Gryphon fan stores through Squadlocker
- Annual Awards Celebration
Activities Assistance:
- Raised funds to send First Robotics Champion team to Worlds in Houston, TX
- Baseball: Batting helmets
- Track and Field: New discs and shots, Plyo boxes
- Soccer: New balls, goal keeper jersey, pugs nets, mannequin dummies
- Pep Band: Music
- Theater: Microphones, sewing machine, shelving, power tools, cords
- Hudl video analysis platform for volleyball, basketball, soccer, baseball and softball, track and field and more. Installed motion-tracking cameras with live-streaming capabilities to gym.
Year 2020-2021 (Est. 2020)
In its inaugural year amidst a pandemic, the ERA Booster Club focused energy and resources primarily into community building while beginning to support activities and establish sustainable policy and fiscal health.
Community Engagement:
- 1st Annual Awards Celebration was held in May of 2021. Over 300 attendees celebrated the achievements of student participants across 16 different activities/athletics.
Activities Assistance:
- Raised funds to send State Champion Mock Trial team to Nationals.
- Purchased and posted team banners outside gym.
Other:
- Launched concession sales and Booster memberships
