Activity Week 2020 Results
The Annual Activity Week held at Notre Dame Regional High School began item sales and auctions on Friday, September 18 and ended on Saturday, September 26. The Week of Sunday Dinners began on October 5 and ended on October 8. The purpose of Activity Week is to involve students, staff, parents and the community in raising funds to reduce the operating budget of the school.
Many activities and promotions took place from September 18 through September 26 including: raffles, auctions. magazine subscriptions, candy, pizza, trash bags, and fruit. October 5 through October 8, each class hosted a public dinner serving an average of 1,265 people each night. In addition to the all school items and public dinners classes sold a variety of class specific items. All of these items and events came together to generate an Activity Week profit of: $221,834.80!
“This year’s results are nothing short of amazing,” said Principal Tim Garner. “Fundraising with so many uncertainties was never going to be easy, but our faculty, students, families and the entire Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois communities really stepped up in their support of the high school. We are extremely grateful to all who contributed time, talent, and treasure to this year’s efforts. Notre Dame Regional High School would not be what it is today without the community support. We feel blessed to be a part of this community.”
The Senior Class provided the largest profit per capita raising a total of $73,720.62 bringing in $630.09 per student. As the winners, Senior Class candidates Jacob Young and Mary Catherine Young were crowned King and Queen.