TLMS PTA puts the Fun in Fundraising!

This was not a typical PTA bake sale or discount card sale, but "Tat the Teacher" sure was a lot more fun. The Three Lakes Middle School PTA outdid themselves with this idea....students, friends, and family could purchase a temporary tattoo for a specific teacher to wear. One of the PTA parents heard about this idea from another school, and she thought it would be a success at Three Lakes. Teachers, or EduGators as we call ourselves here, volunteered to participate in the event that they received a tattoo. Any tattoo that was purchased for a teacher was to be applied and worn to school on the Homecoming Green Out Pep Rally Day. The larger the tattoo, the more funds it brought in. The students enthusiastically rooted for their favorite teachers. "The fun connections between middle school students and their teachers during this was just another positive outcome of "Tat the Teacher," said TLMS PTA President Leanna Freeman. "Building community and being able to give $1400 back to the school are the reasons we do what we do." The teachers who won were Mrs. Brown in 3rd place. Coach Logtin in 2nd place, and Mrs. Utz in first place. Mrs. Utz's initial response was to take a back seat on this event, she said. But then the students got excited and friends and family began to buy some tattoos for her. Before long, she was at the top of the leader board, and she had so many tattoos that it took her an hour and a half to apply them. Even though the The Three Lakes Gators didn't win all of their homecoming football games, the community is the winner of the first ever "Tat the Teacher" contest thanks to all who participated.