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Why did ProGrad get started? Project Celebration is a combination of education and lock-in events conducted by educators, parents and community partners

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Page 1: Why did ProGrad get started? Project Celebration is a combination of education and lock-in events conducted by educators, parents and community partners
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Why did ProGrad get started?

• Project Celebration is a combination of education and lock-in events conducted by educators, parents and community partners to help keep students safe and alcohol-free throughout the school year and especially during school-related celebrations.

• The goal is to reduce the number of injuries and deaths caused by impaired driving. 

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What is ProGrad?

AHS Project Graduation 2016 (ProGrad) is a supervised, all night, drug and alcohol free, celebration for AHS graduating seniors on June 4, 2016!  The entire evening is spent on campus with an assortment of food and refreshments, casino night, games, sports activities, entertainment and many, many prizes.

Each student who attends receives a “gift bundle” that contains several 

great things for the graduating senior as well as Bulldog Bucks.  

Throughout the year, seniors and their volunteer parents can earn 

extra “Bulldog Bucks” which are needed to purchase raffle tickets for such prizes as luggage, laptops, dorm refrigerators, printers, TVs, MP3 players, docking stations, game systems,  cameras, DVD players and much, much more!!

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Ticket for ProGrad

AHS Project Graduation 2016 June 4, 2016

Tickets go on sale in April.Price of ticket based on the amount of fundraising.

PROGRAD TICKETS ARE NOT PART OF PROM PACKAGE.

Generally around $40-$50

Each student who attends receives a “gift 

bundle” with their ticket that contains 

several great things for the graduating senior 

as well as Bulldog Bucks.  

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What does the event look like?

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Possible Activities at ProGrad

• Games – raffles, prize walk (like cake walk), spin for a prize

• BINGO• Photobooth• Karoke• Casino Area (separate raffle and money from Bulldog Bucks)

• Food – cookies, Chick-fil-A, pizza, sandwiches, popcorn

• Obstacle course, hamster wheel, etc• Hypnotist (at 3:00 am) DO NOT WANT TO MISS!

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What are Bulldog Bucks?

• Each student has the opportunity to earn Bulldog Bucks by attending meetings and volunteering at Pro Grad activities that will take place throughout the year.

• How to earn Bulldog Bucks– Every hour that you volunteer = 50 BD Bucks– Every $25.00 in donations (business or personal) = 50 BD

Bucks (This includes purchasing items like Homecoming Mums, tamales, flowers, etc.)

– Every meeting you attend = 50 BD Bucks • (If you purchase a PROGRAD shirt and wear it to school and the

meeting – you get 100 BD Bucks that day.)

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EXTRA INCENTIVE – Special RaffleThe only way to receive a raffle ticket for this special raffle is for THE STUDENT to volunteer for a ProGrad event or come to a ProGrad meeting.  So not only do you get your bulldog bucks, you can also earn a Special Raffle ticket.

– Volunteer at least 4 hours = 1 Special raffle ticket– Each additional 2 hours = 1 Special raffle ticket

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Don’t have PROGRAD t-shirt• You can pick up one at 

the first meeting and during lunches at school.

• $15.00 for the shirt.• Earn 50 Bulldog Bucks 

for wearing it to school the day of a ProGrad Meeting.

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ProGrad Fundraisers

• Macy’s Shop for a Cause• AHS Planners• Christine Meeker• ProGrad T-shirts• Homecoming Mums• Tamales/Holiday 

Greenery• Holiday Hayride

• Senior Serve– Auction and Dinner

• Garage Sale• Spirit Nights• Spring Flowers• Parent/Corporate 

Donations

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What is Senior Serve?

• ProGrad Largest fundraiser – Dinner and Silent Auction

• Seniors decorate a themed table and serve their guests dinner in hopes of getting great tips.

• Extra Bulldog Bucks rewarded for Turning in Application Early, Best Theme, Most Original, and Most Tips 

• For more information – go to the ProGrad Website.

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Where to go for information?

• Like us on Facebook– Fort Bend Austin High School ProGrad 2016

• Check out the Website– http://austinbulldogprorad.weebly.com/