ABILENE HIGH

Who are we?

The Abilene High PTA is a qualified non-profit association organized exclusively for the charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purposes within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, providing valuable support to Abilene High School’s students, faculty/staff, and parents. This is accomplished through the generous efforts of parent volunteers and community business partnerships, and in large part by funding made available through its annual membership drive and donation drive direct mailing campaign as well as T-shirt sales. All contributions of any amount made by donors in excess of the $5 membership dues are 100% tax deductible under section 170(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Get Involved!

We are “Texas proud” when it comes to supporting public education. No doubt students are supported through their educational journey from early childhood to college. With our rich heritage and century of putting children first, policymakers, corporations, foundations, and individuals who want to make a difference support our worthy cause. So often we hear that PTA is all about parents and teachers--and they are important, but we are about supporting the children who are students in our school.
Making every child’s potential a reality is our vision, and the goal of a network of volunteers, staff, and school officials working together.

PTA needs your help. While our success the past 100 years speaks for itself, as shown through the past academic successes of AHS graduates, the world only becomes more complex each passing year, and we will face new, different, and exciting challenges on the journey ahead. By joining our efforts, you will ensure every child will experience entering into a big wide-open world beyond their public school years that will not only better educate them, but will prepare them for the social, economic, and personal challenges that will make them a better person, and will mold them into a future educated citizen of our country like no other.

So please join our efforts today because all of us PTA parent volunteers are working together for all students in high school besides our own. The mission of child advocacy and informed, involved parenting was the reason Texas PTA was formed 100 years ago, in 1909, and the dedication and commitment of our members is what brought us here today.

Volunteer opportunities abound by Abilene High PTA offering support to the AHS Student Council for their Homecoming Dance, serving 1000 students at the beginning of the school year, from 8:00 to 11:30 p.m., and held at either the Abilene Civic Center or at one of the Fair Grounds Buildings, working in the concession stand selling drinks, chaperoning, and also monitoring a property check-in/check-out area. Our annual food drive community service project helps provide assistance to the Food Bank of West Texas for families in need during the holidays. By invitation only, our PTA has been asked again to participate in this event during the Lacks Trim-A-Tree for Charity annual food drive contest. Customers vote on our Abilene High Christmas tree by delivering donated canned food to leave underneath to help us win cash prizes for student scholarships. Parent volunteers can help once again at the end of the school year, too, by helping another group Parents Who Care serving approximately 1000 graduating students and their guests from both high schools at the Abilene Civic Center by working either an all-night-long shift, or working an early shift from 9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m., or working on a late shift from 1:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. during the Project Graduation Party. This provides support for a supervised alcohol-free & drug-free event, celebrating the culmination of a student’s public high school educational experience. For more opportunities on campus, call the school secretary/VIPS Coordinator (Volunteer In Public Schools), 677-1731, ext. 2250.
 

Member Benefit Providers

PTA Members receive numerous discounts and special rates. Please see below to learn how to take advantage of these.

Important Note: The following "Members Only" rates are available exclusively according to the instructions below.

Click the company name below to access your discount. 

Aflac:
Aflac's Accident Insurance policy is made available to members at a competitive rate. To apply for a policy, click the Aflac link.  For more information, please contact Aflac Agent, Trish McMinn at p_mcminn@us.aflac.com 

BarnesandNoble.com:
National PTA and Barnesandnoble.com have developed a discounted online bookstore for PTA members featuring over one million titles of books, textbooks, audio books, music, DVD's, and videos. Members will save 5% off all purchases ordered from this site in addition to any normal site discounts of up to 40%. Click above to learn more about this discount on the site of National PTA.  You will need to re-enter your username and password, which are username: student and password: success.

Enterprise:
Enterprise Rent-A-Car is pleased to extend a discount to all Texas PTA members on all rentals across the nation. To make your reservation and get your discount automatically, please click here. If you have any questions, please contact your Enterprise Representative Sunny Howard at 512-912-5332 or at sunny.c.howard@erac.com.

Fiesta Texas:
Members receive 15% off regular adult admission when purchasing tickets online.

La Quinta:
Up to 35% off, guaranteed rate of $85.00 or less, no up-charge for king size beds, no up-charge for as many as 4 additional occupants, free up-grade to gold level in the La Quinta guest stay program, Returns, 15% off rack rate outside of Texas.

Ask for the Texas PTA rate when booking by phone at 800-642-4271 or when calling the La Quinta location of your choice directly. Click on the link above to book online with your discount, or use discount code "TXPTA" when making your reservations at www.laquinta.com

To upgrade your La Quinta Returns status to Gold level, please contact: Sandy Clinton at Sandy.Clinton@laquinta.com.

Liberty Mutual:
As a member of the PTA you qualify for a special group discount* on your auto, home, and renters insurance through Group Savings Plus® from Liberty Mutual. With Group Savings Plus, you can enjoy the ease and convenience of paying your premiums through checking account deductions or direct bill. You’ll also enjoy fast, easy round-the-clock claims service and a variety of discounts including multi-car, multi-policy, safe-driver, passive restraints and anti-theft device discounts*.

See for yourself how much money you could save with Liberty Mutual compared to your current insurance provider. For a free, no-obligation quote, call 1-800-341-5247. Be sure to identify yourself as a member of the PTA.

To learn more about Liberty Mutual, visit their website at www.libertymutual.com/lm/nationalpta. You can also download a PDF of information from Liberty Mutual.

* Group discounts, other discounts, and credits are available where state laws and regulations allow, and may vary by state. Certain discounts apply to specific coverages only. To the extent permitted by law, applicants are individually underwritten; not all applicants may qualify.

Coverage provided and underwritten by Liberty Mutual Insurance Company and its affiliates, 175 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA.

MedicAlert:
MedicAlert Foundation has partnered with PTA to provide peace of mind to parents through discounted memberships to the MedicAlert Kid Smart® program. The program provides 24 hour child emergency ID and family emergency notification services that safeguard and identify children in an emergency. With a single phone call, emergency responders can talk with a representative to access medical history and records.

Each child enrolled in the program is provided with a personalized medical ID bracelet and emergency wallet card that alerts first responders with information regarding identification, any critical medical conditions or any life-threatening allergies. All calls to the 24/7 hotline are answered by MedicAlert staff who identify and relay all pertinent health record information to the responder.

MedicAlert Foundation pioneered the first personal health record and medical identification service in 1956 to provide people with simple but effective method for communicating about their medical conditions. MedicAlert provides services and products that protect and save lives of its 4 million members.

For more information and to sign up for the MedicAlert Kid Smart® program visit www.medicalert.org/pta or call 1-800-ID-ALERT.

Nationwide:
Call the Fowler agency at (888-549-4922) or speak with your local agent. An Auto Insurance Benefit for Texas PTA Members.

Schlitterbahn:
Corporate Code: uphillcoaster Members receive 15% off regular admission when purchasing tickets online. Note: For the system to recognize your discount code, you must use the link on this page by clicking the word “Schlitterbahn” above.

Sea World:
Members receive 15% off regular admission when purchasing tickets online. Please follow this link and click on "Worlds of Discovery." This will take you to Sea World's page where you can purchase your discounted tickets.

Sharp Electronics:
The PTA/Sharp Electronics member store is now available to offer you valuable member discounts on Sharp AQUOS Liquid Crystal Televisions and some other home electronics products! Click above to learn more about this benefit on the site of National PTA.  You will need to re-enter your username and password, which are username: student and password: success.

Southwest Vacations:
(1-800 423-5683) Promotion Code: PTATRAVEL
Southwest Vacations, in partnership with Southwest Airlines, is offering PTA members a 5% discount on vacation packages of two nights or longer to any Southwest destination. Please Note: Official National PTA travel still will be booked through Omega Travel by following the directions issued by the national meetings department.

T-Mobile:
PTA members receive 10% off new and existing service from T-Mobile*, no activation fee on new accounts**, and special phone deals.  Click here to see the current member-only offer!  Note: To receive this offer as a new customer you must sign up by visiting this Web site or by calling 1-866-464-8662  (option 3) and mentioning promotion code: 9397TMOFAV***.  Offer not valid in stores, from T-Mobile’s regular Web site or 800 number, or from third party vendors.  If you are already an existing T-Mobile customer, please e-mail Lavoyger.Durham2@T-Mobile.com to receive the discount (response may take up to 3 business days).  If you do not have access to e-mail, please call 972-464-3103. 

*Subscribers on an expired contract or currently on Flexpay, Pre-paid, or Kid-Connect rate plan must select an active post-pay voice or data plan to receive member benefit.

**Waived activation fee and discounts on service for new accounts are only available with approved credit.

***Some special offers are available by phone only.