b'Dear GDS Community,What a year for GDS Athletics and your Bengal Boosters! With 38 teams competing on middle school, junior varsity and varsity levels, Greensboro Day clinched 4 PTAC Championships, 5 PTAC Player of the Year Awards and 4 PTAC Coach of the Year Awards. The Boosters school spirit initiative helped establish more all school Pep Rallies and promoted community building off-campus with Fridays at Freddys.Thank you to the nearly 200 Bengal Booster Club Members whose school spirit, volunteer energy and financial support made it possible to secure over $30,000 to supplement and enhance GDS Athletics during the 2019-20 school year.We would be remiss if we did not recognize the effects of the loss of the spring athletic season due to COVID-19.We are devastated for our spring student-athletes, especially the seniors, who missed out on their opportunity to represent GDS this spring.Here are a few exciting highlights of our Booster allocations/activities this year: Paid the annual NCISAA dues Purchased 3 Row Machines for the PE Department Sponsored the HAECO Invitational Tournament Participated in End Poverty t-shirt promotion with United Way of Greater Greensboro Paid for Goose Masters to help protect playing fields Hosted GameDay Grill partnership Ghassans including Coaches Eat Free Coupons Hosted Senior breakfast/lunch for fall and winter Sports Awards Provided all Senior Varsity Athletes a personal portrait/plaque commemorating their senior season Operated concession stand for all Fall home games Paid pool rental fees at AHA for Swim Team practice Purchased Conference Championship T-shirts for Girls Tennis and Girls Golf Purchased all coaches GDS polos Funded NFHS Live Stream Camera installation in the Auxillary Gym and Soccer Field Purchased new pitching machine and protective screen for the Baseball program Ordered new scoreboards for Dillard Gym to be installed in the fallAs you can tell, your membership dollars are hard at work enhancing our athletic programs and facilities. We are grateful for such a supportive community, committed coaches and diverse offerings of athletic opportunities for all of our student-athletes. We hope that all current Boosters will renew in August and if you are not a member, that you will consider joining the Bengal Booster Club this fall! Go Bengals!Jane TreveyParent of Walker Trevey 18 and Whit Trevey 20President 2018-19, Bengal Boosters GDS Magazine | 35'