What We Do

The Academic Booster Club helps:

•   finance innovative educational projects; and
•   recognize and publicize academic excellence and scholastic achievement in all grade levels in RE-1J.

A+BC Beginnings
The Academic Booster Club was organized in 1983, the product of a need identified by teachers and parents alike. The idea was born when a local teacher noted that academic excellence should be recognized in the same way as athletic success. With the support of civic leaders and generous volunteers, the idea became reality.

A+BC Funding
The Academic Booster Club has collected and returned between $10,000 and $13,000 each year to schools and students. Funding for the recognition program and for grants comes from the community: individuals, community service groups, bequests and businesses.

A+BC Grants and Recognition
A+BC awards grants to teachers, students, parents, administrators and support staff to promote positive academic experiences. A+BC also gives educational enhancement scholarships and awards. A+BC's recognition programs honor top students from all grades through the schools and media. In addition, high school students receive "letters" for academic excellence.

A+BC Community Impact
Perhaps the greatest accomplishment to date is increased community awareness created by the recognition process. Montrose and Olathe citizens realize the value of education and the work hard needed to make a good school district better. The culmination of this awareness is national mention of A+BC by two United States Presidents and the Secretary of Education.