Westlake PTA holds Mustang Roundup parent‑teacher event using APTT model

Westlake Elementary School hosted a Mustang Roundup event recently in which parents and students visited teacher stations, participated in a book fair and activities, and picked up tacos from a food truck as a completion reward.

Organizers described Mustang Roundup as using the Academic Parent‑Teacher Teams (APTT) approach to engage families in classroom expectations and student progress. Mindy, a PTA member at Westlake Elementary School, said the event pairs parents and teachers to share information and strategies for supporting students at home.

"I am Mindy. I am with the PTA at Westlake, and we are here for Mustang Roundup," Mindy said. She described the student activity card used that evening: "Our kids all get a card to have stamped or signed by their teachers. The different classes that they have and go talk to the different teachers. If you get all your stamps, then you get tacos from the taco truck."

A participating parent told the interviewer the event helps families "know what's going on in the school, helps me know what to expect from his classes, [and] helps me understand if there's anything that he's not doing at school that he needs to do at home." The event also included a book fair and multiple child‑friendly stations.

Organizers said they are trying to model the Mustang Roundup format for use at other schools to increase parent engagement across the district. Volunteers and PTA members staffed the stations; school staff interacted with parents at each teacher table. Mindy said parents appreciate the new building and the staff, and that students appeared to enjoy the activities.

The Mustang Roundup used an incentive structure (stamped student cards and a taco truck reward) and family‑focused conversations at teacher stations rather than formal conferences scheduled one‑on‑one. No formal district action or funding decisions were recorded during the conversation captured in the transcript.