AISG RamShack Celebrates 10 Years!
Originally founded by the AISG PTA in 2011, the RamShack continues to provide a valued service to our community and plays a vital role in promoting AISG RamNation pride. Managed and staffed by volunteers, the RamShack is also a great place for members of our RamNation to get to know each other!
Our AISG RamNation community, over the years, has seen an assortment of AISG Rams apparel and other fun logo items! Prior to the first RamShack, which was on the Science Park campus, the earliest items available were t-shirts and sweatshirts, primarily at the PTA holiday celebration but also by special request. The first novelty item was a Ram Horn hat, also available at events and by special request. According to founding manager, K. Fieldhouse, when the PTA started talking about the RamShack, it was envisioned not only to offer a larger selection of spirit items but also to have items that made it easier for students by having a variety of stationery supplies. Flannel pajamas, branded cups, mugs, notebooks, umbrellas, and other little things like hair bands, scrunchies and scarves were added next. This is also when Rammie, our canvas autograph ram, made his debut!
The RamShack is still THE place to find official AISG apparel and other fun items. Members of our secondary student council sat with us in September and shared their ideas. Several of those items can be found at both our RamShack locations with many more to come!
Our goal as a RamShack team, in addition to providing items students may need at school, is to have merchandise (we call it RamSwag) that our students are proud to wear. In February 2022, the new Science Park RamShack had its soft opening for SP Faculty and Staff and opened for students the following day. The response was overwhelming!
The RamShack also achieved some incredible milestones throughout our 10th year:
- A new logo and rebranding
- A new RamShack at the Science Park campus
- A fresh new look and expanded merchandise line
- An online form for anyone interested in being a RamShack volunteer, at either campus
- An online order form for select merchandise
While the RamShack provides a service to our RamNation community, it also helps bring our community together, which is especially evident when the faculty and staff wear their AISG apparel on Spirit Fridays and when the community proudly wears their Special Edition Anniversary Hoodie. The best measure of the RamShack success is seeing our students, parents, faculty, and staff wearing or carrying RamSwag!
