Volunteer Opportunities throughout the 2010-2011 school year.

Help Wanted!  Open PTA Board Positions
Are you looking for a way to get more involved in your child's school?  Consider volunteering for a PTA position.  The PTA is looking for people (possibly YOU) to fill the following committee positions for the 2011-2012 school year.
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Only 2 Open Board Positions left,,,,

Environmental Education - Creates awareness of environmental issues through promoting recycling programs, waste free lunches, etc. Time commitment is ongoing, depending on how much the committee wants to do.   

Reflections - Co-Chair is needed.  This committee is responsible for distributing entry forms and submitting the entries for the statewide PTA reflections contest. This is a contest offered to students each year giving them the opportunity to express their thoughts and feelings on a specific topic in any one of several different formats such as writing, art, photography, music or poetry. 
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(Committee Chair Position Filled)  Health and Safety - The Health and Safety committee works with the school nurse at the Vision and Hearing screenings and the PE teacher with Jump Rope for Heart and    Field Day. They recruit volunteers, collect donations, order thank you gifts and distribute the gifts for Jump Rope for Heart. For Field Day, they recruit volunteers and monitor the  games throughout the day.

(Committee Chair Position Filled)  Kindergym - This committee runs the Kindergym Program (October – April) and works in tandem with the P.E. teacher. Coordinates volunteers and organizes the Kindergym Olympics.

(Committee Chair Position Filled)  Membership and Directory - Responsible for membership drive and soliciting local businesses to join our PTA. At the end of the membership drive, responsible for creating the school directory and having it printed.


(Committee Chair Position Filled)  Manna Co-Chair - This is a gift card program which school can earn a percent on each gift card that is ordered. The responsibilities include distributing order forms to families, collecting the order forms, summarizing all orders, placing the order with Manna and distributing the gift cards to the families.

(Committee Chair Position Filled)  Calendar - Responsible for publishing the school calendar. The majority of this work is done over the summer, collecting event dates and plugging them into the calendar program. This committee decides on the theme of the calendar. When the calendar is completed they send to the printer and distribute to the entire school.

(Committee Chair Position Filled)  SPARK - The SPARK (Special Education Parents Accessing Resources and Knowledge) representative is our liaison with the district SPARK committee. This committee was      formed in response to the growing needs of families whose children learn differently or   have special needs. 

(Committee Chair Position Filled)  Staff Appreciation - The Teacher Appreciation committee plans an event for each day for 1 week in May. Events for the teachers include a teacher’s luncheon and a coffee/tea cart that travels to each classroom providing treats.