Our school has the following set up... Now next year, IF I do the whole Pres thing... I would like to add to it, and break it up some!!!
Birthday Books - We give each child a book for their Birthdays... Great if you have it to spend
Book Fair - We hold 2 - 3 book fairs - this person is the main contact as well as setting up volunteers
Box tops- this person collects and sends in tops
Cheer - Sends cards and gifts as needed to the school staff, also head's special day activities for staff
Family Fun Fair - this one we are revamping!!! We need to have Sub Committees!!!
Fundraising - We have one lady who does all the fundraisers... if you have enough it would be nice to have seperate sub committees
Hospitality- Luncheons for Staff and Teachers... this is also the one who heads Functions lilke art shows
Publicity - Responsible for sending out flyers with aid of the sec.
Welcoming- compiles bags to give to all new students as well as any new staff members.
Playground- we are an older school, and are working on setting up some new playground equipment!
We also have Grade reps... The 5th grade rep has the job of heading the Promotion committee... which operates under the PTO and the Admin of the school!
Activewear - sales of tshirts, sweatshirts & sweatpants
Bagel Sales - 4 sales during the school year
Bowling Club - 10 wks
Box Tops for Education
Chess Club - 20 wk program
Emergency Phone Chain - for school closings/delayed openings
Fall Festival - crafts, bouncer, face paint...
5th Grade Activities - picnic, fun night celebration, yearbook signing breakfast, class trip & moving up ceremony
Fun Fair - Games
Fun Fair - Refreshments
General Fundraising
Holiday Sale / Craft Sale
Kindergarten Graduation - provide coffee & donuts for grads & families
Office Help - group to photocopy & distribute our memos
Planners and Folders - all grades receive either a planner or organizing folder
Project EAT / Community Outreach - Project EAT is our local food bank that we collect donations for & then 5th graders stock the shelves & get a lesson on community service, civics & how this is such a valuable service to recipients
PTO Membership & Directory - collects dues & creates school directory for members
Scholastic Book Fair
School Assemblies - we book 4-5 per year
School Store
Special Needs Liason - the special needs children in our district have a separate PTO & budget so we have a person that keeps us informed of what that PTO is doing for our students & grants that were awarded for the year
Spirit Day
Spring Planet Sale
Teacher / Staff Appreciation
Thanksgiving Pie Sale
Welcome Back Breakfast
WFS Yearbook
Winter Enrichment Program - On Wednesdays - 5 weeks in the winter to have fun after school doing something new
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Arts Day - Plan and execute the Funnest Day of the Year....
Boxtops/Labels - Collect and Submit GM Boxtops and Campbells Soup Lables
Carnival - Lead the committee to a successful (break even) carnival
Concessions - Coordinate supplies and volunteers for concessions at all school hosted sporting events
Fall Fundraiser - Manage the one and only official fundraiser which is a direct solicitation of cash donations
Lunchtime Treats - PTO sells treats at lunchtime on the 1st & 3rd Wednesdays of each month
Newcomers Welcome - Prepare welcome packets for all new families at the start of the school year as well as any new ones during the year. Plan the Newcomers Welcome meeting at Open House.
Room Coordinators - Lead the room parent committee
Spirit Wear - Manage the sale of spirit items during the year
Student Directory - Create the school phone book
Teacher Appreciation - Manage all TA activities during the school year
Yearbook - self explanatory
We could have used a Registration/Open House kind of committee too but divided the work among the president and vp.
We also used to do Market Day and that was a committee separate from the Fall Fundraiser because it's so much work all by itself.
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Oh - how could I forget this one? We put out the fundraiser as "looking for Chairpeople" as well so that is also run by parents that are usually not on the board.
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Dance Program (volunteer taught and supervised for ballet, jazz and tap, K-6 grades with the usual show at the end)
Box Tops/Soup Labels
Parent Resources (books, videos and links towards ideas and info on all aspects of parenting from special needs to hyper to every-day what to expect - similar to a "parent library")
Trash for Cash (old cell phones, ink cartridges to cash)
Ice Cream Social
Volunteer Appreciation
Graduation Breakfast (for kids moving on to the next school at the end of this year.)
Holiday Shopping
Those are the bulk of our standing committees. Some that I listed I know that many PTO's boards take care of these events but we fan it out to get more parents involved and usually it all falls into place and works wonderfully. It gives parents the opportunity to put in a little or a lot of their time without be (as some say) restricted to the board or running everything. The parents who run these committees and the board make contact at least every other month with info and updates to go into newsletter and flyers. Needless to say, everyone feels in the loop and communication is very good.
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