*Cookie Dough Fund Raiser (Fall)
* Open House/Ice Cream Social
* Trunk or Treat
* Santa Shop
* McCaw Night at UNLV Basketball game
* Spring Carnival & Silent Auction (Spring Fund Raiser)
* NV Reading Week activities
Family Reading Night
Story Telling Night
Gordy's Reading Odyssey
* Reflections
* Help with Talent Show
* Help with Field Day
* Mother's Day Flower Sale
* Junior Engineers Science Day
(through Utah State University)
* MadScience after school program
* Schoolhouse Chess after school program
* Help with Book Fair
Now, here's the new stuff I want to add (I'm the new PTA president:
* Big Step Breakfast
* Breakfast with Santa
* Doughnuts with Dad
* Muffins with Mom
* Grandparents' Day
* Family Movie Night
* Family Arts & Crafts Night
* Family Game Night
* Family Entertainment Night
* Family Photos
* Collect Teddy Bears to donate to the
Hend. Fire Dept.
* Modify the Family Reading Night to a
"Read & Feed" and make a book mark.
* Chuck E. Cheese Night
* Wendy's Night
* McDonald's Night
Our principal already ok'd all the new stuff. Now I just have to have the board vote on them at the end of this month.
Fall Fundraiser (we're not too sure we're doing one. Decission will be made later this month)
Santa Secret Shop
Spring Fling (not too sure what we're doing, but we will do something)
Real exciting huh? School does Box Tops/Campbells, some class rooms will do different things just for them.
The problem is that we only have a handful of volunteers that are willing and able, so we don't want to burn them out.
Well, my take is that if parents want things for their children, they need to get off their butts and help us. They're in for a very rude awaking this year with all the budget cuts that the BOE is making.
Ok off my soapbox now, but it really pi22s me off that they can complain, but don't want to help with anything.
Here's our schedule of family nights for the coming school year:
August- Back To School BBQ
September- Student vs. Faculty Game Night
October- Fall Festival
November- Pajama Party Reading Night
December- Bingo
January- Craft Night/ Art Show
February- It's a Jungle in Here! Carnival
March- Chuck E. Cheese Night
April- Movie Night
May- Cinco De Mayo Night
It's a busy schedule but well worth it!!!
Kelley
Madison PTO
Mount Vernon, WA
I really didn't mean that we don't have "fun" fundraisers, we do. We have a great time with our Ice Cream Social, Spagetti Dinner, and the most fun at our Fall Festival. Put in order to participate, the families have to pay. Granted our tickets for the festival are .25 each and we charge 1-2 tickets per game, Ice Cream social is $1.00 per cup of ice cream, but it can add up for large families.
I just wanted to have a night that cost families NOTHING. That's when I received the weird looks. I'll keep at it. Our Pres. is will not be involved next year and the Treas. has already said that this is her last year, so I'll keep trying! It's not that they're not great people, but sometimes new ideas can scare people. It's the old addage, "don't fix what ain't broke".
Library mom...don't give up! The faces of the families at our events are something else. We have watched our Fall Festival go from 125 kids the first year to over 325 three years later. Our school never use to hold events like this, with a new group and principal who truly believed in family opportuintes to have fun we have grown! keep trying
"When you stop learning you stop growing."
I'm with ya Library Mom. Our PTO does seem to exist for other reasons but we're trying to add some "fun" events. It's interesting how everyone's "focus" is different. I find all of these ideas very inspiring, though, and hope to try some of them this year.
Shelly
