Hi!
We have (almost) monthly family nights. This will be our third year of doing this. Here is our schedule for this year:
Sept.- Pajama Night (Here is the link to what our district wrote about the event:
www.mv.k12.wa.us
)
Oct.- Fall Festival
Nov.- Craft Night + Art Show
Dec.- Bingo Night
Jan.- Science Night
Feb.- Under the Sea Carnival
Mar.- Chuck E. Cheese Night ( I know many schools focus on this as a fundraiser... but, for us, it is really a great, SIMPLE family night! Madison families pack the place... parents wander from table to table mingling, while the kids have a wonderful time... and there's no cleaning up afterwards!!!)
Apr.- Nothing... this is our month off.
May- Mexican Fiesta
June- Possible Movie Night
(Please feel free to look at our website--
www.mountvernonschools.org/madison
-- in the Parent Group pages, you can find explanations of all of our events.)
Now, I'm a big fan off just jumpin' in and doing it! Three years ago, we had an essentially non-existent PTO... we could hardly find enough volunteers for 1 simple Bingo Night! The next year, we started with our monthly family nights... they caught on and now we have lots of great, involved volunteers at many levels. I think lots of parents are just waiting for the opportunity to get involved with these type of events... it's definitely worth the try!
GOOD LUCK!!!
Kelley
Madison PTO President
Mount Vernon, WA
[ 09-29-2006, 02:09 PM: Message edited by: kelleyraek ]