Praise the Lord! With the children back in school it is time to organize and coordinate the various committees and activities that our PTO performs each year. We would like to thank you for all of your hard work in past years, and also thank you in advance for all of your time and efforts that you will be committing to the school and our children this year. God bless you!
For those of you who are new to our school, we offer a very extensive volunteer program. We provide support for teachers both in the classrooms and out. We also provide information and support to assist you as a parent. Our needs for some programs require as little as two hours per month to programs that require 1 – 2 hours per week. Whatever amount of time you can give will bless and benefit our children.
Please fill out the attached form and return it to your child’s homeroom teacher. Be as specific as possible in your response. We need to know what days are most convenient and what times are best for you. If you are not sure yet if you can help at this time, please go ahead and sign up any way. This way we can call you on an as needed basis. We realize that life gets very busy and we can’t always “do it all”, but please, take a few minutes to review our volunteer list and do whatever you can to help.
This is by no means an exhaustive list! Please watch the Monday envelope for opportunities that develop throughout the school year. For any questions concerning the volunteer program, feel free to call the school at 215-736-2391. Again, thank you for all of your time and efforts!!
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Committee |
Responsibilities |
| 1 |
Home Room Parent Ongoing |
Help organize and coordinate, as directed by teacher, various classroom parties and projects. Will contact other parents for assistance as needed. If more than one room parent volunteers, activities can be coordinated between parents. For example: one parent is responsible for certain holidays and projects and another parent is responsible for other holidays and projects. |
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Christmas Bazaar
Ongoing-November
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Help to organize and coordinate this Christmas shopping experience for our children. A co-chair is needed! Required time is 2-3 hours before the Bazaar is set up and five hours in November. |
| 3 |
Christmas Bazaar Volunteer - day of
November
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Help children with shopping for Christmas gifts for their families, wrapping or organizing the flow of moving children. Required time is 1 – 5 hours the day of the Bazaar. |
| 4 |
Christmas Bazaar Volunteer – week of
November
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Help to sort out, categorize, set up and label each gift with prices. Required time 1-2 hours the second week of December. |
| 5 |
Auction/Golf Outing September |
Facilitate and organize the Auction/Golf Outing. The Auction is combined with the golf outingon September 23rd. More information at the PTO meeting |
| 6 |
Yearbook Volunteer
Once Per Month
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Work on a team to assist in all areas of developing a yearbook. We need help in taking pictures, printing, typing, cropping/cutting, layout, collation and general organization. Team meets throughout school year. |
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Yearbook Photographer
Ongoing
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Take photographs of school events, students, teachers, and classrooms for yearbook - ongoing need to be able to come during the day and/or attend evening events to get a variety of photographers. Printing photos for us would be a plus! |
| 8 |
Book Fair Volunteer
December and March
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There are two Book Fairs that require collection of money from parents on day of the fair. Required time 1-3 hours on day of fair. Set up week of book fair also needed. |
| 9 |
Family Fun Day Volunteer
One Event Every Other Month
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Help to organize activities in advance of the family fun day and to assist on the day of family fun day. Examples of past family fun days are Craft Night, Pajama - Movie Night and Game Night. |
| 10 |
Product Incentive Volunteer
Ongoing
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Help in ink cartridge recycling program by packaging and shipping used cartridges for recycling as needed. |
| 11 |
SCRIP Program Ongoing
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Organize and establish our school’s involvement in the SCRIP program. Communicate with parents about instructions about how to participate. |
| 12 |
Refreshment Volunteer
Intermittent
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Provide baked goods and drinks for various after school & PTO functions. If you volunteer for this committee, you will not be expected to bring something every month! We will share the responsibility. |
| 13 |
Library Volunteer
Weekly or bi-weekly in the afternoon
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Assist students in the library and help to keep it organized. Required time 2-3 hours. |
| 14 |
Copy Volunteer
Once Per Week
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Make copies and help teachers with other classroom project materials according to your schedule. Training available. |
| 15 |
Monday Envelope Copy Volunteer
Weekly on Mondays
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Make copies of weekly office and classroom newsletters. Collate copies into correct envelopes and deliver to classrooms. Mondays 12:00 – 1:15 PM. |
| 16 |
End of the year Picnic
June
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Assist with activities on the day of the picnic such as games and cooking. |
| 17 |
Classroom volunteer Ongoing, as Available
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Assist teachers in the classroom with student groups, teacher tasks, etc. |
| 18 |
Lunch Volunteer
Once Per Week or as Available
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Assist children at lunch and supervise children at recess after lunch. Required time 12:00 – 1:20 PM . Help needed daily ~ please sign up for any day that you are able. |
| 19 |
Club Volunteer
Once Per Week
12:30 – 1:10
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Instruct children in accordance with your talents at recess time. Past clubs have been a Chess Club, Sewing Club, and Tech Kids Club coming this year. Required time is once per week, 12:30 – 1:10 PM . |
| 20 |
Technology Trainer
As Needed
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Assist teachers in developing their technology skills using Microsoft Office – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher and Access. Required time 1-2 hours on day of training. Assistance will be provided. |
| 21 |
Digital Camera Trainer
As Needed
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Assist teachers in developing their skills in utilizing the digital camera to the fullest. |
| 22 |
Public Relations
As Needed
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Send press releases to local media concerning school events and happenings. |
| 23 |
More Public Relations!
As Needed
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Send invitations to local churches, newspaper reporters, and legislators informing them of school events . |
| 24 |
Commercial Creator Ongoing
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Videotape classrooms and events, edit film, and create a commercial for Calvary Christian School in DVD format. |
