| Program
or Event |
Contact(s)
|
| Art
Room |
PJ White |
Volunteers are
needed to assist Mr Mann in the Art Room |
| Birthday
Board |
Holly Angelese |
Parents, wish
your child a Happy Birthday at the school entrance for $10.00 Contact
Holly
by e-mail. |
|
BJs membership Drive |
Amanda King |
|
| Book
Fairs |
Martina Mehl / Elizabeth B Taylor / Jenn Powell /
Kerri Wick
|
The book fairs are
held in the fall and again in the spring. Volunteers are needed for
short periods to act as cashiers and help the children select books. They are
also needed to help set
up and take down display shelving on the first and last days of the book
fair. |
| Box
Tops / Soup Labels |
Susan Lawrence /
Christine Lippencott |
General Mills offers cash to
schools in exchange for box tops from participating products, such as
cereals, fruit snacks and yogurts. Monies received are deposited into a
fund which is used to supplement recess supplies and equipment. The
Campbell Soup Company offers points for labels, which can be traded for
items in a catalog provided by the company. Volunteers in these programs
are responsible for promoting the programs within the school and
creating incentives for students to participate. Box tops and labels are
collected by the volunteers on a monthly basis and are counted and
bundled for redemption. Periodically,
box tops are forwarded to the companies. |
| Catalogue
Fundraiser |
Jennifer Tickell / Jennifer Powell |
This fundraiser
provides the majority of our operating expenses.
Gift catalogs are distributed to the students.
Students take orders for gifts, wrapping paper, and magazines.
Volunteers publicize the program, organize and tally the orders,
and coordinate distribution day. |
| Cultural
Enrichment |
Christine
Johnson-Staub / Martina Mehl |
Cultural
Arts is also known as PTA Enrichment. The chairperson organizes,
schedules and seeks out performers and programs to enrich the curriculum
of the students. Behind the scenes work can be done to work with the
curriculum, ordering and organizing performer literature and helping to
get notices to teachers about upcoming performers. |
| Destination
Imagination |
Chairperson
Needed |
Destination
Imagination is a national program sponsored by IBM Corporation. It
promotes creative thinking and problem solving for K-8 students outside
the classroom. Teams are divided into grades K-2, 3-5, and 6-8, and are
eligible to compete in state and national competitions. Students are
required to work as a team to solve a problem, which could range from an
engineering problem to a public performance. Adults are needed as
assistant coaches after school. This program begins in the fall and ends
in the spring and meets weekly. There is a regional competition in
March. Oak Ridge School has had many teams which have gone on to compete
at the next level! More information about this program is sent home with
the students. See destinationimagination.org
for details. This program
will NOT run without a chairperson and several volunteers. |
|
Donuts with Dad |
Kathy Ahari |
|
|
Earth Day Bags |
Gretchen Mulroy |
|
| Family
Night |
Amanda King /
Stephanie Patterson / Kathy Ahari / Jennifer Powell |
Family nights are
special family events like a Movie Night, Fitness Night, Color me mine ), game nights
or whatever idea comes to mind. The
Fitness Night is usually scheduled in January.
|
| Grounds
Beautification |
Jennifer
Tickell |
We are in need of a willing Oak Ridge family, or Landscape Company to
maintain the garden area at the entrance to school. This involves a
spring clean-up and mulching, occasional weeding, and a clean-up before
school starts in the fall. Interested? Email Jennifer Tickell. |
| Mini-Holiday
Fair |
Mary
Cox / Carolyn Polidor / Heidi Smith / Karin Kearns |
The
Holiday Concert and Festival offers families and students an opportunity
to celebrate the winter holidays with music, entertainment, and
refreshments. Volunteers are needed to help organize the performance,
coordinate the production and sale of baked goods and other
refreshments, publicize the event, and “deck the halls!” |
|
Ink Cartridge / Cell Phone Recycling |
Kathie Cole |
|
| Library |
Sue Sundermeyer |
The library at
the Oak Ridge School is a terrific resource center and a very busy
place! Our librarian does a
great job, but there is an impossible amount of work for one person to
handle. The library relies on volunteers to maintain its smooth
operation for our children. Volunteers are needed for shelving books,
making sure books are in correct order, straightening shelves, and check
books in and out. Volunteers can also help with book repairs, clerical
tasks and special projects. Think about volunteering for your child’s
library class. |
|
Lost & Found |
Michelle Mahoney |
|
| Little
Caesar Pizza Kit Sales |
Chairperson needed |
Pizza, Pizza! This
easy fundraiser provides a significant amount of money for very little
labor. Volunteers tally pizza orders and distribute pizza on a
predetermined day. A chairperson publicizes the program, orders the
pizza from Little Caesars, and coordinates the distribution. |
| Math
& Science Nights |
Jennifer
Tickell |
Volunteers are
needed to plan and/or help staff the Family Math and Science Nights for
the 3rd and 5th grades. The special nights are held in the beginning of
March. A math/science background is not necessary--just a willingness to
help make math and science fun. Complete
information packages are available for both grades.
Great experiments, their “grocery lists” and how-to’s make
this and exciting opportunity for new chairpeople! |
| Music
Events |
Chairperson needed
|
Volunteers are
needed to help organize students participating in music events during
the school year. |
| Newsletter |
Kathy
Forrester 888-9403
|
The Oak Ridge
School PTA publishes a monthly newsletter to keep everyone informed of
all the wonderful things that happen at the Oak Ridge School. All of the
Officers, chairpersons, and teachers keep the newsletter publisher
informed of ongoing events, etc. (submissions are received up to the
first Friday of each month) Volunteers are needed to photocopy the
newsletter each month.
Chairpeople: E-mail your
articles by the first Friday of the month |
| Nurse's
Office |
Andrea
Melvin |
The school nurse
needs volunteers to help with Kindergarten Screening, vision and hearing
tests for all grades, and to administer weekly fluoride mouth rinse to
all second grade students. She also needs occasional volunteers for
physicals and other projects. Training will be offered. |
|
Poem in a Pocket Day |
Kathy Ahari |
|
| Photocopying |
|
Volunteers are
needed on an occasional basis to help with quick projects for the office
or for teachers. Duties include photocopying, stuffing envelopes,
laminating, or making items for projects in the classroom |
|
Reading for Fun |
Martina Mehl and Deana Crowther |
The Reading For
Fun Program is a great way to share time with your child and their
classmates. Once you volunteer to participate you would be assigned a
month for your child's classroom. The classroom is then divided into
groups of 5 or 6 students. The volunteer meets with one group each week
presenting a book and following it up with a brief, simple craft or
activity. The same lesson is repeated each week until the entire class has
rotated through the volunteer’s presentation. The following month, a new
book and lesson are presented by another volunteer. This is a fun program
that has been very well received by the children and is a great way to
expose children to a variety of literature. Most classrooms have several
volunteers, so each parent may only be responsible for one month per year.
We have purchased a new supply of art materials supplied by the PTA, or
you may use your own. This program runs October through May. Volunteers
are needed to read to small groups of students in Kindergarten through
Second Grade. |
| Reflections |
Jennifer
Tickell 420-2868 |
Reflections
is national PTA program. It
is a recognition and achievement program for the Arts.
It highlights the importance of arts and literature in education
by offering students an opportunity to showcase their talents.
Visit
www.masspta.org for more information, and
www.pta.org to view their online gallery of past Reflections national
winners. This program runs in the fall with completion before the holiday
break. Watch the Oak Ridge PTA newsletter and home flyers each year for
more information regarding the theme, categories, rules and due dates for
entries. |
|
Room parents |
Martina Mehl / Kathy Ahari |
Grades K-5th |
|
School Directory |
Carolyn Polidor / Christine Johnson-Staub |
|
|
School Store |
Elizabeth Taylor |
|
| Spaghetti
Dinner |
Lisa and Pat VanCott |
Volunteers are
needed to prepare and serve a spaghetti dinner in the fall to Oak Ridge
families. This is a great “welcome back” event! Beat
the Winter Blues |
| Spirit
& Sharing
click for this month's program |
Mary
Cox / Carolyn Polidor |
The Spirit and
Sharing Program is designed to enhance character education by promoting
school spirit and community awareness. A bi-monthly theme reinforces a
character-building concept and is connected to a local community need.
The last Friday of every month is "Spirit Day",
where students wear their school colors of blue and white, and
classrooms in each grade compete for a spirit banner. Grades K-4 will
receive prizes for participation. Students are also encouraged to make
donations of their time, talents, or items in support of a charitable
cause. Occasional assemblies bring grades together to further encourage
a sense of school pride and to highlight current outreach efforts.
Volunteers for this program are needed to serve as
coordinators for each of the participating grades - currently, K-5. A
sharing coordinator is also needed to collect and distribute student
donations to the recipient charities. This is a wonderful way to get
involved with the Oak Ridge School and to help nurture our children's
sense of commitment to their community. |
| Spring
Ice Cream Social / Bingo Night |
Chairperson
needed |
How good are you
at scooping Ice Cream? We could use some hands to help organize the
spring Ice Cream Social. Duties include getting ice cream and sundae
toppings donated to the PTA and organizing the fun and games for the
event. |
|
Tuesday Folders |
Jennifer Tickell |
|
| Teacher
Appreciation |
Susan
Conlon / Jennifer Powell / Elizabeth Taylor |
Volunteers are
needed to help with a special luncheon and appreciation gifts for our
hard-working teachers during teacher Appreciation Week. This event is a
lot of fun and takes place in May. volunteers are also needed to help
with the Welcome Back Breakfast for the teachers before school starts,
in August. |
|
Uno's Fundraiser |
Kathy Ahari |
|
| Weather
Bugs |
Jennifer Tickell |
|
| Web
Site Update |
Jackie
Barnaby |
|
|
Welcome Committee for new families |
Liz Lopes |
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