Description of PTO Volunteer Chair positions . . . SUMMER CHAIR POSITIONS (Great for people looking to do something over the summer months) v FALL “FUN” RAISER : (K-8) Two or three Co-Chairs are needed to coordinate selling and distribution of fundraising items – may be cookie dough, pasta, or gift wrap. District wide. This planning begins in June. th v SAVE AROUND BOOK SALES: (K-8 ) One or two Co-Chairs are needed to coordinate selling and distribution of savings books to our district families. This position begins in June. Distribution will be at the beginning of the school year. v DISTRICT SAVINGS CARD: (K-8th) Two Co-Chairs are needed to coordinate set-up, printing, selling, and distribution of savings cards to district families. v PARTY IN THE PARK: (EC-8th) Two or three Co-Chairs are needed for this Fall family event to coordinate carnival games, entertainment, food vendors, volunteers, and promotion. Planning begins in June. th th v PARTY IN THE PARK AFTER DARK: (5 -8 ) Two Co-Chairs are needed for this th th continuation of Party in the Park. A DJ Dance specifically for 5 -8 graders inside the Meridian gym including food and raffles. A separate entrance fee will be charged for this event. The co-chairs will work closely with the Party in the Park chairs. v SCHOOL SPIRIT WEAR: (K-6th) Two or three Co-Chairs are needed to coordinate pricing, selling, and distribution of school spirit items to Pritchett, Tripp, and Meridian families. Planning begins in the summer so that spirit wear order forms can be included in our August 2015 packets. CHAIR POSITIONS: th th v 3 ON 3 B-BALL/HEALTH FAIR: (4 -8 ) Two or three Co-Chairs are needed to coordinate this NEW event held at Aptakisic Junior High including volunteers, concessions and creating game brackets and healthy activities. th v ART-IN-ACTION (Chairs needed for Meridian, Pritchett and Tripp): (K-6 ) One or two Co-Chairs are needed at Pritchett, Tripp and Meridian schools to maintain supplies for art-in-action art projects and oversee parent volunteers who will prepare monthly art appreciation lessons. Specific classroom volunteers will be assigned by the chairperson once school begins. v BAKE SALES: (K-8th) Two or three Co-Chairs are needed to recruit bakers and volunteers for 2-3 designated events throughout the year. v BENEFIT DAY COORDINATOR: (K-8th) One or two Co-Chairs are needed to coordinate monthly benefit days with local businesses such as restaurants, salons, sports facilities, etc. throughout the year for our community. v BINGO NIGHT: (EC-8th) Two or three Co-Chairs are needed to coordinate this annual fun family night including ordering dinner, securing raffles, prizes and volunteers. v BOOK FAIR (Chairs needed for Meridian, Pritchett, Tripp and Barnes & Noble): (K-6th) In conjunction with VP of Book Fairs, two or three Co-Chairs area needed to coordinate book fairs at Meridian (September), Tripp (November), Pritchett (February/March) and Barnes & Noble (June). Chairs are needed to help order books, coordinate set-up, clean-up and recruit volunteers. th v B.A.S.I.C. Awareness: (K-8 ) One or two Co-Chairs are needed to be liaisons between the district office and PTO about BASIC events. Chair(s) will be present at all events where BASIC information needs to be handed out to parents. (Usually 2-3 events per school year.) v CONCERT/SPECIAL CONCESSIONS (Chairs needed for Pritchett and Tripp): (K-4th) One or two Co-Chairs are needed to coordinate concessions and recruit volunteers to help with sales of flowers and candy bouquets for concerts and special events at Pritchett and Tripp. v CULTURAL ARTS COORDINATORS (Chairs needed for Meridian, Pritchett and Tripp): (K-6th) One or two Co-Chairs are needed to schedule Cultural Arts programming for Pritchett, Tripp and Meridian based on Principal and teacher input. v D102 CHALLENGE: (EC-8th) Two or three Co-Chairs are needed to plan and coordinate this all community 5K Run/Walk event at Aptakisic Junior High. v FLOWERS FOR TEACHERS (Chairs needed for Meridian, Pritchett and Tripp) : (K-6th) One or two Co-Chairs are needed to coordinate this fundraiser where families purchase flowers for teachers. th v HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE: (EC-8 ) Two or three Co-Chairs are needed to plan and coordinate this NEW event including finding vendors, coordinating volunteers, set-up, etc. th v HOSPITALITY: (EC-8 ) One or two Co-Chairs are needed to help the PTO welcome new families to the district and coordinate the PTO’s response when tragedies effect district families. th th v ICE CREAM SPECIALS (Chairs needed for Aptakisic and Meridian): (5 -8 ) Two Co-Chairs are needed to coordinate ordering and distribution of monthly ice cream treats at Aptakisic and Meridian. th v KIDS ART PROJECTS (Chairs needed for Pritchett and Tripp): (K-6 ) Two CoChairs are needed to coordinate orders and distribution of personalized art items created by the students in January at Meridian, Pritchett and Tripp schools. th v MABEL’S LABELS: (EC-8 ) One or two Co-Chairs needed to coordinate this on-line Spring fundraiser including scheduling dates and advertising fundraiser through flyers, etc. th v MOVIE NIGHT (Chairs needed for Pritchett and Tripp): (K-4 ) Two Co-Chairs for grades 1-4, and two Co-Chairs for Kindergarten are needed at both Pritchett and Tripp to coordinate movie nights in the fall including selecting and securing the movie, food, beverages and volunteers. v PARENT/CHILD DJ PARTY: (EC-4th) Two or three Co-Chairs are needed to coordinate entertainment, snacks and volunteers for this event. v PARENT UNIVERSITY: (EC-8th) One or two Co-Chairs are needed to schedule and organize speakers to present topics pertinent to D102 families. th v SCHOOL SUPPLIES: (K-8 ) Two Co-Chairs are needed to identify vendors, coordinate orders and distribute school supplies for Aptakisic, Meridian, Pritchett and Tripp. v SPECIAL LUNCH (Chairs needed for Aptakisic, Meridian, Pritchett and Tripp): (1st-8th) Two or three Co-Chairs are needed to schedule lunches with a variety of local restaurants, get orders from students, order food and serve lunches. Special lunch rd is usually held on the 3 Thursday of every month at each school. v VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR: (K-8th) One or two Chairs are needed to organize the PTO’s volunteer database of emails, as well as collect and collate volunteer forms in order to provide lists of volunteers for each event. Computer skills are needed. If you have any questions regarding these positions, please contact: Mara Lewis at maralewis@sbcglobal.net (847-808-7288) or Renee Alberico at ralberico@icloud.com (847-537-2406)
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