PTA Committees
LESTER PTA 2009-2010 VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE DESCRIPTIONS
The following committees depend on parent volunteer help. When considering a committee to help, please keep in mind that for the safety of all our children, when volunteering during school hours, non-Lester children ARE NOT ALLOWED at school.
Art Awareness (During School Hours – Once a Month) Volunteers present prepared material about artists and their works to the students in the classroom.
Audit (During Summer) Committee of three that handles the end-of-year audit of PTA account.
Author’s Fest (During School – Once Every Other Year) Authors visit Lester School every other year to share published works.
Birthday Bulletin Board (During/After School – Once a Month) This committee maintains the hallway birthday bulletin board to acknowledge staff and student birthdays each month.
Box Tops & Soup Labels (After School – As Needed) Box Tops & Soup Labels are collected and redeemed for cash or products used in school.
Butter Braid Sale (During/After School – TBD) Tally orders received and sort products for distribution during customer pick-up.
Classroom Party Money (After School – Start of School Year) Responsible for collecting student party money at the beginning of the school year.
Clothing Resale (During/After School – In September) Volunteers register sellers, receive and sort clothing, set up and take down racks, work at the sale, tally seller sales tickets.
Display My Art (During/After School) Supplies materials to teachers, collects items, sends to company, tally orders, sort products, manage distribution for customer pick-up.
District 58 Representative (After School – Twice a Month) A representative attends D.G. Grade School District 58 meetings to keep Lester PTA informed of district information.
Environmental Awareness (During/After School – As Needed) Volunteers organize various environmental education programs throughout the year and Earth Week in April.
Expressions Art Show (During/After School - Spring) Prepares student ar work and displays art at Spring Open House.
Fall Book Fair (During/After School – In the fall) Volunteers organize, set up/take down, and work at the book fair.
Family Night (During/After School – In the Spring) Ticket orders are taken in late winter for a Lester PTA outing to a Kane County Cougars game in May or June.
Field Day (During School – Last Week of School) Volunteers supervise students in various games /activities per Mrs. Brown’s instructions and help distribute lunch food.
Fun Fair (After School – In the Spring) Volunteers run games and hand out prizes, as well as set-up and clean up after the fair.
Home/School Communications (Weekly) Coordinates information and sends electronic newsletters to families, updates website with current information.
Hospitality/Refreshments (After School – As Needed) Volunteers bake for staff birthdays, Teacher Appreciation Week, and other PTA events as needed.
Hot Food (During/After School – Twice a Month) Tallies student orders; orders food; coordinates volunteers to help serve pre-ordered food to students during lunch hours at school.
Lester Gardens (After School – All Year) Volunteers are needed year-round to help plant, weed, mulch and water all the beautiful gardens around Lester School.
Lester Life/Publicity (After School – As Needed) Publish and distribute the Lester Life monthly home/school newsletter and notify local newspapers about upcoming PTA sponsored events.
Lester Spirit Wear (During/After School – TBD) Sweatshirts and sweatpants are sold in the fall and t-shirts are sold in the spring to promote school spirit.
Literacy Programs (During/After School – As Needed) Coordinates Breakfast with Books in the Fall and Family Reading Night in the Spring.
Memorials (After School – As Needed) Volunteers work with the families of students or staff who have lost an immediate family member to select a book for the LRC that is donated by PTA in the loved one’s memory.
Money That Matters (Twice Year - during/after school) Sale of gift cards on a pre-ordered bases. Tallies orders, orders cards, sorts products for distribution.
Nominations (Late Spring) Receive nominations for incoming PTA board members.
Reflections (During/After School – Late Winter) Students are encouraged to create a fine art, literature, or musical project for the “Reflections” contest sponsored by the National PTA. The committee presents the rules, compiles results and submits winning entries to District 58 for judging.
Room Parent Coordinator (After School – Start of School Year) Organizes head room parents for each classroom, who contact volunteers for classroom events.
Running of the Leopards - FUN RUN (Fall - weekend event) Desgnates route, venue, collects donations, managers event and volunteers.
School Directory (After School – First Weeks of School) Information is compiled, typed, and printed for the Lester School Directory, then distributed to each family.
School Supplies (After School – Week Before School) Volunteers sort and distribute student school supplies from orders taken in the spring.
Science Olympiad (After School – Late Winter) Event planners, Event Supervisors and team guides needed to assist student groups with hands-on science activities.
Sixth Grade Party (After School - End of Year) Collects/coordinates pictures for disk sale, books DJ, plans event and coordinates volunteers for after school party.
Spring Book Fair (After School – In Spring) Volunteers organize, set up/take down, and work at the book fair. Held in conjunction with Family Reading Night.
Summer Math Club (End of year, summer, first week of school) Coordinates distribution of Summer Math Folders to participants and supervises one collection day at the library.
Teacher Appreciation (During/After School – In the Spring) Volunteers coordinate daily appreciation activities/events during Teacher Appreciation Week.
Teacher Support (During School – As Needed) Volunteers help teachers with various classroom duties.
Trivia Night – Silent Auction (After School – Late Winter) Solicit products for auction gift baskets, supervise raffle and auction during event.
Trivia Night - Trivia (After School – Late Winter) Prepare trivia questions, and coordinate the fun-filled one night event.
Wrapping Paper Sale (During/After School – Fall Every Other Year) Tally orders received and sort products for distribution during customer pick-up.