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PTA Committees’ Chair Positions/Assistants to the Principal
Volunteering - A Gift to Santa Rita and Our Children
When you give the gift of your time to volunteer at Santa Rita everyone benefits. Your children will love to have you involved and Santa Rita will be an even better school because of your involvement! Below is a list of committee positions. Click on a position to get a brief description of what the position entails. To get more information, refer to the 2008-2009 Volunteer Handbook. Find out how to be involved in a way that works for you, then contact Maureen Griffin to get involved.
PTA Fundraisers
Book Fair
Box Tops For Education
eScrip
Hot Lunch
Hot Lunch Volunteer Management
Spellathon
Witches' Delight
PTA Committees Working Directly with Students
Bobcat Lunch Time Strider
Character Counts
Conflict Management Program/Parent Education
Junior Olympics
Science Fair
Sixth Grade Representative
Other PTA Committees
Directory
Emergency Preparedness
Enrichment Programs
Field Trip Coordinator
Health And Welfare (Community Service)
International Liaison
Landscaping/Beautification
Legislation
Lost and Found
PTA Membership
Recycling
Room Representative Coordinator
School to Home Communications
Spirit Wear
Staff Appreciation
Technology
Theater
Traffic and Safety
Webmaster, Santa Rita Website
Other Activities and Organizations
Art Docents
Bobcat Chase
Family Nights
Kindergarten Social
Los Altos Educational Foundation (LAEF) Phonathon Volunteers
School Site Council
Santa Rita School’s Classrooms/Labs
Computer Lab Volunteers in Apple & Mac Labs
Library Volunteers
Math Lab Volunteers in Classroom
Room Representatives
Tracking Volunteer Hours
All hours spent planning and working on various events, programs, fundraisers and activities at Santa Rita should be reported. Committee members should report their hours to the Chair who should reported it to the PTA Historian. To report volunteer hours, download the Volunteer Hour Tracker Form in either Microsoft Excel format or in PDF format.
Recruiting Volunteers
Back to School Coffee is a wonderful recruitment opportunity. This coffee is an event sponsored by the PTA Board to welcome families back to school. It is held directly after drop off on the first day back to school. Tables are set up for Committee Chairs/Assistants to the Principal to recruit volunteers for their programs/events. To sign up volunteers at this event, download the Volunteer Sign-Up Form in either Microsoft Word Format or in PDF Formt.
Committee Description
ART DOCENTS
The Art Docent program is a district-wide program that teaches art appreciation and skills in conjunction with grade-level curriculum. The Los Altos Art Docents are a group of trained volunteers, who teach art in a manner which expands and motivates the development of creativity and curiosity in the children of the Los Altos School District. For more information, please refer to www.losaltosartdocents.org.
BOBCAT CHASE
The Bobcat Chase Fun Run began in 2007, the year the Santa Rita track was built. The Bobcat Chase offers a morning of short runs for kindergarten through sixth graders, with a walk and a run for older kids and adults.
BOBCAT LUNCH TIME Striders
The Bobcat Lunch Time Striders is a walk/run exercise program. The program is designed to promote exercise in a healthy, supportive and non-competitive manner.
BOOK FAIR
The Book Fair is Santa Rita’s annual opportunity to bring the bookstore into our school literacy. Working with Scholastic Book Fairs, it provides a wonderful week to celebrate. The Fair lasts 5-6 days and is a key fundraiser for the library.
BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION
The Box Top Program generates revenue for Santa Rita through the collection of box tops and labels. The box tops and labels are redeemed and funds go directly to the school.
CHARACTER COUNTS
The Character Counts Committee develops and executes a year long program to integrate the six Pillars of Character (Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Citizenship and Caring) into the daily lives of our students.
COMPUTER LAB VOLUNTEERS IN APPLE & MAC LABS
Grade One: First graders learn to touch type (keyboard) in the Apple Lab. Volunteers aide students with the Read, Write and Type program and simple computer projects with the guidance of the teacher.
Grade Two: Second graders learn basic word processing and computer graphics skills by doing curriculum based projects. Volunteers assist students with teacher directed projects.
Grades Three to Six: Helping students with teacher directed projects.
CONFLICT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM/PARENT EDUCATION
The Conflict Management Program/Parent Education Chair develops and executes a year long program focusing on Conflict Management and also, develops a Parent Education Plan for the school year.
DIRECTORY
The Directory enables Santa Rita families to contact teaching staff and other Santa Rita families throughout the school year. Key responsibilities include: data processing, artwork and distribution.
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
Emergency Preparedness ensures that Santa Rita School is prepared for emergency situations such as earthquake, fire etc. Co-Chairs are responsible for making sure the classroom emergency boxes and emergency shed supplies are current and that Santa Rita is prepared with basic information and supplies in an emergency.
ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS
The Enrichment Program provides before-school, after-school and lunch time programs to the students at Santa Rita. The Co-Chairs select, organize and supervise the vendors who bring these programs to the school.
eSCRIP
The eScrip Coordinator is responsible for fundraising with eScrip by campaigning for 100% participation from Santa Rita families in the eScrip program. eScrip is the easiest way to raise funds for Santa Rita since the more supporters (families) shop, the more the school earns!
FAMILY NIGHTS
A Santa Rita Family Night is an opportunity for the school community to have a fun night out together. Usually, one Family Night is planned per year. Previous Family Nights have included Bowling Night at Palo Alto Bowl and Skating Night at Winter Lodge.
FIELD TRIP COORDINATOR
The Field Trip Coordinator works with teachers to manage deposits and payments for all non-PTA field trips including theater payments. This role does not involve scheduling of any field trips or plays, rather managing the bank account. Scheduling of plays is done by the Theater Coordinator.
HEALTH AND WELFARE
The Health & Welfare Committee implements two annual drives to benefit Community Services Agency (CSA) of Mountain View: The Thanksgiving Food Drive and the Holiday Toy, Book and Pajama Drive. Both drives have been an institution at Santa Rita for over 20 years.
HOT LUNCH
The new Hot Lunch Program this year is a new single vendor, Taste Nutrition. Taste Nutrition specializes in providing flavorful, kid-friendly food that is nutritious and delivered hot to our children and staff five days per week. It is also a fundraiser for our school. Hot Lunch Chair is responsible for managing Taste Nutrition relationship including contract management, menu review, order tracking and reporting, feedback and issue management. In addition, the Hot Lunch Chair is responsible for determining session dates and preparing the weekly list of hot lunch orders to the hot lunch volunteer staff to use to serve lunches.
HOT LUNCH VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT
Works to recruit and organize parent volunteers to serve hot lunch each school day. Also, works with the Recycling Committee to train hot lunch volunteers in assisting our children to recycle lunch containers.
INTERNATIONAL LIAISON
The goal of the International Liaison Volunteer Committee is to inform and involve all families at Santa Rita whose first language is not English. The International Liaison Committee exists as a service for the families whose first language is not English, and as a service for activities organized and sponsored by the PTA.
JUNIOR OLYMPICS
The Junior Olympics is a day long sports event designed for the 4th, 5th and 6th grade students of the Los Altos School District, where they participate in a variety of athletic events in a non competitive environment. Junior Olympics (JO) Co-Chairs recruit volunteers, work with the physical education (PE) teachers to support training during PE, record time trials, order T-shirts, enter kids’ event selections, recruit and coordinate parent relay coaches, attend monthly district meetings.
KINDERGARTEN SOCIAL
The Kindergarten Social is an event aimed at welcoming incoming Kindergarten families to Santa Rita. The chair coordinates hospitality for the lemonade social.
LANDSCAPING/BEAUTIFICATION
The Landscaping/Beautification Chair identifies landscaping needs and oversees the landscaping for Santa Rita Elementary School. The Chair coordinates the landscaping activities with the Principal and Los Altos School District.
LEGISLATION
The Legislative Chair is responsible for keeping abreast of issues that impact Santa Rita and by extension, Los Altos School District (LASD) such as bonds, boundary updates, reassignment or allocation of resources impacting Santa Rita.
LIBRARY VOLUNTEERS
Every class, kindergarten through sixth, pays a weekly 30 minute visit to the Santa Rita Library. In addition to checking out books, the children hear a story read by the librarian or have a lesson related to library skills. Parent volunteers help work the check-out desk and assist with re-shelving.
LOS ALTOS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION (LAEF) PHONATHON VOLUNTEERS
The Los Altos Education Foundation Phonathon is a major fundraising effort for LAEF and these volunteers play a critical role in this fundraising effort. The money raised by LAEF is used to fund one of Santa Rita's kindergarten teachers, as well as Santa Rita's physical education, instrumental music, fine arts, computer lab, and science aide instructors.
LOST AND FOUND
Lost and Found Chair is responsible for keeping the Lost and Found cubby in order. Several times per year the Committee Chair organizes a clear out of Lost and Found.
MATH LAB VOLUNTEERS IN CLASSROOM
Reinforce Math Concepts taught in the classroom. For additional information, check with individual teacher.
PTA MEMBERSHIP
The PTA Membership Chair is responsible for recruiting members to join the PTA. The primary goal is to reach out to all Santa Rita families in an inclusive way Increasing PTA membership is also desired.
RECYCLING
The Recycling Committee Chair works to maximize recycling at Santa Rita. This includes working with our local garbage company to understand their recycling policies and containers; educating our students, staff and parents; working closely with our Hot Lunch Committees to ensure lunch containers are recycled.
ROOM REPRESENTATIVE
Room Representatives play a key role in supporting our faculty and children. Room Representatives work with teachers to support class events, parties and celebrations and coordinate drivers for field trips. They play an important role in our emergency procedures by helping to communicate information through the school phone tree system. In addition, they send email communications to the classroom parents related to classroom activities.
ROOM REPRESENTATIVE COORDINATOR
The Room Representative Coordinator is responsible for organizing and training Room Representatives at the beginning of the school year. Each classroom has one or two Room Representatives, who provide support to the teacher.
SCHOOL TO HOME COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE CHAIR
The Chair is responsible for recruiting volunteers to form a committee. The committee assists with planning for Orientation Night and Open House. It also helps to create content for and update the Family/School Handbook and Volunteer Handbook as well as create effective communications guidelines for all Santa Rita’s communications vehicles.
SCIENCE FAIR
The Science Fair at Santa Rita brings together students from Kindergarten through 6th grade in the creation and display of science projects. This is an all-school event, and provides a wonderful opportunity to encourage children to think of a problem and formulate a solution to a scientific problem.
SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL
School Site Councils were established by the State of California as a way to involve parents and teachers in important decisions regarding how their school functions. The School Site Council is the vehicle by which the school community can come together to chart a path toward continued growth and success.
SIXTH GRADE REPRESENTATIVE
The Sixth Grade Representative Coordinator is the liaison between the 6th grade teachers, Room Representatives and parents of 6th grade students. The Coordinator needs to maintain the 6th grade bank account, budget and fundraising and helps with many aspects of the Play, The Memory Book, The Cast and Pool Parties, as well as the coordinated "feasts" and field trips.
SPELLATHON
The Spellathon, one of the largest fundraisers at Santa Rita, is a fun event open to all students that creates quite a buzz around school while it’s in progress. Spellathon Co-Chairs organize the distribution of Spellathon information to students; grading of tests; collection and tallying of money; selection and distribution of prizes.
SPIRIT WEAR
The Spirit Wear Committee Chair helps foster Santa Rita spirit by providing the students and their families with Santa Rita logo wear. The Chair’s role is to create a new “look” (as necessary) as well as to provide the traditional Santa Rita logo wear. The Chair works with a logo wear vendor to create and continue the Santa Rita spirit wear collection.
STAFF APPRECIATION
The Staff Appreciation Committee Chair coordinates and organizes several events throughout the school year to appreciate the teachers and staff at Santa Rita. Previous events have included morning coffee cart with baked goods, noon-time luncheon, care bags during conferences and flower bouquets in vases.
TECHNOLOGY
The Technology Committee coordinates the maintenance and improvements of technology at Santa Rita School. There are three evening meetings a year and two work weekend parties to install equipment. Maintenance and troubleshooting are also supported via email.
THEATER
The Theater Experience Coordinator works with teachers to organize theater bookings for the Santa Rita students. He/She forwards theater performance information to teachers in early May for the following school year. Once performances have been decided by teachers, Coordinator makes theater and bus reservations for next school year's theater trips
TRAFFIC AND SAFETY
The Traffic and Safety Committee Chair works to ensure the safety of students, as they arrive and depart from school by car. The responsibilities of the Chair include publishing traffic rules and traffic map in Bobcat Tracker; recruiting parent volunteers for morning and afternoon traffic shifts; organizing the Student Safety Patrol and the Walk to School days positions of Safety Patrol Supervisor and Walk to School Supervisor.
WEBMASTER, SANTA RITA WEBSITE
The role of the Webmaster is to ensure the school website reflects up to date information on Santa Rita as a service to existing and potential school families. The website plays an important role in school to home communication.
WITCHES' DELIGHT
Witches Delight is a long standing Santa Rita tradition – a fun carnival run by Santa Rita families and staff that gets everybody ready for Halloween! Witches' Delight includes the costume contest, the cake walk and some fun carnival games and activities.
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