Committee Chairpersons

Area Council Representative                

Attends monthly meetings and reports back to board regarding development.  Best if an officer or all officers could rotate.  Usually held last Monday of the month.  Great Information!!

Artist of the Month    

Chooses artist for the month and coordinates volunteers to make a monthly presentation to grades 3-6 about the artist.  Maintains informational bulletin board about the artist.                                     

Calendar

Designs and coordinates delivery of calendar before “Meet Your Teacher”.  Calendar provided compliments of PTA.

Carnival

Carnival committee coordinates games, prizes and volunteer workers for the evening.  Usually held in February or March.

Clothing

Works with suppliers to design Hazel Grove theme clothing and other HG items and sells it at “Meet Your Teacher” and other time throughout the year.

Cultural Arts

Makes arrangements for various assemblies throughout the year.  There is grant money available for these assemblies. 

Fundraising

Meets with fundraising companies and brings information to board for vote.  Coordinates volunteers to help with fundraising projects.

            Family Tree

HyVee

Box Tops

Cambells

Summer Movies

Trash Bags

Hawkline

Prepares PTA newsletter for monthly distribution.  Contains a writing from the President, board meeting highlight, PTA news.  It could also be a resource for Healthy Eating and Living – maybe even a recipe of the month.

Health & Safety

Coordinates issues regarding health and safety and organizes Red Ribbon Week (drug awareness).  This person also works with the Health Room to arrange volunteers for the Health Fair.

Helping Friends

In the event of long-term illness, accident, death, etc… this committee coordinates meals, rides for children, etc.

Holly Festival

District wide DARA fundraiser held at BCMS in early November.  Local PTAs are asked to help provide volunteers and other assistance in organizing this event.

Hospitality  

Coordinates refreshments for Grandparents Day.

Teacher Appreciation  

Coordinates teacher luncheons and events for Teacher Appreciation week.

Landscaping

Provides upkeep for all Hazel Grove gardens.  Coordinates volunteers for Landscaping Days.

Legislative

Keeps abreast of legislative issues that affect the PTA and/or educational issues.  Attends local school board meetings when needed.  Assists in updating of the bylaws.

Opening Thoughts

Officers will rotate in providing opening thoughts for monthly board meetings.

PAFLE

“Parent and Family Life Education”  Arranges programs which offer helpful parenting information.

Popcorn

Coordinates “Popcorn Parties” throughout the year.

Publicity

Notifies local media sources of special events at HG (carnival, sock hop, etc.) or students in the news such as Spelling Bee winners and anything newsworthy that would be good publicity for HG.

Reflections

Coordinates student submission of entries to the Reflections program through local, state and national PTA and makes motivational presentations to classes regarding student entries when desired by teachers.  The program includes music, art, literature and photography.

Room Parents

Assist in providing 2 parties per year, Halloween and Valentine’s Day.  May also be asked to assist in obtaining volunteers from classroom for other events as well as assisting with a “calling tree” when necessary.

Scholarship

Works with Lee’s Summit North High School to identify candidates for 2 Hazel Grove PTA sponsored scholarships.  Committee meets and determines recipients based on academics, letters of recommendation and an essay written by the students.  The recipients are then invited to come back for the Awards assembly to read their essays and answer questions from the students.  They are presented their checks made out to the college of their choice at that time.

Silent Auction

Committee coordinates volunteers to go into the community and solicit donations to be auctioned at the event.  Also coordinates volunteers to work at the event.

Sock Hop

A family fun night held in the spring.  Committee coordinates entertainment, food, etc.

Student Directory

Prepares directory of all students and families (who wish to be published) with phone numbers, addresses and email addresses.  Also provided are staff voice mail and email addresses, as well as a list of PTA officers and their contact information.  HG PTA provides these.

Teacher Representative

Thursday Packets

Coordinates volunteers to meet on Thursday mornings to assemble packets of information to go home.  This committee prepares new packets prior to beginning of school year by placing student labels on each packet and placing class lists in baskets.  Weekly Thursday packet process usually takes about 1-1 ½ hours.  Ideal to have 4-5 teams of 4-5 volunteers each and a couple of substitutes to fill in where necessary.

Variety Show

Coodinates the school variety show, which involves distributing permission slips, scheduling try outs, coordinating judges from local high schools and organizes dress rehearsals.  This is usually helf in February or March.

Volunteer Coordinator

Complies listing of all volunteer names and distributes to committee chairpersons to arrange for assistance with their committees.  Also compiles volunteer hours to submit to district when requested.

Welcome

Compiles Welcome folders for new families and distributes them at Meet Your Teacher and as new students enroll throughout the year.  Coordinates the New Parent Welcome event held at the beginning odf the school year.

Yearbook

Takes pictures of students and classes throughout the year.  Compiles into yearbook form and submits to yearbook committee chairperson to be sent to printer for distribution in the spring.  Coordinates student orders of yearbooks.

**as changes occur please email – Jennifer Rokos at grokos@kc.rr.com