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PTA ACTIVITIES

There are volunteer activities to fit any schedule, from an hour or two once a year, to weekly and monthly events in the fall, winter, or spring. In most cases, no particular talent or skill is required—just a desire to enrich our children's educational experiences and to provide fun activities for our children to enjoy.

Many volunteers are needed to lead and to carry out our activities. In most cases, an activity chairperson will provide organization and direction to a team of volunteers. Our programs are grouped into the following categories:

• Social Activities

• Educational Activities

• Services

• Support

• Ways and Means

• PTA Business Activities

To sign up to help with activities, please mark your interests on the Welch PTA Involvement Form and return the form in your child's backpack or to the office.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

Fall Festival:

• Organize and coordinate entertainment, corporate donations, and silent auction during summer/early fall

• Organize volunteers (community service hours available for high school students) and work day of event in mid-October

Fifth Grade Farewell:

• Plan games, activities, gifts and prizes (during the school year)

• Work on day of event in late-May to set-up, run games, chaperone and/or clean up

Room Party Volunteers:

• Organize the Halloween, Winter and/or Valentine's parties in your child's classroom.

• Volunteers will be chosen via lottery. Lottery sign-up will be on Curriculum Night.

Tiger Nites:

• Organize monthly family social events including Color Me Mine Nights, Valentine's Dance, and Father/Son Mother/Daughter night

• Work at event and chaperone event, if necessary

EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES

Accelerated Reader:

• Purchase prizes, track participation and distribute prizes for this reading incentive program.

• This is not a gifted program and all children are eligible to participate.

Art Awareness:

Present information on an artist and plan a simple art project for your child's class once or multiple times during the year (typical presentation and project take only 30 minutes).

Great way to spend time in your child's classroom! No art experience is needed. Artwork and lesson plans are provided or you can make your own.

Music Appreciation:

• Work with Welch staff and high school staff to schedule visiting high school musicians in classrooms or develop other program.

• Co-chair still needed

Reflections:

• Facilitate student participation in a fine arts competition sponsored by the Illinois PTA and National PTA, giving children an opportunity for creative expression in art, photography, and music

• Help judge projects to move on to district competition

White Tiger Writing Center

• Interview students at school throughout the year

• Type student books at home throughout the year

• Proofread and bind books at school throughout the year

SERVICES

Communications/Publicity:

• Update sign in front of school

• Publicize Welch events and accomplishments in district announcements and local newspapers

Community Service:

• Organize service projects throughout the year (e.g. Halloween candy drive, Nike shoe recycling)

Directory:

• Formats, prints and distributes school directory in the fall

Helping Hands:

• Collects applications to submit to police department throughout the year

• Distributes "Helping Hand" window signs

Holiday Shop:

• Purchases gift items from vendor and organizes shop for kids to do holiday shopping for family members in early December

• Chairperson or co-chairs still needed for this program.

Hospitality/Staff Appreciation:

• Organizes teacher lunch/treat at beginning of year, lunches/dinners at conference times and end of year luncheon in May

Membership:

• Work at tables during events at beginning of year to recruit new members

• Maintain membership list

• Work with directory chairperson in the fall to provide email addresses and distribute membership cards

• Work with Treasurer to ensure that all State PTA and National PTA dues are paid each month

Newsletter:

• Gather and edit articles and photos for monthly White Tiger Tales newsletter

• Format and publish newsletter

School Supplies:

• Work with vendor to offer brand name school supply kits for the coming year (contract signed in Oct., lists approved in Jan./Feb.)

• Monitor on-line sales in late-May/early-June.

• Coordinate delivery in August

• Chairperson still needed for this program

Spirit Wear:

• Work with vendor to develop spirit wear items and order form in late spring/summer

• Collect order forms and payments in early fall and deliver orders

SUPPORT

Birthday Book Club:

• Collect forms and payments throughout the year

• Obtain student signatures for books

• Take student pictures to put on bulletin board

Environment:

• Works with administration to generate and implement new ideas for recycling

• Organizes Earth Week activities

• Encourages environmental awareness

• Co-leads the Green Club which meets twice per month

• Co-chair still needed.

Health, Safety and Welfare:

• Organizes Walk to School Day in early October and hands out incentives

• Publicizes activities and decorates for Red Ribbon Week in October Chairperson needed

LMC:

• Check-in, clean and reshelf books throughout the year (once a week, once every other week or once a month), may request to work during your child's LMC time

• Assist with book fairs

• Complete other projects as requested by LMC director

Popcorn Day:

• Pop popcorn beginning at 8:00am or 9:00am on Welch White Tiger Wednesdays (first Wednesday of each month) and classroom party days

• Deliver popcorn to classrooms

Read for the Record:

• Register for event, organize volunteers to read books to classes and read on day of event.

Read to Succeed:

• Distribute reading logs

• Collect and submit reading logs

• Distribute ticket vouchers

Room Parents:

• Organizes volunteers for Halloween, Winter and Valentine's classroom parties.

• May coordinate class holiday gift, teacher appreciation gift and/or end of year gift, but not required.

• Provides classroom assistance as requested by teacher.

• Coordinates classroom auction items for Fall Festival.

• Volunteers will be chosen via lottery. Lottery sign-up will be on Curriculum Night.

School Pictures:

• Volunteers help direct students in gym and deliver picture packets to classrooms. Pictures are taken once in the fall and once in the spring.

Tiger Paws:

• Volunteers help obtain items, coupons, etc. throughout the year to be used as Tiger Paw awards.

White Tiger Breakfast:

• Help with set-up and clean-up.

• Breakfasts are held quarterly.

WAYS AND MEANS

Audit Committee:

• Audit PTA financial records (verify that bank reconciliations have been performed, test sample of transactions, etc.)

• Perform work in late-July or early-August (1-3 hours).

• Present audit report at Sept. meeting.

Cooks' Night Out:

• Identify restaurants for program (PTA receives a percentage of sales)

• Publicize dates and distribute flyers, if needed. Chairperson needed

Innisbrook:

• Obtain packets from vendor.

• Organize volunteers to make classroom presentations in late-August or early-Sept.

• Collect order forms and payments, track orders, distribute prizes, and submit orders to vendor in Sept.

• Coordinate order pick-up in Nov.

Other Fundraising:

• Organize Box Tops contests, collect Box Tops and submit to General Mills.

• Collect and submit Campbell's labels.

• Submit Dominick's card numbers and track Escrip rebates.

PTA BUSINESS ACTIVITIES

Indian Prairie Parents Council (IPPC) Representative/Legislative:

• Attends monthly IPPC meetings (mornings at Crouse Education Center) and reports back at Welch PTA monthly meetings.

• Serves on IPPC Legislative Committee.

• Communicates recent local, State and National PTA efforts.

Indian Prairie Project Arrow PTA (IPPA) Liaison:

• Attends monthly IPPA meetings and reports back at Welch PTA monthly meetings.

• Goals of IPPA PTA include providing information and support for families and educators of gifted and talented students.

Indian Prairie Special Needs PTA (IPSN) Liaison:

• Attends monthly IPSN PTA meetings and reports back at Welch PTA monthly meetings

• IPSN PTA's mission is to support parents and care givers of children with special needs.

• Liaison still needed

Parent Diversity Advisory Council (PDAC) Liaison:

• Attends monthly PDAC meetings and reports back at Welch PTA monthly meetings.

• Focused on student achievement, the mission of PDAC is to positively impact the academic achievement of a diverse student population through school specific outreach efforts and initiatives that focus on and directly address disparate academic performance.

Scholarship:

• Reads scholarship applications and helps determine winners of IPPC scholarships (a few hours in late-April or early-May)

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