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COMMITTEE
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CHAIR(S)
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Administrative
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Exterior Bulletin Board: Update the bulletin board outside the school monthly
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Peter Bochner
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Flyer/Newsletter Copy Captain/Misc: Do you have sporadic time available, but want to be involved in the school at your convenience. Assist the PTO by making copies of various communications to be placed in the teacher boxes.
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Shondell Davis
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Hang Summer Pictures: Each summer Mr. Lee asks the students to drop off a drawing or writing about their summer. These submissions are mounted on colored paper and hung around the school before school starts and during the first couple weeks.
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Laura Byrne
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Marketing: The Marketing Chair has two primary responsibilities: 1) assist in promoting upcoming PTO events on the sandwich board outside of HH and for large events, in the Wayland Town Crier. 2) informing the community about when and how PTO funds are being used by writing articles about events and resources provided by PTO funds for the PTO newsletter and Wayland Town Crier.
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Jen Bonner and Stephanie Leong
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Staff Picture Board: Take photos of Faculty/Staff in September to fill Staff Picture Board in the lobby.
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Deborah Bell and Nell Getz
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Website Manager: Maintain and update the website on an ongoing basis.
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Peter Bochner
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Assist Faculty/Staff
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Book Closet Organizer: Are you extremely organized? Is your available time sporadic? Are you interested in volunteering in the school? Please consider helping out our Curriculum Specialist 3-4 times a year to organize the school’s book closet.
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Shondell Davis
Michele Loconzolo
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Faculty/Staff Appreciation: We all know how hard the faculty and staff work at our school. Several times throughout the year the PTO takes the time to show our appreciation with a start of school breakfast and end of year luncheon as well as in other various ways. The Appreciation committee also coordinates, and sets up any retirement parties and end of year gifts.
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Michele Loconzolo Leslie Thompkins
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Grounds and Courtyard: Do you have a green thumb? Help keep our school gardens beautiful with maintaining our front garden and courtyard with basic garden needs; planting, weeding, raking, watering, etc. A great opportunity if you want to be involved but at your convenience.
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Shaun Powers
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Library/Media Staff: Work with our librarian on a weekly basis during school hours, assisting with check out or restacking books.
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Karin Dussault
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Lost and Found Manager: Send monthly reminders about Lost and Found, display at School Events and coordinate for donations
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Nancy Funkhouser
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Assist Students
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Fifth Grade Social /Events/Assembly Ushers: Do you have a 5th Grader? Here is a unique opportunity to make their final year at Happy Hollow memorable. Coordinate activities to make fifth grade a year to remember along with the town wide social.
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Jenifer Apazidis
Karin Dussault
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Fitness Challenge
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Jeanne Brown
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Green Team: The Green Team is a Wayland schools’ organization building on a movement to not only promote green and sustainable schools and communities, but to inspire our students to become better stewards of the planet. The volunteer will help coordinate internal “green” initiatives including paper and plastic recycling, Earth Day and other activities, educational presentations, and work with other committees (i.e. health and wellness, Student Council, and other Wayland schools) to promote walk to school days, No Idling, ‘Green weeks”, the use of reusable containers, etc. This person will also work with teachers to encourage more “stewardship” in the classrooms.
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Katrien Vander Staeten
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Just Like Me: Coordinate or volunteer for this educational program. Just Like Me runs in the fall in 4th grade, the spring in 3rd grade. Just Like Me is a handicap awareness program that helps children understand differences and see similarities in all people. No experience necessary.
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3rd Grade: Jen Bonner
4th Grade: Susan Green
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Lice Busters: Screen for head lice. Done in the morning after school vacations.
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Elizabeth Curtin
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Nutrition Challenge
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Ashley Welch
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Room Parents Liaison: Coordinate Room Parents and facilitate communications between PTO/Faculty/Staff and Room Parents.
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Rama Ravi
Elena Taxiarchis
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Room Parents: Work with your child’s teacher and other parents to support the teacher and coordinate volunteers for classroom and PTO events.
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Assigned in September
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School Pictures: Coordinate the school picture effort. Volunteers receive a free photo package.
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Carla Stafford
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Vision/Hearing Screening: In the fall, assist the school nurse with health screenings.
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Not Needed in
2011-2012
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Community Outreach
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Cultural Enrichment Events: Help to bring a variety of enrichment programs to our children ranging from large “all school” performances to smaller grade-specific programs. Representatives from each of the schools work together to research and preview potential artists and then coordinate the performances with the schools.
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Alexia Obar and Seta Abrahamian
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Farmer’s Market
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Stephanie Howard-Delman
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Holiday Toy Drive: Coordinate holiday toy drive.
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Alexia Obar
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Fundraising
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Gift Your Child: Coordinate and manage the PTO’s primary fundraising campaign, in which 100% of donations go straight towards supporting the PTO’s programs and events.
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Amy Simmons
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Backpack Auction: Coordinate and manage the spring silent auction.
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Amy Simmons
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Book Fair: Coordinate or help at the fall and spring book fairs.
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Lynne Cribben
Val Erdekian
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Social
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Halloween Movie Night
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Amy Sullivan
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METCO Liaison: Coordinate METCO Family Friends Network! The goal of our Family Friends program is to support relationships between our Wayland and Boston families. The network works to connect families in both communities by attending events together (for example the Back to School picnic taking place at HH this year or the MLK Dinner), inviting friends over for playdates for which buses are provided to and from Wayland and Boston, inviting Boston friends to stay after school when there are evening activities and meeting their parents at the event.
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Carrie Greenberg
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New Family Resource: Plan new family socials, including the New Families Scavenger Hunt, inviting new families to the Welcome Coffee in the fall, and help new families feel welcome.
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Amy Simmons
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School Picnic
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Nancy Funkhouser
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Talent Show
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Karen Wuerfl
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Town wide Bingo
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Alexia Obar
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