How can we as parents and families enhance our children’s educational experience? There are MANY opportunities below. Please contact the PTSA President, Michele Jacobs, at
michele-24@comcast.net if you are interested in serving as a volunteer on any of the following committees. You may also visit the PTO Volunteer website at: www.ptomanager.com to complete a volunteer form. Once complete, we will approve your form and you will receive a confirmation letter with password to access your volunteer account. After completion please make sure you leave a copy of your drivers license at the school office so that we can include you in our events!
Thank you in advance for your time!
Committees BBQ: Families enjoy food, entertainment & participate in auction and raffle. Event held in June before school is out.
Bingo Night: Evening of Family Fun with food, prizes and bingo. The Science Fair projects K - 5 are in Gym on display as well. Event held in the Fall.
Book Fairs: Scholastic Book Fair is always a student and teacher favorite, and part of the proceeds go directly to purchase new books. This week-long event is held in the fall & spring.
Fall Family Fun Night: An evening of family fun for the Ponderosa Community. There are Fall themed activities, games, and prizes. Event held in late October.
Fun Run: Students & families participate in run throughout the Ponderosa neighborhood. Each participant receives a ribbon and a T-Shirt. T-shirt design changes each year and is created by a student. This event is held in April.
Math Is Cool: For 3rd, 4th and 5th graders interested in challenging their mathematical skills. Teams are formed for friendly competition against other schools for awards. Practices are held after school with teacher support.
Play Day: A day full of playing. It includes jumping castles, races, snow cones and games and includes grades K-4. It is held last week of school.
5th Grade Celebration: For all 5th grade classes held on the same day as Play Day. It is a special send off for those leaving Ponderosa and held at Splash Down.
Reflections: Designed to celebrate our kids' artistic gifts and talents and to give them a chance to experiment and explore their creativity. It is also a National PTA arts competition that has four age divisions competing.
Science Fair: Grades K -5 display their science fair projects. Coordinated with Bingo Night for a Family Fun event. This event held in February.
Skate Nights: Students and families skate with other Ponderosa families and teachers for an evening of fun and maybe a few bruises. It is held five times throughout the school year.
Community & School Support
ASB Representative(s): Partnership with ASB (Assembly of Students) to provide support with their activities. This would be ongoing throughout the school year along with guidance from 5th grade teachers. We hope to encourage more student involvement with newsletter and PTSA activities.
Beautification Project: Fancy way of saying our school needs a face lift! We are not getting a new school any time soon, so we want to implement some changes that will bring color and art and a modern feel to the school. This will be a committee and the time it takes is based solely on what time you have to give.
Classroom Parent(s): Work with your child's teacher to help in the classroom. This can include assisting with class room parties, field trips, and working with children on reading, writing, spelling, etc. Room Parent Coordinator will provide support & guidelines.
Dr. Seuss Day: This is a one day event at the end of February which coincides with Read Across America Day and celebrates Dr. Seuss's birthday. Students and teachers dress up as their favorite Dr. Seuss characters. The PTSA distributes popcorn and lends it’s support to teachers.
Hospitality: Have ideas on how to make our school, events and meetings friendlier? Then we have a committee for you. The Baker’s Brigade provides throughout the school year baked goods for specific events such as PTSA meetings, staff appreciation, etc. It is a great way to support your school and teachers from home. Teacher Appreciation provides support for Staff Appreciation events during the Spring. We are always looking for creative and fun ways to show the staff how much we value their efforts and dedication to our children. Childcare provides support during our general meeting held three times a year. It’s a great way for older sibling to help support their old school and get those community service hours.
Legislative Representative(s): Stay informed with Washington State legislative platform for the current year. Our representative(s) stays in touch with issues affecting our children. Through this representative, we have the opportunity to tell local and state representatives what matters to us.
Library: Provide support for Librarian. Opportunity to work with students during school hours such as checking books in/out during class time, helping with and displaying students projects, re-shelving books. This is also a great opportunity for at home activities such as covering books.
Music: Support for music teacher. Creating backdrops for music programs, Pinetone Parent(s) to help with performances outside of school, and Instrument demonstrations.
Parent Advisory Committee Representative(s) PAC : We have a Ponderosa representative(s) along with other schools in CV district. The PAC meets monthly with CVSD Superintendent to receive updates about district issues and initiatives and provide input to district administration from a parental perspective.
School Supplies: Parent Relief! We organize & distribute most of school supplies needed for each grade level. Materials paid for by PTSA fundraising events. Organized during the summer.
Yearbook: Help us capture memories and collect photos throughout the year from school and PTSA events. These are uploaded to a web based program that is used to lay out the yearbook. Pre-orders taken in Spring and yearbooks distributed in May/June.
Fundraising
Box Tops: Organizing and tracking box tops throughout the year from all grades. This provides easy money for our school. Great at-home activity!
Escrip /Albertsons Program: Participating merchants & Albertsons will make contributions to Ponderosa based on purchases made using cards we have registered through this program. Support is needed to help promote the program and enter card numbers.
Fundraising – Fall & Spring: A successful fundraiser needs lots of volunteer support! You can help in many areas such as planning, organizing, promoting & distribution.
Spirit Wear: Building more school spirit by providing Wildcat T-Shirt /Sweatshirt Sales. Available in the Fall to parents, faculty, students, & family. Volunteers are needed to help organize orders and distribute.
Communication
Newsletter: The Wildcat’s Roar Newsletter is published monthly. Volunteer support is needed with coordinating articles, editing, printing & distribution of newsletters.
Bulletin Board: By the office is a great area for PTSA information. In the past, we have had a bulletin board decorated by month that includes the calendar and important information. Participation would be throughout the school year.
Web Site: New for 2008/2009 school year, we have a website that provides information to our parents, students and families.
Student Directory: A listing of all students, teachers and important calendar dates all in one easy to find book! Our new PTO Manager software makes this job much easier too. Support is needed for editing, printing and distribution.