Hello parents, teachers and students - hard to believe we're counting down the final few days of this school year. And believe it or not, your Daniell PTSA already has planning underway for next year. In order to keep the momentum going and the planning on track during the summer, we need to get our Committee Chairpersons in place soon.
Listed below are the PTSA committees at Daniell. We need volunteers to chair each of these committees and get things going during the next couple of summer months. Please call Melissa Hewitt (next year's co-president) at 770-971-1702, or email her at 924hewitt@comcast.net if you are interested in taking on the role as chairperson - or even if you're just interested in helping out in a particular area.
Arts in Education/Reflections: coordinates the Reflections program and sends the winners to the county level to compete (once a year in the Fall).
Book Fair: This committee works with the Media Center and organizes volunteers to oversee the book fair (twice per year - once in the Fall and once in the Spring).
Chili Cookoff: Coordinates volunteers and oversees/manages the events at our Fall fundraising event (once year in the Fall).
Communications: Responsible for all PTSA communications and keeping parents aware of events happening at school (all year long).
Community Outreach: Works with Keybuilders and Student Forum in community (all year long).
Environmental Education: Promotes community awareness and supports environmental issues in the school (all year long).
Diversity & Inclusion: Works to make sure every student feels welcome and part of a group. Helps with the International Festival (all year long).
Duty-Free Lunch: Monthly coordination of volunteers to monitor lunchroom activities for all grades, giving teachers a free lunch period once a month (all year long). Administration will assist if need arises.
Eighth Grade Activities: Provide planning and coordination of 8th grade picnic, dance, etc. for graduating 8th grade at the end of the school year (once a year in the Spring).
Fundraising: Responsible for overseeing the schedule of fund-raising events, including Chili Cookoff and SpringFest, which will each have their own committee chair (all year long).
Health & Wellness: Helps educate parents and the community on the health needs of children and how to meet them. This includes working with the school for Red Ribbon Week (all year long).
Honor Roll Celebrations: Works with Administration and Student Forum to provide a celebration for all students who make honor roll 1st, 2nd and 3rd quarters. Includes Honor Roll picnic for students in the Spring (three times each year).
Hospitality: This committee will be responsible for meeting/greeting and making sure visitors and parents feel welcome at the school. Includes organizing the back-to-school breakfast for the teachers and working with Administration to help staff the Welcome Desk in the front lobby (all year long).
Legislative: Informs the community of relevant events during the current legislative session. Keeps parents up-to-date on current bills (all year long).
Membership: Responsible for promoting and increasing PTSA membership and giving everyone in the community an opportunity to belong (all year long).
Olympics: Works in conjunction with PE department to organize and staff Olympic week for all grades (once a year in Spring).
School Store: Manages the stocking and volunteer staffing of the Student School Store, which provides services Monday-Friday from 8:45am-9:15am (all year long).
SpringFest: Coordinate volunteers and oversees/manages the events at our spring fundraising event (once a year in the Spring).
Teacher Appreciation: Organizes festivities during Teacher Appreciation Week. Usually in May, although we are looking into moving it to February during a less hectic time of year (once each year).
Used Book Sale: Organizes donated books and sets up for Used Book Sale (once a year in the Spring).
Volunteer Coordinator: Produces Master Volunteer List from volunteer sheets. Coordinates with PTSA executive board to provide volunteers for other school events (all year long).
Webmaster: Creates and maintains website, www.DaniellPTSA.org (all year long).
It takes a lot of volunteers to make our PTSA work effectively and we would love to have your help. Please consider helping or becoming the chair of a committee.
Working together we can make a difference!
