PTA
Programs
Accelerated Reader
This committee is responsible for supporting the AR program where
students earn points by taking computerized multiple-choice tests
on AR books they read. Volunteers prepare award certificates and
other rewards.
Approximate time commitment: 2 hours per month
Availability required: school hours, meeting times TBD among interested
volunteers
Background check required: No
Book Fair
The Book Fair is a one-week book sale event for students and parents
held twice a year in the media center the beginning of December
and the end of April. Volunteers help with set-up, assist students
with preview and purchases, serve as cashiers, work Family Night,
and help with packing up books at the conclusion of the sale.
Approximate time commitment: flexible
Availability required: mainly school hours, one evening per sale
Background check required: No
Do-Dads
Respond to periodic requests from school staff for simple repairs
and projects. May involve light construction. (No gender requirement.)
Approximate time commitment: flexible
Availability required: flexible
Background check required: No
Fall Fundraiser
The Fall Fundraiser is our primary means of funding activities throughout
the year. Volunteers will help tally orders on Tuesday, September
13th and/or assist with distribution of products on Friday, October
21.
Approximate time commitment: 4 hours each day (9/13 and 10/21)
Availability required: school hours
Background check required: No
Health Room Volunteers
Our Health Room Volunteers Program has won 2 awards from Wake County
PTA and is a wonderful service to students, their families, and
the school’s office staff. Our health room is staffed with
a school nurse only a few hours per week. Health Room Volunteers
call parents to come pick up sick children and sit with them while
they wait. No medical qualifications are required, merely tender
loving care. An experienced volunteer will train you and stay with
you until you are comfortable.
Approximate time commitment: flexible (2-3 hours per month, or more
frequently)
Availability required: school hours
Background check required: Yes
Hook a Book – Programming Team
With the assistance of the Media Specialists, team members select
books from the FW collection that illustrate the IB attitudes (character
attributes). Volunteer readers for the program then choose books
from these lists when reading to the classrooms. The programming
team evaluates books by grade level and prepares short conversation
prompts relating to the books and the IB attitudes. Even if you
are unable to make the team meetings, you may provide book recommendations
to the programming team by leaving a note with the Media Specialists.
Approximate time commitment: one 2 hours meeting every 4-6 weeks
Availability required: school hours, meeting times TBD among interested
volunteers
Background check required: No
Hook a Book – Reading in the classroom
Volunteers choose 2-3 books from a list compiled by the programming
team around a central theme, which has been chosen to reflect a
particular IB attitude (character trait). Upon entering a classroom,
the reader shares this theme with the class, and engages in a short
discussion of how it relates to the IB attitude. After reading a
storybook, they may discuss how characters or themes relate to the
IB attitude.
Approximate time commitment: 1 hour
Availability required: school hours, time and day of week determined
by classroom teacher
Background check required: No
Hospitality
The Hospitality Team provides and/or serves refreshments at various
functions throughout the year. Primary events include the Welcome
Back Teacher Breakfast (August), Holiday Evening Concert (December),
and the Staff Appreciation Luncheon (May). Volunteers are notified
via email when a need for food and/or servers arises.
Approximate time commitment: flexible
Availability required: flexible
Background check required: No
Kindergarten Registration
Volunteers greet parents of rising kindergartners and assist them
with filling out the forms necessary to register their child for
the upcoming school year.
Approximate time commitment: 2-4 hours
Availability required: school hours on 1st Thursday in February
Background check required: No
Media Helpers
Volunteers help Media Specialists with shelving books and other
duties.
Approximate time commitment: flexible
Availability required: school hours
Background check required: No
Mighty Moms
Volunteers meet Tuesday morning in the school workroom to complete
projects requested by teachers such as photocopying, cutting, laminating.
(Sorry – children are not allowed in the workroom. If you
have younger children and wish to help with this kind of task, please
let your child’s teacher know that you are available to take
this kind of work home.)
Approximate time commitment: 1-3 hours per week, flexible
Availability required: team gathers at 8:30am on Tuesdays and works
until projects are done
Background check required: No
Physical Education Helpers
Work with PE instructors to conduct physical fitness evaluations
in the fall and field day in May.
Approximate time commitment: flexible, minimum of 2 hours
Availability required: school hours, dates TBD by PE instructor
Background check required: No
Tutors
Tutors meet with a student on a weekly basis to provide assistance
with materials determined by the teacher. Some of our younger ESL
students would benefit from someone simply reading to them. You
may request to be matched with a student in a particular grade,
with particular subject matter needs (e.g. ESL), or at a convenient
day/time for you.
Approximate time commitment: 1 hour per week
Availability required: school hours, day of week and time varies
by student
Background check required: Yes
Vision Check
Volunteers assist in evaluating vision of students. New volunteers
attend a 3-hour training class scheduled at the school. This training
provides a certificate from the Prevent Blindness Foundation valid
for 2 years. Testing takes place in late September over 2-3 days.
Approximate time commitment: flexible, with the exception of training
(if needed)
Availability required: school hours
Background check required: No
VIVA (Volunteers in the Visual Arts) Program
Volunteers prepare 3rd graders for their January field trip to the
NC Museum of Art by presenting a prepared slide show and script
to the classrooms. Each classroom will be visited twice.
Approximate time commitment: 2 hours of training for new volunteers,
1 hour per presentation
Availability required: school hours, varies by classroom, fairly
flexible
Background check required: Yes
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