Volunteer Opportunities

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Student Programs
Arts in Education	Co-Chair Assistant	Dawn Balassone Kayleen Campion	Attend the PTA Arts-in-Education “Showcase” at Dutchess Community College (May) to preview potential programs. Attend committee meetings (at Noxon). Contact Main Office (Mrs. Butler) for scheduling information. Provide small basket of refreshments for visiting artists when possible.

Celebration of Literacy	Co-Chairs	Paula Smoller Janet Schenker	Hire author to give a presentation, purchase books prior to author’s arrival for teacher use, send flyer home to buy author’s books, collect money, place order, work with Dr. Fister and teachers to organize activities and projects about the author. Organize a breakfast & lunch, greet/prep author, organize the purchased books to sign and distribute to the children.

Field Day	Chair	Janet Schenker	Helps plan and coordinate parents’ support of spring event.

Green	Chair Assistants	Susana Nowak Carol Gustafson Louisa Wunder Jennifer Bourque	Provides interface between PTA and Faculty Green Committees and works on perennial garden in front of school. Organize spring planting with grades K-2. Organize summer watering schedule.

Math Science Technology (MST) Expo	Chair	Monica Mackin	Promotes participation in the district’s Math, Science and Technology Expo, and other opportunities for student achievement.

Parents As Math Partners (PAMP)	Co-Chairs	Bindu Prasanna Cara Hanson	Select PAMP theme, coordinate papers for kids, order incentives, organize displays

Parents As Reading Partners (PARP)	Chair Co-Chair Assistants	Tonia Knapp Angela Kops Kathleen Jastrzembski Diane Sesselberg Cathy Natonio	Select PARP theme, confirm teacher committee, confirm budget, organize poster displays, organize papers for kids, buy incentives, decorate school lobby

PTA Council Art Fair	Chair Assistant	open position open position	Work with the Noxon art teacher to select and mat student artwork for the District Art Fair. Job includes bringing and setting up artwork for display, the day before fair, and removing same at the end of the fair. Job entails approximately 2-3 weeks of prep work before fair.

Reflections	Chair Co-Chair Assistant Assistant Assistant	open position	National PTA sponsors this annual contest. Every year a new theme is chosen and children have the opportunity to submit their creations in literature, art, photography and music.

Social Responsibility	Co-Chair Co-Chair Assistant	Sue Toma Karen Chieffo Mary Freiler	Help develop our children’s sense of community responsibility by being responsible for food drives, and other events to help the community throughout the year. Organizes the annual PTA Blood Drive with a representative from Hudson Valley Blood Services. Responsibilities include seeking donors from within the Noxon Road School community and outside the school, maintaining a schedule of potential donor appointments, requesting help from 5th graders to work at the blood drive (or provide refreshments for donors), and maintaining a schedule of 5th grade helpers to ensure coverage throughout the blood drive.

Student Appreciation	Chair	Cheryl Peruffo	Arrange for the purchasing of assignment pads, etc at the start of the school year.

Wellness	Chair	Robin Lois – Chair Nita Ballantyne – Co-chair Members: Diane Sesselberg Marisa Rodriquez Laurie Schiavone Marybeth Giblin Boyd Gail Irish Kenney Ellen Bosen	Help educate our familys about the importance of healthy eating and regular excercise. Also design Noxon’s snack guidelines for class and birthday parties. Arrange for breakfast to be given to students during state testing weeks.

5th Grade Moving Up	Co-Chairs	Connie CornellCarolyn Lynch Debbie Verde	Co-chairs: setup, organize and facilitate initial committee meetings. Initial meetings are held to organize specific “task” committees (such as Decorations, Invitations & Programs, Food, Certificates, Corsages & Pins, Music, Dedication, and Gift to the Students), select “task” committee chairs, and to ensure that there are a sufficient number of volunteers for each committee. Certificates: Create the certificates for ceremony. Corsages & Pins: Decide on and order corsages and pins for 5th graders to wear during ceremony Decorations: Decide on and make the decorations for ceremony. Dedication: Help 5th graders decide on what gift they will donate to the school. Food: Organize the snack food and drink for families to enjoy after ceremony. Gift to Students: Decide on and make/buy gifts for the 5th graders. Music: Decide o and organize music to be played/sung during ceremony. Programs & Invitations: Create the programs and invitations for the moving up day ceremony.
Fundraising
Book Fair	Co-Chairs	Samantha Perzel Lori Smalley	Organize the book fair with scholastics representative, send out flyers, organize orders, unpack books, repack books.
			Helps the Chair put up posters announcing the Fair, set-up the night before and work at least one of the shifts during the Fair.

Collections for Education	Co-Chair Co-Chair Assistant	Tonia Knapp Angela Kops Cathy Natonio	Collect, sort and submit box tops, Campbell’s labels and Hannaford receipts to program central. Come up with interesting ways for kids to collect. Special prizes to top collectors or top class.

Craft Fair	Co-Chairs	Karen Chieffo Susana Nowak open position	Coordinate and organize vendors, volunteers, plan entire craft fair event at the AHS.
	Food Concession	Karen Locke open position	Purchase, prepare, set-up and sell food and drink items at the PTA Craft Fair. Job entails 1-2 weeks of planning, purchasing and organizing.

Funding Factory	Chair	Jacqueline Cubberly	Help promote and coordinate collection of used printer cartridges and cell phones.

Fall Fundraiser	Chair	Shelly Pugsley	Coordinate the fundraiser. Send out packets to each child, coordinate ordering and distribution of products

Mother’s Day Plant Sale	Chair Co-Chairs Co-Chairs Assistant Assistant	Michele Wilson Louise Giewont Diane SesselbergKim Piazza Kelly Anderson	Go to a nursery in February to price plants, In March, order plants, send out flyers & set up volunteers. May: day of set up the day before – 7am-5pm the day of event.

Pumpkin Festival	Chair	Liz Boryk	Plan out which games will be played, pick prizes, send out flyers, organize volunteers, sort and bag the prizes, set up games, clean up after festival.
	Co-Chairs	Samantha Perzel Cindy Vandermark	Help Chair pick prizes, place the prize orders, sort and bag the prizes. Set up games, clean up after festival.
	Kitchen	Maryanne O’Keefe	Decide menu, purchase the food and other needed items, calculate costs to determine price to charge. Recruit volunteers to help. Pre cook food if necessary. Clean up after festival is over.

School Directory	Co-Chairs	Joanne Vecchiarelli Suzanne McLeod Carolyn Lynch	Help to coordinate the information gathering, keyboard entering, printing and distribution of our school directory.

School Pictures	Chair Co-Chair	Nita Ballantyne Shelley Pugsley	Assist the students taking their individual and class pictures.

Spirit & Pride	Chair Co-Chair	Samantha PerzelShelley Pugsley	Distribute order forms to students, place the order, sort and deliver the t-shirts.

Note Cards, other fundraisers	Chair Co-Chair	Sue Holtman	Responsible for running other fundraising projects.
Administrative
Executive Board	President	Samantha Perzel	Oversees the general function of the PTA, represents the school at PTA district level, runs monthly PTA meetings.
	Vice President	Mary Anne Meaden	Assists the PTA President in various duties.
	Treasurer	Dorothy Byrne	Handles all financial transactions of the PTA.
	Recording Secretary	Connie Cornell	Records and distributes minutes of monthly PTA meetings.
	Corresponding Secretary	Robin Lois	Responsible for all correspondence (i.e. thank you notes, etc) and files, including distribution of mail from PTA box.

Delegation to Council	Chair Assistant	Mary Anne Meaden	Attends Arlington Council meetings approximately once a month and gleans the inside information about district wide happenings, including what works with other PTA’s. Reports information to PTA president.

Historian	Chair	open position	Responsible for recording school events via photographs, newspaper articles, etc.
Legislation	Chair	Karen Chieffo	Reports on legislative developments concerning education and child advocacy issues that may benefit from PTA support.
Membership	Chair	Jackie Cubberly	Handle all membership paperwork from Taconic PTA Council. Conduct Membership Drives at Fall Open House. keeps records of members, distribute membership cards, send dues to national PTA through Treasurer.
	Co-chairs	Sue Holtman Donna Piehler	Help to coordinate membership drives.

Staff Appreciation	Chair Co-Chair Co-Chair	Debbie Verde Dawn Ballassone Cindy Vandermark	In the Spring (around National Teachers’ Day), help to create a new way to show the staff how much we appreciate their efforts.
Staff Luncheon	Chair Assistant		Plan end-of-year staff luncheon (usually held on the last day of school).



Nominating	Chair Assistant Assistant Assistant Assistant	Open Position	Organize all volunteers for committees, confirm at the end of year who will be staying on for the next school year, find replacement PTA members.

Room Parent Representatives	Co-Chair Co-Chair	Samantha Perzel Liz Boryk	Arrange for room parents in each classroom, arrange Room Parents’ Tea at the beginning of each school year. Also coordinate room parent’s assistance in various school events (school pictures, etc.)

School Growth Team	Parent Representatives	Kathleen JastrzembskiBridget Boccini Kathy Pfeiffer	Three parent representatives serve on state-mandated, school based committee that includes teachers, staff and community members. Meets approximately monthly and designs and implements ways to improve student achievement.

Webmaster	Chair	Bob Chieffo	Upkeep of this website, emails and subscriber lists.

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