All Posts Tagged With: "volunteering"
12 top tips for a strong school membership drive this fall
The 2009-10 school year promises to be a bleak one on the financial front, which presents a powerful challenge to parent groups as they organize their fundraising pledge drive.
Schools everywhere - and no more so than here in California - will have to live with smaller budgets, larger class sizes and fewer supplies. The [...]
27Jul2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
You know you’re a diehard parent volunteer when…
Thank goodness for dedicated parent volunteers! Our kids and their schools need them now more than ever. To mark the end of the school year, here is something I wrote for parents who give their time and talents to their children’s schools.
By Ruth McKinnie Braun
You know you’re a diehard parent volunteer when you know [...]
29May2009 | | 3 comments | Continued
Parent volunteers don’t have more time, they make time
I got home from one of my daughter’s swim meets not long ago with a very sore back. I offered to head up the snack booth at the team’s home meets, and I was tired from lugging water, Gatorade, ice and healthy and not-so-healthy snacks back and forth.
I took some Motrin, settled on the couch [...]
26May2009 | | 1 comment | Continued
Volunteers help struggling readers catch up to their classmates
Sometimes all it takes for a young, struggling reader to become a successful reader is a reading buddy, a patient adult who listens to her read.
That’s exactly what Marilyn Schmeling and hundreds of other volunteers do through Everyone A Reader, a terrific volunteer program that trains them in just three hours to work with young [...]
14May2009 | | 1 comment | Continued
Tips for the perfect dinner and auction fundraiser for your school
Thinking about hosting a dinner and auction for your child’s school or bringing an existing event to the next level? Here are some great tips to help you put on a successful event that will raise much-needed money, build community and give parents a well-deserved night out.
These Ten Tips for a Terrific Dinner and Auction [...]
12May2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
Parent volunteers bring together students to help other students
Looking for a great idea for parent volunteers to help out at a high school?
Here’s one from Fremont High School in Northern California that provides tutoring for students.
Parent volunteer Julie Darwish helped start the Students for Success Club at the high school in the city of Sunnyvale that brings together student volunteers from the National [...]
24Apr2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
Book exchanges: A great way to get free books into kids’ hands
Smart parents know smart kids need to be strong readers. We also know we’re trying to save money where we can.
Here’s a great (environmentally friendly) idea for getting books into the hands of our kids for no money: Organize a book exchange.
Parent Randi Hock organizes an annual book exchange at Solana Vista Elementary School, [...]
22Apr2009 | | 1 comment | Continued
Healthy ideas for fun classroom parties
Here’s a great idea for class parties that had me slapping my forehead. Why hadn’t I ever thought of this? It’s so obvious!
Serve the healthy snacks first and save the sweets for later.
“It’s just like at home. Do we serve dessert first? Or dessert with the rest of the meal? No,” said Deirdre Kleske, who [...]
25Mar2009 | | 3 comments | Continued
Math 24: Having fun and building math skills at the same time
The game Math 24 attracts a lot of students every Wednesday during lunch to the auditorium at El Camino Creek Elementary School in Carlsbad. The promise of candy helps just a bit, but it’s the game, most definitely the game, that’s the big draw.
Math 24 for the uninitiated is a card game that challenges players [...]
24Mar2009 | | 1 comment | Continued
Five Smart Reasons Why Parents should volunteer at School
Help Wanted: PTA volunteers for next year
Signs like that are sprouting up like spring flowers at schools all around the country. Email blasts are hitting mailboxes, phone calls are going out and some of you may even be approached as you walk across campus. This is the time of year for PTAs, PTOs, PTSAs, foundations [...]
20Mar2009 | | 1 comment | Continued
