Hi Gator Family,
We are seeking PTA Officers for the upcoming school year 2013-2014. If you are interested please contact the front office or complete the form that was sent home. If you are unable to be an officer but would still like to help out, maybe consider being a Committee Chair. Descriptions are below.
Southwest Elementary PTA Committees
Box Tops Committee
Manage and
organize the processes of collecting Box Tops to redeem for cash to support Southwest
Elementary. Duties include communication of information to parents,
collecting, cutting, sorting, and bundling Box Tops, mailing, organizing
contests, etc. This program runs throughout the entire school year. The
Box Tops Committee sponsors contests between classes and hosts an end of the month
party for the winning class.
Communications
The
Communications Committee is responsible for all communications with the
families of SWES and the community. This includes updates and maintenance of
the PTA Blog, Facebook, PTA Newsletter, and the PTA website (PTAvenue).
Daddy Daughter Dance Committee
This Prom
like dance is an annual event, held around Valentine's Day, for any Southwest
Dad, Uncle or Grandfather to attend with all of his daughters,
granddaughters or niece’s. The committee works very hard to decorate the
cafeteria, hire a DJ and offer light snacks to the attendees. Preparation for
the event begins in November, costs are covered by admission, and the 2-hour
dance is a wonderful night for young ladies and their dads. This year almost 300
attendees enjoyed the dance!
End of the Year Celebration (Spring Carnival)
This event
has been awesome that last few years.
The students enjoy bounce houses, petting zoo, water-slide,face painting and much, much more. Spring Carnival/Festival is the
end of the year celebration. Both the incoming and outgoing PTA board would be on hand to
help.
Family Movie Nights
A family friendly movie will be shown and
refreshments will be sold. The committee will sell tickets, refreshments, and
is responsible for setup and cleanup.
Fundraising
The
Fundraising Committee supports all that the PTA strives to do for the school.
Through the generosity of our parents, and community and the hard work of our
students and staff we raised funds through our membership drive, our highly
successful JAXCO, World’s Finest Chocolate, and many passive (at no cost to the
family) fundraising opportunities.
Grandparent’s Event
This is also
a new event that we would like to incorporate into our calendar to include the
grandparents in our community. This would be a morning event probably with
breakfast, a performance, and maybe an art project of some kind. We also think
this is a great way to increase membership to the PTA. Because this is a new
event the committee will decide the details.
Holiday Shop
The Holiday
Shop may well be the students' favorite PTA event. For several days in
early December, the Holiday Shop Committee, along with a local business vendor,
provides a holiday shopping opportunity with a huge assortment of gifts in all
price ranges. Each teacher has an opportunity to bring his or her
students through the Holiday Shop to purchase gifts for family and
friends. The Committee "staffs" the shop by arranging for
volunteers to do any one or several jobs - set up and take down at the
beginning and end of the week, help the students shop, wrap purchases,
read stories to waiting students, and so on.
Hospitality Committee
The
Hospitality Committee procures refreshments (either by purchasing supplies or
soliciting donations from businesses) for all meetings hosted by the PTA
Executive Board, such as membership meetings, open house, and committee chair
meetings. Hospitality Committee volunteers also serve as
"greeters" for events, directing volunteers and parents to the
appropriate meeting areas and providing assistance as needed.
Membership Committee
The
Membership Committee is a core group, essential to the creation and maintenance
of the PTA. Through its organized year
long membership drive, the MC, provides the basis and funding to support the
PTA and its goal of reaching and serving every child in our school. The
Membership Committee works to come up with new and exciting membership drives
Mother Son Date Dance
This Prom
like dance is an annual event, held around Mother’s Day, for any Southwest Mom,
Aunt or Grandmother to attend with all of her sons, grandsons or nephew’s
attending SWES. The committee works very hard to decorate the
cafeteria, hire a DJ and offer light snacks to the attendees. Preparation for
the event begins in January, costs are covered by admission, and the 2-hour
dance is a wonderful night for young men and their moms.
Nomination Committee
It is the
responsibility of the Nominating Committee to select the most qualified
candidate to fill each of the officer positions on the PTA Executive
Board. This is accomplished by taking
suggestions from the membership, which includes both staff and PTA family
membership. Nominations can be taken
from the floor of the general membership meeting as well.
Recruiting & Appreciation
This committee
assists the VPs in filling any vacant positions on committees or the board.
They will recruit for the open positions via sign-up forms, the PTA website,
word of mouth, and email solicitations. This committee is also responsible for
showing appreciation to our internal volunteers.
Reflections Committee
Each year, the PTA Reflections Program challenges students
to create art inspired by a specific theme. Themes are selected from hundreds
of ideas submitted by students to the PTA Reflections Program Theme Search.
Past themes have included "If I Could Give the World a Gift...,"
"A Different Kind of Hero," “Wow!” and "Beauty is...”
The 2010–2011 theme is “Together We Can." Southwest students
participate in the Reflections Program by submitting entries in one of six arts
areas—dance choreography, film production, literature, musical composition,
photography, and visual arts. This Committee works to encourage student
participation, seeks out volunteer judges from outside the school, collects and
organizes the entries submitted, and also plans and hosts a reception in the
fall to view all the entries after winners are chosen.
School Store
The School
Store committee will be responsible for stocking the “store” with merchandise
and helping and selling the items. Dates
and times will be selected at the start of the school year.
Staff Appreciation
This
committee is always filled with fun, creative and generous volunteers.
The chairman will lead the team in brainstorming sessions to shower our
teachers and staff members with the gratitude they deserve. Then,
each task is delegated to a ready and willing volunteer! The
chairman will develop the communications via assistance from the board
members. Help awaits you at every turn if you're the type needing that
second opinion or let your creativity run wild. Staff appreciation week
is held in May. Staff Appreciation week offers many chances for the students
and their parents to show the staff how grateful we are for them. This is a great committee to chair even if
you are a first-time PTA member!
Talent
Show
The Talent
Show is an annual production, which allows students to showcase their talents
and abilities as individuals or in groups.
Our children work very hard on their extra-curricular activities throughout
the year, and the Talent Show gives them a venue to practice performing in
front of a group, and to display their skills before a live audience