Volunteers play a very important role in your child’s education. In order to maintain the high standard of education we expect here at Lake Anne we need all parents to commit to volunteering as little or as much as their schedules permit. We have always been proud of our enthusiastic parent and family volunteers and we would like to maintain that tradition. Please take a few minutes to check off areas where you would like to volunteer in the 2007-08 school year. If you are unsure, we’ll use your information to help you find an activity that suits you. And remember,

Jenny Vanier-Walter, PTA Vice President/Volunteer Coordinator

703-430-6036 volunteer@laespta.org

Download the Volunteer Form here.

• Math or Reading Tutor: (Willing to commit for the year weekly or bi-weekly with the same student)
• Math Reading Either Help teachers schedule volunteer tutors
• Grace Art (monthly art presentations; no art background or experience necessary; all materials provided)
• Docent (Does presentations) Docent’s helper in class Adopt a class without a Docent
• Odyssey of the Mind (an international program that provides creative problem-solving opportunities for students from kindergarten through college. As a Chair you handle membership, provide information to parents, coach training, sign up for tournament, create meeting schedule and hosting schedule. As an Assistant, you can be a coach or an assistant coach)
• Computer Lab Volunteer (assist teachers in Computer Class- simple, no in-depth systems experience necessary)
• Junior First Lego League (ages 6-9) First Lego League (ages 9-14) (Problem solving using Lego’s and robotics. Need coaches, for more information, please contact Jenny Vanier-Walter directly)
• Room Parent (liaison between teacher and parents in your child’s class) Adopt a class without a Room Parent
• Class Helper (Making copies for teachers and staff, stuffing Tuesday folders, scheduled through Room Parent)
• After School Program (Assist in after- school programs run by parent volunteers- Please list interests in Skills Survey)
• Teacher & Staff Appreciation (Co-chairs spread cheer throughout the year and plan Appreciation Week)
• Specials Coordinator (similar to Room Parent): Art, Music, GT, Drama, Tech, PE, Math

Reading

• After-School Programs (Coordinate fall/winter/spring after-school programs. Need one more Co-Chair)
• Assemblies (Schedule PTA sponsored school assemblies: confirm contracts for current year, plan for next year)
• Back-to-School Picnic Proposed (Organize school picnic in September 2008)
• Bingo Night (Organize and coordinate for January 2007 event)
• Book Fair (Assist w/setting up and sales of fall and spring book fair)
• Career Day or as Night Event, Proposed (Planning for possible event in 2008-09)
• Dad Volunteer Day/DVD (Coordinate dad volunteers or be one on October 24th with the Lake Anne Dad Squad)
• Field Day (Assist PE teachers w/games 1 morning or afternoon in June)
• Green Team/Landscaping (Interior Garden, Learning Lab support, and/or maintenance on your own schedule)
• Movie Night (Evening movie family Night in November or December)
• Nutrition Committee (Encourage good eating habits, education about nutrition & exercise)
• Reflections (Coordinate extracurricular fall art program: Need 2nd Co-Chair)
• Restaurant Night (Set dates and publicize “restaurant nights” w/area restaurants; many restaurant contacts already in place; coordinator simply needs to follow-up, set dates and publicize)
• School Directory (September/October; at-home proofing of draft)
• School Supply Group Order (A service to busy parents, take bids, advertise & pass out supplies at Open House)
• Skate Night (Organize the ever popular Skate Night. This committee’s two chairs needs assistance)
• Speakers and Forum Nights (Organize “Life After LAES Night” explaining Middle School options, speakers)
• Spirit Wear (Coordinates sale of clothing with Lake Anne logo; researches vendors and products, then works with volunteers to publicize, collect and distribute orders)
• United Nations Day or Multicultural Night (Organize in October 2008)
• Welcoming Committee (Organizes Open House & Back to School events & welcomes new families to Lake Anne)
• Yearbook (Organize, including page layout’s, proofing and taking photographs of school events and handle the selling and distribution of school yearbook- NEEDS SHUTTERBUGS to take pictures at events)

• PARENT INVOLVEMENT SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE CERTIFICATION Committee (Could be the most important thing we do this year, 5 parents, 2 teachers follow Nat’l PTA program step-by-step)
• Room Parent Coordinator (Organize room parent program- needs 2nd Co-Chair)
• PTA Memberships (This committee has Co-Chairs, needs assistants)
• PTA Newsletter (This position has 1 Co-Chair. We need someone to contribute articles on a regular basis.
• Make copies of PTA Newsletter for distribution to all students. Monthly.)
• PTA Website Curator (Administer and update the PTA Website: Existing Chair needs assistance)
• Public Relations (Write articles for local papers or contact them before LAES events)
• Nominating Committee (Solicit potential qualified PTA Officers: guaranteed not to be a future Officer)
• Audit Committee (Work performed in July and August each summer – exp: be able to balance a checkbook)
• Volunteer Committee (Help VP-Volunteers with scheduling volunteers)
• Spanish Translator
• Legislation (Issue and collect ballots from PTA members for State PTA Legislations Action Items in October)
• Tuesday Folder Coordinators (Make copies of PTA flyers for Tuesday folders)
• Fundraisers (Research new fundraisers to bring to LAES- does not actually work the fundraisers)
• Fairfax County Council of PTA’s Representative (Attend monthly meetings of FCCPTA)
• Grant Writer (Solicit grants for LAES)
• Grocery Rebates (Sign-up parents for the supermarket rebate program)
• Original Works (Organize evening of student-created artwork that is turned into gifts: October)
• Sally Foster (Coordinate fall gift wrap fundraiser; access to a computer necessary. Need 1 other Co-Chair)

Spring Fiesta & Silent Auction (our biggest school fundraiser; silent auction, games, food, and lots of fun; at this time we’re looking for Co-Chairs for the following areas.)

We must have a Main Fiesta Chair & a Silent Auction Chair by Oct 1st in order to have the Spring Fiesta as we know it.

• Main Fiesta Chairperson (General Planning with other Co-Chairs)
• Silent Auction (Solicit new donations and coordinate auction items: Work begins in October)
• Cake Walk (Solicit cakes for cakewalk & work Fiesta)
• Fiesta Volunteer Coordinator
• Ticket Sales
• Class Basket
• Food Committee
• Decorations
• Games
• Database
• Raffle

• Office helper (Assist secretaries by answering the phone, making calls, making copies)
• Clinic Helper (Substitute in clinic when aide is absent; free training provided)
• Cafeteria Helper (Monitor students during lunch)
• Health Screening (1-day fall event; no medical background necessary)
• Library (Shelve school library books on your own schedule)
• Reading Room (Update database in Reading Resource Room on your own schedule)
• Book fair (1 week in fall and spring, set-up, work a shift or breakdown)
• Science/Math Nights (Set-up, clean-up and/or work with students)
• Art Show (Hang student art)
• Make/create Costumes for student events
• Bake/Provide a dish
• Historian (Assist school staff in preserving articles and items of history of Lake Anne)