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Art Goes to School
Chairperson: Susan Sullivan (610-272-3299) ssulli3071@aol.com
This committee brings works of art into the classroom via parent volunteers. No experience is necessary and training is provided. Training meetings are held approximately once a month. Classroom visits occur during one week in the spring.
Assemblies
Chairperson: Karen Ciaccio (610-270-0756) kmmvk@comcast.net
Co-Chairperson: Vicki Moliken (610-279-9852) erinandsyd@comcast.net
This committee works with the Principal to bring educational and entertaining assemblies to Blue Bell.
Beautification
Chairperson: Peter Fineberg (215-290-9252) peter606@comcast.net
Co-Chairperson: Sharon Brunner (610-275-5979) Brun1240@msn.com
This committee helps keep the front gardens presentable and provides seasonal decorations at the school entrance.
BINGO Night
Co-Chairperson: Rosemary Babyak (215-646-1052) rangelmags@comcast.net
Co-Chairperson: Judy Kane (215-646-8494) jskane5@comcast.net
A fun-filled evening for the whole family scheduled for an evening in March. Volunteers are needed to provide refreshments, set-up, call Bingo numbers and clean up.
Blue Bell Directory
Chairperson: Ginger Bakes (215-540-1856) cvbakes@aol.com
Co-Chairperson: Vacant
This directory provides student names, class, address, phone number, parent names and e-mail (if provided). No children’s e-mails will be listed. It is distributed to all students.
Blue Bell News
Chairperson: Dimyka Roberts (484-684-7601) dimykaroberts@comcast.net
Co-Chairperson: Vacant
This monthly newsletter keeps you up-to-date on all current & upcoming school events. Production is done monthly on the computer. Deadlines for submission are attached.
Book Fairs
Chairperson: April Brasher (215-699-7731) thebsinpa@comcast.net
Co-Chairperson: Cindy Lejman (215-699-9063) rclejman@comcast.net
Our Fall Book Fair runs just prior to Thanksgiving in conjunction with our Holiday Shop and promotes the joy of reading. Many volunteers are needed to help set-up, assist children with book selections, work as cashiers, and help take everything down. This committee also assists the librarian with a smaller Book Fair in the Spring.
District Art Show
Chairperson: Vacant
This committee works with our art teacher to prepare artwork for display at the Wissahickon School District-wide Art Show in May. Many volunteers are needed to label our children’s artwork and to help hang it up for display at the high school. Parents are also needed to work as monitors at the show & to help take down art work after the show ends. It is a wonderful way to see the great art projects our children do.
Fifth-Grade
Chairperson: Colleen Foglia (610-270-0965) ckfoglia@msn.com
Chairperson: Flossie Kale (215-591-3868) flossie@kaledesign.com
Chairperson: Patricia Plotts (610-275-3644) pplotts@hotmail.com
All 5 th grade parents are invited & strongly encouraged to participate in this committee. The committee will plan a special end-of-year activity for the entire 5 th grade, plan a 5 th grade party at the Middle School, select a class gift to Blue Bell School and coordinate fund-raising activities for these activities
Holiday Shop
Chairperson: Carol Papazian (215-591-0217) nycd19@comcast.net
Co-Chairperson: Vacant
Children shop by themselves for holiday gifts for their family and friends. Many volunteers are needed for this event scheduled November 16. Volunteers set up display tables and run the shop as cashiers, wrappers and sales help for the children, as well as clean up.
Hospitality
Co-Chairperson: Rosemary Babyak (215-646-1052) rangelmags@comcast.net
Co-Chairperson: Connie Dever (610-275-0240) buddever@aol.com
Co-Chairperson: Donna Dickson (215-646-8055) mydicksonfamily@yahoo.com
This committee provides refreshments for various PTO activities including a back-to-school teachers’ lunch, Kindergarten juice and snacks for orientation, special PTO meetings, and Breakfast with Buddies. Volunteers are especially needed for the Breakfast with Buddies program which occurs on October 19th and 26 th.
Junior Great Books
Chairperson: Margarita Orticochea (610-272-4986) margaritaorticochea@yahoo.com
Co-Chairperson: Vacant
Second through Fifth graders participate in Junior Great Books. They read stories from selected texts and gather at weekly lunch meetings to discuss the stories with their peers. Volunteers are needed to run the book discussions. Instructor handbooks are available. The program usually runs from mid-Fall through early Winter. Training is provided.
Music
Chairperson: Vacant
This committee works with the music teacher to help coordinate special musical events. Volunteers are needed for assistance with drum line, school concerts and other musical activities.
Playground Aides
Chairperson: Judy Kane (215-646-8494) jskane5@comcast.net
Playground Aides help supervise children during their lunch recess. Help is needed from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. You choose the day or days that you are available to assist… once a week or once a month, whatever works with your schedule.
Playground Committee
Chairperson: Vacant
Co-Chairperson: Vacant
This committee was started during the 2005-2006 school year in order to raise funds for the repair/improvement of our existing playground equipment. Volunteers are needed to continue with the committee’s mission and to coordinate the Ice CreamSocial/Fun Day in May. Notes and information from the 2005-2006 year will be provided to the new chairpersons.
Pretzel Sales
Chairperson: Peter Fineberg (215-290-9252) peter606@comcast.net
Co-Chairperson: Sharon Brunner (610-275-5979) brun1240@msn.com
This committee runs the monthly pretzel sales. The sales will be announced in advance to the students. Two-to-three parents are needed to sell pretzels on the designated Pretzel Sale Fridays.
Publicity
Chairperson: Sharon Brunner (610-275-5979) brun1240@msn.com
The responsibilities of this committee include notifying the press when there is a newsworthy activity at the school. Pictures (preferably digital) can be submitted to the newspapers.
Publishing Center
Chairperson: Donna Dickson (215-646-8055) mydicksonfamily@yahoo.com
The center transforms many of the children’s creative writing papers into books, laminates classroom projects and helps with the school directory and yearbook. Training will be provided. It is a great way to learn what the children are doing.
Redemption
Chairperson: Peter Fineberg (215-290-9252) peter606@comcast.net
Volunteers are needed to collect and tally Box Tops for Education and printer cartridge recycling projects. The committee encourages participation in Target, Schoolpop, Genuardi’s and other redemption programs we participate in. The funds from these programs help support PTO activities.
Reading Olympics
Chairperson: Nicolette Risley (Blue Bell Staff) nrisley@wsd.k12.pa.us
Co-Chairperson: Vacant
Teams of 4 th and 5 th grade students read 40 books from a list provided by the Montgomery County Intermediate Unit. The goal is for each team to cover all of the books in preparation for the April 2008 Reading Olympics to be held at Norristown High School. Teams meet once a week with a parent/teacher coach during the winter. Volunteers are needed to coach teams, ask questions, read select books from the list and prepare questions, keep score on the day of the competition and provide refreshments prior to the competition.
Room Parents
Chairperson: Sophia Penning (215-661-1499) sophiagreekgirl@comcast.net
Coordinators:
Grades K&1: Cheryl Friedenberg, (215-616-0606), cfriedenberg@comcast.net
Grades 2&3: Susan Sullivan, (610-272-3299), ssulli3071@aol.com
Grades 4&5: Ginger Bakes, (215-540-1856), cvbakes@aol.com
Room parent coordinators review room parent volunteer forms and help assign room parents for each classroom in the grades indicated. Two or three room parents are needed for each classroom. Room parents will implement a telephone chain in the event of an early school closing or other important event. They also work with teachers to help coordinate parent involvement. Room parents attend PTO meetings and communicate PTO business as needed.
Safety Call
Chairperson: Sara Feldman (215-628-0299) smfapril@verizon.net
Co-Chairperson: Vacant
Safety Call ensures that your child arrives to school safely each day. If your child will be absent, please call the safety line promptly. If you do not call and your child is not present for attendance, a safety call volunteer will call to make sure that your child is safe. Volunteers are needed one hour each month at school (or more, if you are available), starting at 9:15 a.m. Training is provided.
School Board Liaisons
Chairperson: Vacant
School Board Liaisons attend the School Board meetings on the 2 nd and 4 th Mondays of the Month at 7:30 p.m. at Lower Gwynedd Elementary School. The liaisons’ job is to report at the Blue Bell PTO meeting on issues relevant to our population. We would like several people to share this responsibility and take turns attending the meetings. It is a great way to develop an understanding of the direction of our school district.
School Store
Chairperson: Brenda Southworth (215-699-4286) grifgilty@comcast.net
Co-Chairperson: Sophia Penning (215-661-1499) Sophiagreekgirl@comcast.net
The school store is open every Thursday and Friday morning from 8:20 - 8:35 a.m. and special times as announced. Volunteers are needed to open, run and close the store. You can choose your schedule and work as little or as much as you’d like.
Sharing Program
Chairperson: Peter Fineberg (215-290-9252) peter606@comcast.net
Each year we adopt a school for our Sharing Program. The Sharing Program’s goal is to provide students with some basic tools for learning while reinforcing to Blue Bell children that sharing with others is an everyday event that can be accomplished with small deeds. Every month a different “tool for learning” is collected (pencils, erasers, etc.) which we then share with our adopted school. Volunteers are needed once a month to take supplies to the designated school. This committee will also be responsible for collecting items for the Mattie Dixon Food Cupboard in Ambler, PA.
Staff Appreciation Luncheon
Chairperson: Sophia Penning (215-661-1499) sophiagreekgirl@comcast.net
Co-Chairperson: Vacant
Each year we take time to thank our teachers and staff for the wonderful job they have done during the year with our children. We ask volunteers to make and serve lunch. It will occur towards the end of April.
Wrapping Paper Sale
Chairperson: Teri McMasters (215-283-9374) teriward@comcast.net
Co-Chairperson: Vacant
This is our major fundraiser, generating most of the funds that support PTO activities. It occurs within two weeks of the start of school. Children will bring home sales brochures and order forms (There is no door-to-door selling.).Volunteers are needed to count orders, unload and sort orders when they come in and distribute them to the classrooms in early November.
Year Book
Chairperson: Sharon Brunner (610-275-5979) brun1240@msn.com
Work with the staff to create the 2007-2008 Blue Bell Year Book. Volunteers are needed throughout the year to take photos and help with layout, editing, sales and distribution.