Forestville Elementary School

Needed are 20-30 volunteers to help set up, sell and pack up books for November Book Fair in 2 hour shifts.

These volunteers will monitor the lunchroom and assist children there 3 days/week so that teachers will be free to use this valuable time for classroom planning. Each classroom will provide cafeteria monitors 2-2 1/2 hours once or twice during the year and will be scheduled on a weekly rotating basis. Room parents are responsible for coordinating volunteers for each classroom assignment and ensuring adequate coverage is provided during their assigned week.

This committee coordinates our primary fundraiser for the year. Need to articulate fundraising goals to the membership, solicit contributions, update membership on campaign's progress and assist in the collection of matching contributions.

This committe prepares a Spring event showcaing a curriculum across all grades.  Duties include publicity preparing the displays; refreshments; securing outside performers; designing and publishing the program and catalogue; working with students who elect to perform; and staffing the event.

The goal of this committee is to provide teachers and staff with relevant outside resources that will enhance student’s educational experience during the academic year. Specifically, this committee will be responsible for assembling a “catalogue” of potential resources; coordinate with teachers to schedule resources, and collect evaluations on all resources to track effectiveness.

These volunteers will plan and organize Family Olympics, an opportunity for families to participate TOGETHER in a fun day of games and competition. Volunteers brimming with great ideas are needed to schedule the event, plan games/activities and organize teams.

The FLASH is a join PTA-school newsletter published weekly (except for the last week of each month). Information is collected from various sources (e.g. PTA Executive Board, committee chairs, teachers, staff, other FCPS school organizations) and consolidated into a concise and intelligible format. This activity requires knowledge of word processing/publishing software with some editing ability. Paper copies are distributed to the Forestville community via backpack mail and can be emailed upon request. A PDF version is posted on the web site. Additional volunteer support can be used to help with copying and distribution of paper copies, usually done on Friday afternoons or Monday mornings.

Volunteers are needed during the months of October-November for distributing gift wrap packets, separating and distributing the orders. Substantial volunteer help is needed to tabulate and distribute all orders.

GRACE Art is a program developed by the Greater Arts Center of Reston to supplement and support our children’s art experience in our schools. Volunteers are needed in each classroom to present the selected GRACE Art materials and portfolio to the classroom and assist with an art activity related to the presentation. At least 2 volunteers are recommended per class (more are always welcome). A meeting will be held each month to brief all volunteers on the portfolio chosen for that month. All materials, including lecture notes, art activity ideas, and the portfolio is provided for you. An art background is not required. A sign up sheet will be in each classroom on Back to School Night.

Additionally, volunteers will be called upon periodically to help the art teachers with hanging and preparing displays of art produced in the regular art classes.

Many volunteers are needed, usually not more than 2 hours per month, to help set up and provide refreshmentsduring school events, meetings, and special treats for teachers/staff.

A Family Fun night that needs volunteers to help plan, sell tickets and coordinate refreshments for a night of skating at SkateQuest in Reston.

Help maintain the atrium and flowerbeds outside the school. Times are flexible. This is also a great project for Scouts or community volunteer projects.

Volunteers will assist the librarian by checking out and shelving books 1-2 hours per week. They will also assist students in locating materials.

This committee monitors the Lost and Found bins in the cafeteria, periodically reminds parents to check them for their childrens' belongings, and donates unclaimed items to charity.

These students will help with the distribution of the Student Directory / Phone Book and bus notepads in October.

Volunteers are needed to help the staff copy, laminate, and assist in other clerical activities that support the teachers. A perfect way to volunteer a few hours a week.

This committee's goal is to welcome and orient new families to Forestville.They will contact and mentor new families as they enter the school throughout the year and provide them with information to help ease the transition to a new school and community. There is usually a Newcomer's coffee held in late September / early October. The information packets are available at that time for new members of our school community. The remaining packets are left in the office to be distributed by the registrar.

The goal of this committee is to plan and provide for an evening event aimed at grades K-3. This committee coordinates as many volunteers as possible to provide decorations, refreshments, tickets, entertainment, set-up/clean up at the event.

This is the world’s largest international creative thinking and problem solving program designed for children. It is offered to K-6th grade students who want to have fun working in a team environment as they tackle absorbing, challenging problems. Chair(s) will obtain an annual membership with the parent organization Odyssey, collect interested students in order to assemble teams of 5-7 kids. Volunteer team coaches usually meet 2 hours each week in the coach's home from midNovember through mid March when competition starts.

Volunteers will assist professional photographers on School Picture Days (one in Fall and one in Spring) by helping to sort cards, arranging children and anything else to help the process move smoothly.

Purchase and distribute playground equipment and indoor recess games for use by students. Communicate with administration and teachers to determine which equipment needs replacing or needs to be newly acquired. Work with school staff to initiate and monitor improvements to outdoor play areas (e.g. equipment upgrades, seeding, repairs).

The PTA Directory is published each Fall and includes home and school contact information along with the Forestville Parent Handbook. Family and student information is collected via the Forestville web site. The committee chair(s) work closely with the PTA Webmaster, the administrative staff and the school-based technology coordinator. Work begins in mid-August to ensure the publication in early October. A directory addendum is published in early February.

Volunteers are needed to help promote Forestville Elementary and its very unique & diverse culture using advertising tools such as the local newspapers, our new display case, FCPS media announcements, etc. We want to highlight our school's outstanding student body & staff, curriculum and special events that make Forestville a "National PTA School of Excellence."

Volunteers are needed to help implement this National PTA Program for arts recognition and achievement in our school. Duties include publicity, collecting the entries, selecting judges, displaying the entries, and coordinating the awards ceremony. The packet of information will be sent home in September with the projects due in October. The recognition ceremony will be held in early November.

Volunteers are asked to sign up at Open House or Back to School Night to assist the classroom teacher or specialist during the school year.

This committee puts on the school musical / play.

School supply committee works closely with the supplier, lead teachers, and office administration.  Volunteers will update each grade's supply list, create and distribute order forms, market school supply sale to parents, tally orders and assist in distributing supply kits to appropriate classrooms in August prior to Open House.  Many volunteers are needed in August.

This committee works with our sister school, Hutchison Elementary, in Herndon, on various projects throughout the year. Volunteers are needed in the various donation drives (winter coats, toys, and toiletries), Thanksgiving dinner basket donation, as well as GRACE ART and Kindergarten reading volunteers throughout the school year at Hutchison.

Many volunteers are needed to assist with decorations, refreshments, tickets, set-up/clean up, activities and chaperoning for this promotion celebration.

This event is intended to give 4th - 6th grade students the opportunity to dance, snack and socialize on a winter evening. As many volunteers as possible are needed to provide decorations, refreshments, tickets, entertainment, set-up/clean up, and chaperoning at the Hop.

This committee organizes and advertises the annual Spelling Bee for grades 4-6. Includes working with staff/specialists to create spelling lists, set times for individual class bees and setup final Forestville Bee. Communicates event and tips through flyers, FLASH, and ForestVision. Supports FCPS-wide Bee as needed.

Volunteers are needed to assist in the sale of Forestville Spirit items during school events throughout the year.

This committee will help plan, sell tickets and coordinate winners for a fun raffle that in the years past has included excursions and day trips with the Forestville faculty and staff.

Volunteer duties include compiling list of entrants, auditioning acts for content and reserving Langley High School for use of the auditorium/tech support during the performance.

This committee plans activities to show our gratitude for all of the teaching staff during the annual Teacher Appreciation Week in early May. Many volunteers are needed to coordinate teachers' luncheon, gifts and other activities and to staff classrooms/playgroung while teachers participate in the activities.

This committee organizes a Thanksgiving lunch that parents can enjoy with the children in the Forestville cafeteria at lunch time. Volunteers are obtained to sell tickets, decorate the cafeteria, and manage the luncheon to see that it progresses smoothly.

This committee helps organize this nationally-recognized annual event at Forestville. Duties include advertising the event to students and families, copying, tabulating information, distributing gifts and organizing a party for participants.

This committee plans various activities during Forestville's week-long recognition of our veterans and special commemoration on Veterans Day.

Distributes volunteer information at the beginning of the school year. Compiles and maintains list of volunteers; provides this information to all chairpersons, officers and school personnel when they need volunteers for events, ongoing projects, special projects or unexpected needs.

The PTA Web Master: updates the entire Forestville PTA web site; prepares all content for publication; creates new pages as needed; manages the PTA PayPal account and runs all online registration and sales events; designs and implements new features for the site.

Assists Forestville Yearbook Committee