Fall Parties

Just wanted to check and see what was going on with the Fall Parties.  Has everyone set their dates and times with their teachers?  What sort of ideas are you going with for themes?  Has anyone determined what the curriculum tie-ins will be for your grade level?

Gift Giving Ideas

I met with my co-room parent, Suzi Guzman, last Friday and she was sharing ideas of past gift giving that she's done as a room parent.  I thought they were very clever. 

Both ideas involve having the other parents donate gift cards.

1.  Get a holiday wreath and decorate it with the gift cards donated.

2. Get a bulletin board and put all the kid's pictures around the boarder.  Put ribbon across the board and intertwine the gift cards in the ribbon.

Suzi - help me out here if there's a better way to describe!!

Thanks,
Samantha

CCES Room Parent Kick Off Meeting Follow Up

Fellow Room Parents,

Thanks to everyone who was able to attend our meeting last week.  For all of the room parents, slides from our meeting, as well as some sample party food permission forms and a building request form for use with your parties were sent out electronically.

Below is a recap of key points and action items from our meeting. 

Let me know if you have any other questions and I look forward to working with all of you this school year!

Thanks for your help,

Samantha

Meeting Recap

1.       As room parent, your primary roles include:

Ø  Assisting Teacher with Classroom Activities & Needs

Ø  Planning & Conducting Class Parties

Ø  Coordinating Gifts to Teacher from Class

Ø  Supporting PTA with Teacher and Staff Events

Ø  Serving as Liaison between Class Parents & PTA

2.       The guidance around class parties has changed.  The key changes are:

Ø  Classes parties should be linked to the current class curriculum. 

Ø  Thursday and Friday parties are alternated between different grades throughout the school year in order to prevent all parties happening on the same day.  (See attached slides.)

Ø  Teachers may pick the day (per guidance above) and time of day for their party.

Ø  Check with your teacher to determine what parties you should be planning for this school year.

3.       As room parent, to get started, you should:

Ø  Have an initial meeting with your teacher to understand how you can best support

Ø  Meet with co-room parents and establish roles

Ø  Set up Email Distribution List for classroom Parents

Ø  Establish dates and times for class parties

Ø  Adopt a Teaching Assistant or Specialist (grades 1-5)

Ø  Join the Private CCES Room Parent Blog

4.       My follow up items to the meeting include:

Ø  Invite fellow room parents to the CCES Room Parent Blog

Ø  Send out an email re: PTA Membership to room parents for distribution to your classes

Ø  Send out an email re: going green for PTA items in the Friday Folders

Ø  Distribute Room Parent Roster

Ø  Create a sign-up list for adopting a Teaching Assistant/Teaching Specialist for grades 1-5.

Ø  Distribute Teacher’s Favorite Things to room parents and update Favorite Things Binder for office.