March PTA Newsletter – online now!

by admin on March 15, 2010

Calling all volunteers! by Lindsay Conboy, President

RFES is a terrific place for our kids to learn and grow. The PTA strives to make the family part of this.

Studies show the more involved the family is, the better the students do. The family is the pillar of strength behind the child.

As a PTA, we work hard to find different ways parents, grandparents, and caregivers, can be involved. We collaborate with the school to ensure our volunteers are best utilized.
Lately, I have been a bit perplexed as to why we are always short volunteers when we have over 500 people trained. What worries me is our population will be cut in half next year; how are we going to find volunteers to take on all of the jobs?

This year we still need your help. Not only are volunteers requested for activities around the school, we currently need 2 people to serve on the nominating committee (the committee that nominates candidates for the executive committee) and we need to replace most of the officers (president, vp of chairmen and programs, vp of volunteers, treasurer). All of the officer positions listed are vacant due to term expiration or redistricting. Who is going to step into these positions?

I am not trying to be a gloomy Gus, or guilt you into helping out. There is always something else to do, we are busy and overscheduled. There is work, errands, the day to day activities that have to get done. But volunteering is a feel good thing. Admit it, it feels much better to help out in school than do laundry.

On the home page of this website there is a list of openings for next year. Take a look. Is there something you are interested in doing? Do you have a friend you would like to co-chair with? Do you want to ensure that you have the best PTA possible next year? Join the nominating committee, or recommend yourself for an officer position. It takes an entire community to build a PTA, come take an active roll.

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