Art Docent is a wonderful, beloved PTSA supplemental program that brings Art Class back to school. Art Docents visit each classroom monthly to teach an art lesson and lead the kids in an art project. Docents are given step by step instructions from the Art Docent Chair for each art project at a monthly meeting. Ideally, there is a docent for each classroom. Supplies are provided by PTSA. You don't need to be a great artist to be a docent! At the end of the school year, the kids art is displayed at the Art Walk. Art Docent also is in need of a Co-Chair who can take over next year!
Chair: Angie Pellegrini and Kristen Schmidt
Email: artdocent@lakeyoungsptsa.org
BOOK FAIR
Lake Youngs partners with Scholastic Books to hold 2-3 fairs a year, delivering a book store directly to the school, selling to students and their families. As a benefit, Lake Youngs PTSA receives 50% credit of fair sales in the form of Scholastic Dollars. Scholastic dollars help purchase books for the LY Library & classrooms as well as PTSA prizes and events. The Chairperson(s) is responsible for planning advertising and holding the fair(s) as well as coordinating volunteers and submitting financial reports. Volunteers are responsible for helping set up and tear down the fair, as well as working sales shifts during school hours and events. Volunteers may help out as little or as much as they choose.
Chairs: Tammy Chau and Julia Neal
Email: bookfair@lakeyoungsptsa.org
COURTYARD
Courtyard Committee keeps our shared outdoor spaces looking their best! They also improve these spaces through creative solutions and additions in the best interest of students and teachers!
Chair: Brandon Whitman
Email: courtyard@lakeyoungsptsa.org
FAMILY FUN & COMMUNITY EVENTS
Family Fun Nights are fun-filled evenings provided by our PTSA to the children of Lake Youngs and their families. Family Fun Nights can be anything you imagine: a dance, a Halloween party… the sky is the limit!
Chairs: Jessica Kessler, Nichole Herman and Nick Wood
Email: familyfun@lakeyoungsptsa.org
FUNDRAISING
There would be no PTSA without fundraising! From catalogs, vendors, homegrown programs to events both big and small… there are endless ways to fund our programming! Have some creative ideas? A skill for fundraising? We’d love more help managing and creating successful and FUN fundraisers!
Chairs: Jennifer Patterson and Executive Board
Email: execboard@lakeyoungsptsa.org
GRADUATION PARTY
Volunteers for the 5th Grade Party will be asked to participate in planning meetings to create the theme, decorations, activities and menu as well as make phone calls to solicit donations for the event. Use your right brain to help create and install the decorations and props appropriate for the selected theme of the year, create and or provide food and refreshments as well as supervise the event itself. Other duties may include the creation of a memory book, DVD, t-shirts, etc. all while keeping within the allotted budged or collecting additional funds from 5th Grade parents.
Chair: VACANT
Email: execboard@lakeyoungsptsa.org
Grizzly Reader encourages and rewards student and staff reading efforts. Chair duties include printing and distributing Grizzly Reader Club material, collecting student time sheets, documenting time sheets, giving out student reading certificates and rewards weekly during student lunch times, and assistance with the Grizzly Reader party at the completion of the program
Chairs: Anh Cao and Joan Relph
Email: grizzlyreader@lakeyoungsptsa.org
HEALTH & WELFARE
Health and Welfare Committee exists to support the health and welfare of all children in our school community. Volunteers help collect supplies for the health room, clothes and socks, and take on relevant projects.
Chair: VACANT
Email: execboard@lakeyoungsptsa.org
HOSPITALITY
Provides beverages and snacks for select events throughout the year including: Welcome Back event in September, breakfast and lunch for the Science Fair judges, Hi-Cap Orientation, and Kindergarten Round-up. Committee members will be asked to join in providing menu items and work the events.
Chair: VACANT
Email: execboard@lakeyoungsptsa.org
KIDS HELPING KIDS
Kids Helping Kids organizes our annual Giving Tree event! Each ornament on the giving tree in the front office will have a gift or toy listed for a specific individual in the Lake Youngs community who is need this holiday season. Choose an ornament, check it out on the clipboard by the front office, and return the wrapped gift with gift tag attached. The Giving Tree is a great way to demonstrate to our children how to care for others and spread joy during the holiday season.
Chairs: Cathy Condreay and Stephanie Tjaden
Email:execboard@lakeyoungsptsa.org
LEGISLATIVE
The legislative chairs responsibilities are to develop an effective advocacy team that communicates the PTSAs perspective on legislation and related issues to elected officials on the school board, in the State Legislature and in the United States Congress as well as keeping the general membership informed of legislative issues and developments. The Legislative Committee Chair requires as little as two hours per month, one hour attending the monthly board meeting and one hour staying informed, writing related articles for the monthly newsletter/website and making calls if necessary.
Chair: Kristin Roy
Email: legislation@lakeyoungsptsa.org
MEMBERSHIP
Committee members may be asked to assist with the following: communication to parents and community through flyers and newsletter articles, assembling and distributing membership packets, managing the membership bulletin board in the front lobby, supplying a current membership roster for the general meetings and entering new members into the State PTA database. Time commitment for committee members varies.
Chair: VACANT
Email:execboard@lakeyoungsptsa.org
NOMINATION
This committee requires volunteers to help identify candidates for next years PTSA Executive Board, which consists of President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and Cashier.
Chair: VACANT
Email: execboard@lakeyoungsptsa.org
SCIENCE NIGHT & STEM CLUB
The primary job responsibilities involve the planning and implementation of the Science Fair held annually at Lake Youngs OR starting a STEM Club. Two or three committee members are required. The chair(s) also purchase ribbons and display boards along with other minor budgetary items, organize parent/information nights at the school, sell the fair to students through classroom visits, work with the teachers and the principal to coordinate place and time and distribute advertisements. On the day of the fair, judges are welcomed and supported by the chairs, judging points are tallied, certificates and ribbons placed and projects readied for the parent open house.
Chairs: Eric and Carolyn Kupper
Email: secretary@lakeyoungsptsa.org
SPIRIT WEAR
Responsible for providing Lake Youngs Grizzlies apparel for purchase by Lake Youngs Elementary students and their families. Committee responsibilities include product design and selection, advertisement, order tabulation, and delivery to students.
Chair: Jennifer Patterson
Email: execboard@lakeyoungsptsa.org
STAFF APPRECIATION
The Staff Appreciation Committee sponsors monthly staff lunches for the Lake Youngs Staff throughout the school year. Volunteers will be asked to participate in theme planning as well as help provide food and drink for scheduled luncheons.
Chair: Sam Byrd, Crystal Shimizu, Renee Lute and Zach Lute
Email: staffappreciation@lakeyoungsptsa.org
SUNSHINE AND RAIN
The Sunshine and Rain chair purchases gifts/cards for staff and PTSA members who are dealing with lifes ups and downs. For example if someone has a baby or is getting married we send a sunshine gift, if someone is experiencing a hardship like an illness or death of a loved one. We also try to respond (when appropriate). We always hope for sunshine for our staff and members but want them to know PTSA cares when life brings rain.
Chair: VACANT
Email: execboard@lakeyoungsptsa.org
WEBSITE
Building, maintaining and updating our LYPTSA website keeping families informed and up to date!
Chairs: Keith and Courtney Burdette
Email: website@lakeyoungsptsa.org
