Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteers play a critical role in the success of our school and we can ALWAYS use more!

 

There are many opportunities to volunteer through the PTSA, including committee chair positions (e.g., DEI committee, communications, etc.) and various PTSA-sponsored programs (teacher appreciation activities, lost and found, Pirate Crew, etc.). Much of this work can be done remotely and only requires a few hours a month. 

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Ongoing volunteer needs:

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• Scholastic Book Fair Volunteers - Mrs. Favata, our Media Center Specialist extraordinaire will be hosting the Spring Scholastic Book Fair the week of February 3rd. She is in need of volunteers to help with setup the Friday prior, volunteers to run the store with her February 3-7 and some to help get it packed up the following Monday, 2/10. Please visit https://bit.ly/2-25BookFairHelp to take a look at the volunteer spots available and sign up.

• Elementary & Middle School Pirate Store "Shopping" Volunteers - Our staff could use some help on Fridays (unless otherwise noted) running the Elementary & Middle School Pirate Store "shopping" for our students. Middle school gets to shop each Friday at both lunches and each elementary grade is assigned a specific Friday of the month when they can use their pirate bucks to "purchase" goodies from the Pirate Store. The "store" (aka goodie cart) is set up in the Cafeteria (or visits the Kinder classes). Volunteers are needed to help take Pirate Bucks and distribute items - for younger grades that means helping them in the line to ensure students have enough bucks for what they would like to purchase. For middle schoolers who are familiar with the process, volunteers help ensure student names are on the back of Pirate Bucks and names are added to the various passes they may purchase with their bucks. For more information about volunteer tasks and to sign up for available times slots for the Elementary and/or Middle School Pirate Stores click one of the links below. The Elementary Pirate Store sign up will be shared soon. Family members can sign up for a time adjacent to their student's lunch time and have lunch with their student before or after a shift if desired. 

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Elementary Pirate Store Volunteer Sign-Up

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Middle School Pirate Store Volunteer Sign-Up

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PTSA Executive Board & Committee volunteer needs for the 2025-26 school year:​

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• PTSA Executive Board positions - Several members of our current PTSA Executive Board will reach their term limits at the end of the 24-25 school year so there will be several spots open that will need to be filled by new volunteers. The roles of President, our two Vice Presidents and our Recording Secretary will be empty if we do not get volunteers to fill them. If you are interested in finding out more information on the roles and responsibilities to determine if any might be a fit for you, please email rampelloptsa@gmail.com. We can coordinate some discussions to help you decide if running for a position is right for you. Reaching out does NOT obligate you to run for a position.

• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee Chair - Our DEI committee works to create and execute simple, fun and meaningful initiatives that support our school’s inclusive culture and makes space for all of our young pirates to shine. Past initiatives have included the Anti-racism book club, diverse book giveaways and recommendation lists for families, providing opportunities for students to be exposed to other cultures during school and at evening events such as the Fall and Spring Mega Night events, and more. The DEI Committee Chair would is responsible for coordinating the committee to generate ideas, present to the board and execute efforts with the help of the executive board, committee members and other volunteers. 

• Newsletter Coordinator - PTSA is in need of someone to work with the executive board and use our online platform to create each month's email newsletter. Newsletters consist of what has been done each month as well as communicates what is coming up including calls for volunteers, feedback, etc. The newsletter is templated so minimal design experience is required. 

• Change Challenge Chair - Change Challenge is one of our most fun fundraisers. Held during the week leading up to and during our Fall Mega Night, Change Challenge is an event where grade levels compete to get the most points with pennies and bills earning positive points and silver coins earning negative points so students try to put pennies and bills in their own grade’s container and strategize how they will use their silver coins to lessen the points earned by other grades. The committee chair is responsible for coordinating the volunteers who will set up of the table and containers each morning at drop off the week leading up to Fall Mega Night as well as during the event. NOTE: This does not require the Chair to do the set up each morning, but coordinate those who will. Committee members help to get the money collected, counted and points allocated to each team to determine a winner. Because this event is not new, it is pretty turnkey, but a committee chair is needed to coordinate volunteers that week leading up to and during the Mega Night event as well as for money counting once during and then again after the event has ended. 

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If you are interested in volunteering in any of the above capacities during the 2025-26 school year, please email rampelloptsa@gmail.com. ​

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