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Little Star Montessori School
PO Box 608
509 Highway 20
Winthrop, WA 98862
(509) 996-2801
littlestar1@centurytel.net
26 Years of Excellence
1982-2008
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Parents Association
When you enroll your child in Little Star, you automatically become a member of our Parent Association. We could not keep the school in operation without our parents’ involvement. The Parent Association requests two hours of service time per family per month or 20 hours per year, thereby giving all parents responsibility for helping to maintain and improve our school.
Our Parent Association not only helps the school but gives our parents the opportunity to get to know each other, gives your child pride in your participation and interest in her/his school, and broadens your understanding of our program.
We maintain a Parent Project List, located on the bulletin board in the front entry, so that you may sign up for projects. The monthly newsletter will include information about upcoming opportunities.
When parents (families) don’t fulfill their participation time to Little Star we are forced to use funds from the school’s budget to hire outside help. For this reason your bill will show a starting participation fee of $400 which will be reduced every time you perform a service to Little Star at the rate of $20 per hour which is what it would cost for the school to hire someone.
It will be your responsibility to turn in the orange participation slip provided in this packet (also available at school) to receive credit against the $400 participation fee. Each month your account will show any credits you have turned in. If this fee is a hardship, please let Trudi know as soon as possible so you can make arrangements . The other option is to pay $400 outright.
This is a new system this year in hope that the parental involvement will be equally distributed. We are very open to any suggestions or comments for this new procedure.
Don’t forget to visit our website for monthly updates of our school and snack calendar as well as the newsletter and other activities at Little Star.
At Little Star, we welcome families of every nationality, race, creed and background
Parent Volunteer Opportunities Checklist
Name: ___________________________________ Date: ________________
Please check the jobs that interest you (as part of the 20 hour per family service requirement). If you would like, you may list your choices in order of preference. Print this page and bring it to the school. Thanks!
Auction (held every other year) Next auction May 2007
Coordinator (2 year commitment)
Committee helper
Annual Cookbook
Coordinate collecting recipes from children, teachers and parents and creating a cookbook to be completed by Mother’s Day
Board of Directors
It’s a tremendous way to get involved with the school
Bulletin Board
Keep our entryway bulletin board up-to-date; change the calendars each month and decorate it so every parent will be compelled to check it out regularly! Carpentry
This is an incredibly important area for us. If you could share your talents, please list your special skill here:
Field trip drivers and chaperones
Transport children on field trips
Gardening
Weeding, planting and other outdoor related projects at Little Star
Ink Cartridge Recycle
Sort and mail old ink cartridges
Newsletter
Gather and compile data for our monthly newsletter
Parent class coordinator
The parent class coordinator position is critical to the smooth running of our school. Class coordinators act as the liaison between the parents, staff and board. Class coordinators are free to develop their position. Parts of the job could include planning parent forums, planning school outings, organizing end-of-year class parties, creating collaborative class art projects for Auction, and finding special guests to visit the school.
Kinder class representative
Preschool class representative
Toddler class representative
Afternoon class representative
Participant Coordinator (2 year commitment)
Keep a list posted on the front board of Participant jobs needing to be completed; submit newsletter reports; keep track of the family volunteer hours; line up parents with various tasks
Planning and baking for school special events
Baking for holiday parties, parent forum and orientation evenings
Recycle
Take recycle material to center
Red Apple Receipts
Organize and take to red apple grocery
Snack Calendar Coordinator
Responsible for producing monthly snack calendars
Shoveling walkways in the winter
Keep our walkways and fire exits clear throughout the winter
Website update
This parent would be responsible for keeping our website updated
FUNDRAISING VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Fundraising Committee
Assist Fundraising Committee with cultivating donors
Garage Sale
Coordinator
Parent Helper
Grant writing
Assist School Director with researching and writing grants
Halloween Carnival
Coordinator; organizer of event (2 year commitment)
Parent Helper
Sally Foster Wrapping Paper
Coordinator
Parent Helper
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