PTA Committees
We have a number of committee positions available for the upcoming school year. We need your help in order to make the many programs we offer possible! Commitments range in terms of the time required so if you have any questions on any of the positions below please don’t hesitate to ask! You can email us at losalamitospta@gmail.com if you are interested in signing up for a position.
ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS
Art Vista
The Art Vista Chairperson(s) is/are responsible for recruiting art vista docents for each classroom, setting up and leading training sessions for the class docents, working with the art supply chair on supply orders, coordinating the art show held in the Spring. This is a full school year position and the monthly time commitment is approximately 3-5 hours.
Reading Lab
Commitee details coming soon.
Expect Rspect
Expect Respect is a direct outgrowth of the Project Cornerstone program. Approximately forty 5th grade students are picked by teacher recommendation. Once a week, they spend their lunch recess with Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade students. They do a variety of activities with these younger grades, everything from school-wide extensions of Project Cornerstone books and lessons, to community service projects, to organizing monthly dance parties during lunch recess. The students plan their own activities with guidance from the parent advisors. The program is very student-directed and student-led, and therefore, dynamic and ever-changing. It is seasonal in the sense that some activities are inspired by upcoming events and holidays (like “candy cane grams” for every student in the school). The parent advisors should be familiar with the Project Cornerstone program and it is ideal if they are current classroom Cornerstone readers, in order to support the message that is being relayed to students during classroom presentations. The Expect Respect Chairperson is responsible for recruiting parent advisors, ensuring that they are trained and able to assist the students and oversees the program as a whole. This is a year-long position.
Green Team
The Green Team is dedicated to’ greening’ our school with hands-on actions following the Reduce-Reuse-Recycle principle. The Green Team Committee Chairperson is responsible for organizing and maintaining the daily lunch time recycling program and coordinating & scheduling volunteers to help the students with this process. The chairperson also organizes the Green Team Jr, which is a group of 4th/5th graders who aid with the lunchtime recycling. This is a year-long position.
Library Support - Open for 23/24 school year
Commitee details coming soon.
Project Cornerstone
The Project Cornerstone Chairperson is responsible for providing leadership, training and support to volunteers who are reading in the classrooms as part of the Project Cornerstone Asset Building Champion (ABC) program at Los Alamitos. The goal of the Asset Building Champion (ABC) program is to contribute to a positive school climate where every student feels safe, valued and supported in order for all students to achieve and thrive. The Chairperson must attend monthly training. Then, they meet monthly with their volunteer readers to deliver activity ideas and discussion questions for a specially selected children’s book. This is a full school year position and the monthly time commitment is approximately 3-5 hours.
Science-O-Rama
The Science-O-Rama Chairperson is responsible for the annual Science fair, Science-O-Rama (SOR), for K-4th graders. This chair coordinates all volunteers, sets up the day of the event, preps all awards, manages list of participants, and coordinates with the Communications team to provide information to be included in the weekly school newsletter, website, weekly emails, and through social media. This event is usually held in March.
Bubblefest
The Bubblefest Chairperson(s) confirms the scheduled date with front office staff, determines event stations, creates event map of stations, solicits visiting times from teachers, sets event schedule and communicates schedule to teachers, recruits volunteers, secures materials needed for event through donations, advertises event; trains and manages volunteers, sets up/cleans up event. The chairperson must also take time to understand the basic science behind the event in order to pass that information on to volunteers and students. The event is usually held in February.
School Beautification - Open for 23/24 school year
The School Beautification Chairperson(s) is/are responsible for planting, weeding, and tending the plants around the flag pole as well as in the garden area. This is a flexible position that can be done, before, during or after school, or even on the weekends.
Equipment - Open for 23/24 school year
The Equipment Chairperson is responsible for maintaining the playground equipment closet and PTA’s AV equipment. They work with the school & PTA to remove and replace any worn out equipment, order new equipment as needed, and support AV equipment usage at PTA events (i.e. variety show).
COMMUNICATIONS
Bulletin Boards
The Bulletin Boards committee chairperson updates the PTA bulletin board located at the front of the school. This position requires a few hours of work each month and is a year-long position.
Email Newsletter
“Dandy’s Weekly PTA News” is an email newsletter that is sent each Sunday night to all members of the PTA. The main purpose of this email is to keep parents updated on upcoming events and school happenings. This committee chairperson is responsible for gathering updates from different PTA committee leads, compiling, proofing and sending the weekly email newsletter. This is a year-long position.
Website
The Los Alamitos PTA maintains their own website. Our website contains information about the PTA, our calendar of events, information on special events that we have coming up along with other important information for parents. The Website Committee Chair is responsible for managing the school's PTA website and online calendar. This is a year round position that can be done from home.
School Sign - Open for 23/24 school year
This committee chair is responsible for keeping the Los Alamitos school sign updated with all of the events that are coming up during the school year. This is a year round position that allows flexibility in the schedule.
Room Parent Coordinator - Open for 23/24 school year
This Room Parent Committee Chairperson is responsible for finding a room parent for each classroom at the beginning of the year. The coordinator will ensure each room parent is equipped with teacher favorites and is prepared to collect yearbook photos, coordinate parent volunteers for the class, collect funds, purchase and coordinate gifts for the teacher for appreciation week, birthday, etc, coordinate chaperones for field trips and help with any communication requests from the teacher. This is a year-long position.
Membership Toolkit (SKU management and updates) - Open for 23/24 school year
Committee details coming soon.
Social Media
The Los Alamitos PTA has a Facebook page that we use to communicate with our community about upcoming events and fundraisers. The Social Media Committee Chair is responsible for helping to manage the PTA's social channels by posting regular updates that have been approved by the VP of Communications. This is a year-long position.
Flyer Design
Committee details coming soon.
EVENTS AND RECOGNITION
Assemblies - Open for 23/24 school year
The Assemblies Chairperson(s) is/are responsible for determining what assemblies to have for the year and schedules them with the companies. They work with the PTA President & the school Principal to select the best dates to hold the assemblies and notify the teachers of the details. They also work closely with the assembly company to determine what school resources are needed (microphone, stage, etc.) and to ensure payment to the assembly company. The chairperson must be available to attend assembly and help set up if needed. Typically there are 2-3 assemblies per year.
Father/Daughter Dance
The sweetheart dance is a special event where all students are able to ask a special adult in their life to accompany them to school one evening for a dance party! The School Dance Committee Chairperson oversees the School Dance which usually takes place in February. They organize and plan the event as well as coordinate volunteers to help during the event, collect funds, and advertise the event through the Lion’s Roar, Website, and Dandy’s Weekly PTA News. This position runs from December - February.
Mother/Son Event - Open for 23/24 school year
Committee details coming soon.
Multi-Cultural Fair - Open for 23/24 school year
Every Spring, Los Alamitos celebrates the Multicultural Faire where families get to showcase all the countries and cultures represented at our school. Students create posters to educate visitors on their country and culture and many wear traditional clothing and provide samples of traditional food. The event includes a fashion show and many other special surprises! Visitors of the event receive a passport which they have stamped at each country as they travel through the faire. The Multicultural Fair Chairperson(s) is responsible for all aspects of coordinating the event, including organizing the fashion show and food trucks. They are responsible for promotion of the event and gathering volunteers to help with set-up and tear-down after the event. This position runs from February - April.
Munch-N-Movie Night
Munch n Movie Night is an event that takes place each year usually in September. During this event a movie is shown on the baseball field at school. Families are able to purchase dinner and snacks and bring their blankets and lawn chairs to school to watch a movie under the stars! The Munch n Movie Night Chairperson is responsible for selecting the movie (with guidance from the PTA President and Principal), coordinates food trucks and concessions and gathers any necessary volunteers. This position runs from the end of August - September.
Staff Appreciation - Open for 23/24 school year
We love our teacher and staff and we like to spoil them a few times a year! The Staff Appreciation Committee coordinates four themed luncheons per year and provides snacks during conference times. Committee members seek donations of food, etc. for the luncheons and/or volunteers to set up, serve, and clean up at the luncheons. The Staff Appreciation Chair is responsible for coordination of each event. This is a year-long position.
Variety Show
The Variety Show is our annual Spring talent show. Any student at Los Alamitos who is interested in sharing a special talent, (singing, dancing, magic tricks, etc.) are welcome to enter. On the day of the Variety Show we have food trucks and snacks to enjoy while you watch the show! The Variety Show Committee is responsible for planning, coordinating, and promoting the Variety Show. The Variety Show normally takes place at the end of May. The Variety Show Chair oversees planning, auditions, dress rehearsal, volunteers, sound coordination, stage set up, decor, food vendors and tear down. They are responsible for creating and distributing flyers to students. No experience in entertainment is necessary. A positive attitude and some time is all that is needed. This position runs from March - April.
Yearbook
Each year the PTA creates our yearbook. We spend a few months gathering as many photos as we can from parents and then set to work to put the yearbook together. The Yearbook Committee is responsible for putting the annual yearbook together. This group coordinates event photography, classroom page creators, advertises yearbook sales, track sales and works with the vendor for ordering and distributing the yearbooks. This position is a year-long position with a majority of the work taking place in April - May.
Additional Committees
Membership
The Membership committee is busy at work at the beginning of each school year! This committee will help to develop PTA materials that will provide new and existing families information about the PTA, including, what does the PTA do, why should you join the PTA and how can we involve more volunteers. This committee will develop, produce and distribute materials to educate families about the PTA and will lead a membership drive in the Fall in order to get as many families as possible to join the PTA. The Membership Committee Chairperson is responsible for gathering a team to help (if necessary), for producing and distributing materials and for maintaining the membership database. This includes regular updates on how many members have joined during our membership drive. This is a year round position, however most of the work takes place in August/September.
Dandy Day’s Black and White Ball - Open for 23/24 school year
Dandy’s Black & White Ball takes place in the Fall and consists of a dinner at the Almaden Country Club along with a silent and live auction. This committee chairperson is responsible for planning, coordinating and promoting the event. They oversee the entire event and support all sub-committee leads. Planning for the event begins in March for a November event. Wrap up takes place around December-January.
Dandy Day Activities
The Dandy Day Activity Committee will plan, coordinate, set-up and monitor all of the activities for Dandy Day. They will set booth prices for each activity and will collect, count and track the number of tickets collected for each booth after the event. They oversee all booths, activities, food trucks and volunteers for the day. This position runs from August - October.
Dandy Day Walk-a-thon
The Dandy Day walk-a-thon takes place during Dandy Day, our largest fundraiser of the year. Students will be able to collect online pledges from their friends, family, neighbors in order to raise money for the Dandy Drive. On Dandy Day students will come to school to take part in the walk-a-thon where they walk laps around the baseball field. The number of laps each student completes are tracked and there are a number of prizes based on laps walked and money raised. The Dandy Day Walk-A-Thon (WAT), Co-Chairs are responsible for planning, coordinating, and promoting the walk-a-thon. They are also responsible for working with our online platform donation provider to get all students who want to participate set-up with a fundraising page. They are responsible for helping to find volunteers to aid them for the day of the walk-a-thon for tracking laps and crowd control. This position runs from August - October.
Book Fair (Scholastic)
The scholastic book fair is held each year in the Fall. The Scholastic Book Fair Committee Chairperson(s) schedules the fair, coordinates/trains volunteers, helps set-up/take down the fair, advertises the fair (signs around school, Lion’s Roar, PTA Email Blast, etc.) and organizes classroom visits and family nights. The Scholastic book fair is held once a year, generally in September. This position runs from August - September.
Book Fair (Hicklebee’s)
The Hicklebee’s Book Fair happens once per year, typically in the Spring. The Hicklebee’s Book Fair Committee Chairperson schedules the book fair, coordinates/trains volunteers, helps set-up/take down the fair, advertises the fair (signs around school, Lion’s Roar, PTA Email Blast, etc.), and organizes classroom visits, family nights and assemblies (if necessary). This book fair is held once a year, generally in the spring. This position runs from February - March.
Penguin Patch
Committee details coming soon.
Family Fun Nights
Family Fun Nights are typically monthly events that members of the school community can choose to take part in. This could include a wide range of things such as restaurant nights or special nights for our school, such as San Jose Giants games, San Jose Earthquakes games or roller skating at The Plex. These events are great for building community spirit and a portion of sales of meals/tickets goes back to the PTA. The Family Fun Night Chairperson is responsible for scheduling each fun night, promoting it through flyers, emails and social media and collecting the check and giving it to the treasurer after the event has ended. This is a year-long position.
School Supply Packs
School Supply packs are sold at the end of every school year for the upcoming year. These packs allow parents to purchase online all of the supplies their students will need for the next school year. A portion of the sales of the school supply packs goes back to the PTA. The School Supply Pack Committee Chair is responsible for setting up the school supply pack fundraiser for the upcoming school year. This person makes sure that the school supply contract is signed with the vendor, coordinates school supply lists with the teachers, manages and advertises the online sale. This person also coordinates volunteers to help put the supply packs together and distribute them prior to school starting. This is a year round position with most of the work done at the end of the school year and during the first week of school. There are some small tasks to handle in the winter and spring.
Spirit Wear
Los Alamitos sells a number of spirit wear items. These include t-shirts, sweatshirts and other items that can be worn to school on Fridays. There are also items for other members of the family! With our vendor all items are purchased online by parents and shipped directly to their homes. The Spirit Wear Committee Chair is responsible for managing the relationship we have with our spirit wear vendor. This includes keeping track of monthly sales (numbers sent monthly from our vendor), ensuring that the correct products are being displayed on our website, and making sure to promote monthly spirit wear sales run by our vendor. This position can be done remotely and only requires a small time commitment each month. This is a year-long position.
SCRIP/eSCRIP
SCRIP gift cards allow you to purchase gift cards from local and national retailers. These gift cards are sold to you at face value, however a portion of the sales price goes back to the PTA. The SCRIP gift cards are sold online through our PTA Membership Toolkit and on campus at school during drop off. The SCRIP Chairperson keeps the “scrip box” stocked of gift cards and helps increase awareness and participation in the eSCRIP program. They solicit local vendors to participate in the SCRIP program. They make sure the SCRIP table is staffed with 2 sellers per shift (morning & afternoon) per school day. This person also advertises SCRIP in the weekly email blasts, Lion’s Roar, website, and Facebook page. The chairperson(s) are required to attend PTA meetings and give a brief report on current sales, happenings, and issues. This position has weekly duties: counts the income & reconciles with the orders, gives deposit to the depositor for bank deposit Counts the SCRIP inventory & reconciles with the orders for that week (this is done on a spreadsheet). Report sales and any issues to the PTA President and VP of Ways & Means each week (a copy of the spreadsheet is also sent). This is a year-long position.
Hospitality
The Hospitality committee helps the PTA in a number of different ways. They make sure that coffee and refreshments are available if there are morning PTA General meetings, they ensure that we recognize our staff members on special days throughout the year (principals day, nurses day, etc.) and the ensure that we have gifts for teachers or staff members who may be retiring from Los Alamitos at the end of the school year. The Hospitality Chairperson will organize, purchase and distribute recognitions and will coordinate refreshments at general PTA meetings. This is a year-long position.
