Volunteer Opportunuties
Thanks to all our wonderful volunteers. Without you we could not make it.
Ongoing Opportunities
Volunteer at lunch time with the Parents Assisting Lunch Shifts (PALS) program. The PALS program is a fun and easy way to help the school and check out what is going on with the students. The volunteers' job is to help oversee the hall pass program when students leave the cafeteria during lunchtimes. The volunteer shift time on regular school days is 11:20am to 1:20pm. There is a brief break time between the lunch shifts. The scheduling goal is to have 2 volunteers each day. I am setting up the September 2009 volunteer schedule for the PALS program. Future months will be scheduled after back to school night. If you are available and interested in volunteering send to me as soon as possible:
-- If you are interested, please contact me at dcrisco@comcast.net (Dayna Crisco, PALS Coordinator)
Media Volunteers, daily 11:20-1:20 p.m. Help with checking in and reshelving books, filing items, and assisting students who visit the library during lunch. Contact Amy Schroeder at FritznAmy@aol.com (Amy Schroeder, PTA Volunteer Coordinator).
Recording Books on CDs: Maureen Kelly (Special Education) is looking for parent volunteers who are able to record books onto CDs for her to use in her classroom. Reading can be done at home. For more information, please contact maureen_kelly@hcpss.org
Current Opportunities
For Additonal Volunteer Opportunities
Click here to see the Bonnie Branch Volunteer Form , which describes all the volunteering opportunities available for parents. Print it out, fill it in and return it to your child's homeroom teacher. Questions? Contact Amy Schroeder at FritznAmy@aol.com (Amy Schroeder, PTA Volunteer Coordinator).
STEM Program: Do you like Science, Technology, Engineering and Math? Here is the perfect opportunity to help our students with the STEM program. The club meets on Thursdays from 3:00 PM to 04:30 PM beginning Dec. 10. If you are interseted or would like more information, please contact Mr. Keith Janelli at keith_janelli@hcpss.org.
Music Deptartment: The BBMS music teachers are looking for parent volunteers to help
with some clerical/administrative tasks during our full band and
chorus rehearsals. Primarily, we are looking for assistance during
period 5, from 11:23 to 12:03. Tasks include:
attendance
student materials checklists
monitoring of hallway pass distribution
If you are availabe even one day per week to help out, please contact
Mr. Humphrey or Mrs. Buchanan.
BUDDY FAMILIES NEEDED
We would like to have a list of "buddy" families that could be contact points for these new families. Basically just a welcoming voice/face to answer any questions they have and to make them feel at home here at BBMS. Please let me know by email today if you are interested in being one of these families.
LUNCH MONITORS
Bonnie Branch is in need of some parent volunteers to assist with monitoring the students at all lunch shifts. Our students' welfare, safety and general well being is everyone’s responsibility and unfortunately, at times, those lines can be tested. The school makes an effort to stay on top of the students and know where and what each one is doing at all times during the day. Unfortunately at lunch, that task becomes more difficult for the staff due to their own lunch breaks and with so many students doing different things at one time (i.e.– visiting the bathroom, in-room detentions, in-room testing/tutoring, visiting the media center, etc.) We know it is not always a fun job to sit at lunch, listen to excuses and sometimes attitudes, while handing out passes, but it is a necessary and important job. Please consider giving up even just one or two afternoons a month to help out. (And it doesn't have to be just moms who help, if a dad can help on his lunch break for even an hour – it would be great!) We promise you, the benefits to the school and students will be greatly felt. If you can help, please contact …Tiffany Wendt (PTA President) at tiffany_wendt@hcpss.org