PTA Committees
Creekside is a special place, a school that we can all be proud of. As Creekside continues to grow and to develop its own personality, parental involvement is more important than ever! This listing includes information on committees that are in the most need of parent volunteers as committee members and chairpersons. Please join the PTA in making this a successful school year! If you are interested in one of the opportunities below, or would like more information on volunteering through PTA in general, please contact Lori Farley at lfarley1@nc.rr.com.
Bookfair
Chairperson: Need a Volunteer!
Give our children the gift of reading! Two book fairs are held each year in the media center and feature a wide selection of children and adult books for purchase. The 2008 – 2009 book fairs are scheduled for late November/early December and early April. Please contact Lori Farley at lfarley1@nc.rr.com to help prepare for these highly anticipated events!
Carnival
Chairperson: Shay Charles
Do you want to have some springtime fun? Then join this committee to plan Creekside’s 5th Annual Spring Carnival & Raffle anticipated to be held in April 2010. This committee is active from December through May. Contact Shay at shaycharles@nc.rr.com for details on how to volunteer!
Cultural Arts
Chairperson: Need a Chair
Are you a creator yourself, or do you simply have an appreciation for the arts? Then share your enthusiasm with our students by arranging for special events, exhibitions, and presentations from various forms of media including dance, art, music, etc. The sky is your limit! This committee will be active year round. Contact Lori at <a href="mailto:lfarley1@nc.rr.com to help out.
Duke Concessions
Chairperson: Need a Chair
The concession stand operated during Duke’s home football and basketball games has been enormously successful for Creekside, earning over $10,000 last year! Volunteers are needed to help operate the stand during each game. Volunteer for as little as one game or for every game! Please consider helping out so that we can keep this vital source of funding up and running! Email Lori Farley at lfarley1@nc.rr.com for details on how to volunteer! The Duke football and basketball schedules can be found at www.goduke.com.
Eagle Eye Awards
Chairperson: Tina Castro
This committee is active year round and is a great addition to our fundraising efforts. Help collect, count and submit Campbell’s labels and Box Tops. Help spread the word about these simple fundraisers as well as programs at Harris Teeter, Kroger, Target and more! Contact Tina at tina.casto@gmail.com.
Family Involvement and Welcome
Chairpersons: Sha’Ronn Brown
This year, the Creekside PTA hopes to increase family involvement. So it is important that the Family Involvement & Welcome committee recruits some enthusiastic and creative parents. The committee chair, Sha’Ronn Brown (spbrown19@aol.com) has already been brainstorming. But we need YOU to help coordinate events to get the whole family involved in learning & fun at Creekside. Please contact the committee chair if you have some ideas or time to share. We want to make this year an awesome one at Creekside. This committee will be active throughout the year.
Fundraising
Chairperson:
This committee is active during the fall fundraiser and the Spring Carnival and is vital to the success of our PTA! Committee members assist with packet preparation/delivery, order collection/distribution and securing business donations for the Spring raffle. This is a fun way to help out so please contact Heather for details.
Grounds and Gardens
Chairperson: Robbyn LaBelle
Calling all parents with a green thumb or an eye for ways that we can keep our school bright and beautiful! This committee will be responsible for improving the landscape, play areas, and general appearance of our school. Won’t you lend us a hand (or a shovel!)? This committee will be active year round. Contact Robbyn LaBelle at robbyn.labelle@dpsnc.net for more information.
Grant Writing: Melissa Rooney
While money isn’t everything, it goes a long way to ensure our students’ success. This committee will research funding opportunities from local, regional and national sources to fund projects at Creekside such as the addition of Specialist faculty in technology and science, school beautification and specific classroom/lesson plan related requests. This committee will be active year round. Please contact Melissa at mmr121570@yahoo.com to help us secure what our students need!
Legislative Issues
Chairperson: Will Polk
Help the PTA stay informed on Durham County and State initiative that may impact the education and safety of our students. Current issues include proposed changes to traffic patterns near Creekside and the new home impact-fee. This committee will be active year round. Contact Lori Farley at lfarley1@nc.rr.com for more information.
Membership
Chairperson: Elizabeth Oas, Crystal Paiz and Kokeya Evans
This committee is active throughout the year but most active in the first semester. The committee reaches out to parents to increase PTA membership, collects membership dues and distributes membership cards. Please contact Elizabeth or at Elizabeth.Oas@dpnc.net or Crystal.Paiz@dpnc.net to help out.
Movie Nights
Chairperson: Need a Chairperson
Help us continue our tradition of Creekside Family Movie Nights! We show a recently released family movie in the gym on the last Friday or most school months. Admission is always FREE and we sell very reasonable priced concessions for dinner and snacks. We need volunteers to help set up, sell concessions and clean up afterwards. For more information, please contact Lori Farley at Lfarley1@nc.rr.comt.
Multi-Cultural
Chairperson: Crystal Paiz
Be a part of creating a new tradition at Creekside and help plan our 2nd International Night and provide other opportunities for our students to explore the world. This committee will be active throughout the year. Please contact Crystal at Crystal.paiz@dpsnc.netto lend a hand.
Newsletter
Chairperson:
Are you interested in publishing? This committee is responsible for soliciting and creating valuable information for Creekside families then publishing that information in The Aerie, our monthly PTA newsletter. Contact Nicole at ndi217@aol.com if you’d like to help.
Physical Fitness and Wellness
Chairperson: Need a Volunteer!
Be active and be healthy! That’s the message that this committee would get out to our children. You would help to arrange school-wide events such as Field Day and perhaps speakers and exhibitions related to physical health. This committee may also develop ideas such as incentive programs and rewards for healthy habits! This committee will be active throughout the year. Contact Lori Farley at lfarley1@nc.rr.com for more information on how you can be involved.
Reading Incentives
Chairperson: Nancy Loyack
Good reading skills are an important foundation for every student, and at Creekside we would like to provide our children with the support and encouragement they need to become successful, enthusiastic book lovers! This committee will be responsible for developing incentives and other programming so that each student can reach their full reading potential! This committee will be active throughout the year. Contact Nancy at nloyack@nc.rr.com to help with this.
Room Parents
Chairperson: Andreya Gomez
These parents work to arrange special events such as fall and spring celebrations and to meet other needs for individual classrooms. Contact Andreya at andreya.gomez@gmail.com to help out our great staff!
Science Week
Chairperson: Melanie Duhon
You don’t need to be science-minded to join this committee – only a desire to help our children discover science is needed! This committee organizes speakers for in-class presentations, Science Festival and the student science fair. The 5th Annual Science Week will be held in March of 2009. The committee is active from December through April. Please contact Melanie at melanieduhon@hotmail.com for more information on volunteering for this committee!
School Spirit
Chairperson:
Here is your chance to show your Creekside spirit! This committee will run the spirit store at selected school and PTA events will coordinate t-shirt sales and will organize school-wide spirit days/weeks. This committee is active throughout the year. Please show your spirit and contact Michele today at michele@netcontrolcorp.com!
Staff Appreciation
Chairperson: Sha’Ronn Brown
One of Creekside’s most precious assets is our staff! This committee is responsible for the planning of monthly events and the planning of the school’s weeklong celebration in May! Contact Sha’Ronn Brown at spbrown19@aol.com if you can help!
Exceptional Child Program
Chairperson: Barbara Lowe-Greenlee
Does your Child have an IEP (Individualized Education Plan)? If so, the Exceptional Children’s Program of the PTA (EC PTA) is for you! We are a group of parents, educators and administrators working to support the EC population and the Durham Council of PTAs mission of: “One voice for every child in DPS advocating for the education, health, and success of all children and youth while building strong families and communities.” Contact Barbara Lowe-Greenlee at barbaralowe7@yahoo.com if you can help!
Website and Publicity
Chairperson: Jeff VanDrimmelen
The Creekside PTA has a wonderful website that is a valuable source if information for our families. If you are interested in web design or if you would like to help publicize all the wonderful things that Creekside does please contact Jeff at jeffvand@gmail.com.
5th Grade Events and Graduation
Chairperson: Meleeka Speight
Co-chairs are being sought for this committee from 4th and 5th grade parents. The 5th grade co-chair would oversee fundraising and other “fun” gatherings to ensure the last year of elementary school was memorable and would assist the class in selecting and purchasing a class gift to be given to the school at graduation. The 4th grade co-chair would work with school administration to coordinate the graduation and reception so that 5th grade parents could sit back and enjoy the moment! This committee will be active throughout the year, but primarily during the Spring semester.
