Friday, September 27, 2013

Room Parents and Volunteers

 
 
 
Hi. I hope everyone's week is going well. For all of the room parents, please send me the days your children attend school. Since the teachers have different children on different days, we will need to accommodate so that all the children have an opportunity to enjoy the festivities. Considering this, there will be parties on two days for each teacher and I will likely need some more volunteers. If I know what days your children attend it will help me see where we are going to need the extra help. If you are willing to help with more than your child's class room, please let me know that as well. Also, if you are ready to start planning with your child's teacher feel free to do so directly with the teacher.

I also still do not have any volunteers for October 1 and 2 in the PM to help with the Lions Club vision screenings. If anyone is interested please let me know. The workroom could use some volunteers especially in the months of November and December.

I would also like to remind everyone that each volunteer will need to have a background check submitted to central office. Just fill out the questionnaire and take it to the central office with a photo ID. Turn around is very quick but all volunteers must have one.

I would like to thank everyone who is pitching in and helping in anyway. I know everyone's lives are busy and your efforts are much appreciated.

Best Regards,
DeVanna

Monday, September 23, 2013

Class Parties

Hi everyone.  This is just an update so everyone is informed of some of the things going on.  I know many of us are ready to start planning for parties, but I wanted everyone to know that we will be restricted to what we can do as directed in the student handbook and elementary rules.  After talking to the school staff, we’ve learned that there will be two class parties.  One is a “Fall Party” and one is a “Spring Party.”   We will NOT be bringing food in for parties (with the licensing of the preschool all snacks are provided by the kitchen, we are not able to have outside snacks and we have lots of restricted diets and allergy rooms, so the kitchen knows how to prepare for each room), and there is a 30 minute “time limit” for each party.  So as you can see, we’ll have to make each of those 30 minutes count. J 
The dates for the parties have been set by the school.  The Fall Harvest Party will be Thursday November 21 and Friday November 22 (so that T/TH and MWF kiddos get a chance).  Morning class party time is 10:45-11:15; Afternoon class party time is 2:45-3:15.


The End of the Year Celebration (Spring party) will be Thursday, May 22 and Friday May 23.  Same times for AM and PM as the Fall Harvest Party. 


There are still teachers without room parents.  If you are interested and not listed below, please let me know.   


AM Classes
Ms. Krepps - Tanya Webb
Ms. Ravech - Alison Moyars
Ms. R. Hoffman -Sarah Reaves
Ms. Feller -
Ms. Sarles -

PM Classes
Ms. Krepps - Aubrielle Pluim
Ms. Ravech - Holly Barszcz
Ms. R. Hoffman -
Ms. Feller - Mary Jo Andretti
Ms. Sarles -Marcie Cates

AM Daycare
Ms. D. Hoffman -

PM Daycare
Ms. D. Hoffman -

Work Room
Allison Moyars
Sonja Davies
DeVanna Lawrence


I also have Michelle Artemeier and Natalie Reid who are willing to help out.

Staff Appreciation Committee

My deepest apologies to Carolyn Small and Kelly Genova.  I neglected to include our Staff Appreciation Committee...one of our most important!

Thank you to both of you for understanding my oversight and please accept my apology.

Friday, September 20, 2013

Volunteers

Hi everyone.  I hope you have had a great week.  I still need some help in the workroom if anyone is interested.  We are in the workroom on Fridays.  If you want to help out, it doesn't have to be a weekly commitment.  If you want to volunteer for a specific Friday, just send me the date :).   I was there with one other mom today and there was plenty of work to be done.  


Also, our school needs a couple of volunteers to come to the school to be extra hands on October 1 and 2 during the PM class times. The Brownsburg Lions Club is coming to do visual screenings.  


If you have not already, please go to the following link and print a volunteer background check form.   http://www.brownsburg.k12.in.us/documents/general/volunteercriminalhistory6-12.pdf.  After it is filled out, take it to Central Office with a photo ID.  It is a pretty quick turn around but we will all need one on file.
I hope you all have an enjoyable weekend and thanks for your willingness to help.

Best Regards,
DeVanna

Members, Field Trips, and Pup Strut Updates

Good afternoon!!!

I hope this message finds everyone doing well.  Since I've been quiet for awhile, I thought I should update you as to what's been going on.

First off, I thought I would start with some introductions.  Our executive board...

DeVanna Lawrence - Vice President
Tami Carnes - Treasurer
Sonja Davies - Secretary

Special thanks to these amazing parents for accepting these positions.  I look very forward to working with you all as we make our PSG a reality.

Our committee chairs...
Blog Spot - Amy Huang
Box Tops for Education - Alison Moyars
Facebook - Sonja Davies
Fundraising - Tami Carnes and Mary Jo Dial
Library Development - Amy Huang
Pup Strut - Tanya Webb and Brandi Johnson
Relay for Life - Marcie Cates
Snacks with Students - Michelle Artmeier
Workroom/Room Parent Administration - DeVanna Lawrence

Thank you to these parents as well.  You are an asset to the success of the organization.

The preschool informed me that we won't be able to have Field Trips because transportation costs have gone up too much.  Even the elementary schools are cutting back.  Instead, the PSG plans to assist in covering costs of the preschool bringing visitors and convocations to the students.  We are bringing the field trip to them!

Pup Strut is what I hope to be our main "get up and get moving" fundraiser.  Since most of the schools have this type of fundraiser about the time school gets started, we are going to have ours in the spring.  My hope is this will give families with older siblings a better opportunity to participate instead of aligning school fundraisers back to back.  Additionally, since this will be our first, we hope to have time to plan and learn from the process to build a stronger event for next year.;-)

The teachers are working on dates for us to have a fall and spring party.  Yeah!  I also wanted to start getting some other things on the calendar.  In talking with other PSGs, they typically make their calendars the May before the school year starts.  The calendar is then submitted to the school for approval.  Since we didn't exist until just this school year, we are probably not going to have a full calendar this 2013-2014 school year. 

Stay informed about what's going on in the PSG by subscribing to the blog spot and our Facebook page.  Those addresses are http://brownsburgearlychildhoodcenterpsg.blogspot.com

Thank you so very much for everything you do as volunteers and parents.

Regards,

Janet Moser
BECC PSG President

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Treasurer

Efforts to making our new PSG a reality are moving along! I'm looking for a responsible parent willing to be Treasurer. Please contact me if you are curious or interested! janet.a.moser@gmail.com

Room Parents Needed

Hello,

My name is DeVanna Lawrence and I'm the "Vice-President" of the Brownsburg Early Childhood Center PSG. I've been asked to reach out to you and identify volunteers to serve as "room parents" for each of the AM and PM classes at our children's school. The room parents will primarily help with parties, field trips, and other occasional school functions. We'd like to get a parent for each class and start working toward planning some activities. We're already moving into our second month of school and as we all know, the holidays are right around the corner. We're also looking for volunteers to help out in the work room, which essentially consists of making copies and laminating. The work room will be a weekly need for a couple of hours each week, but does not have to be the same person every week. If you have time, are interested, and would like to get involved, send me an email with your name and contact information. Thanks for considering this opportunity. I'm sure together we'll have lots of fun and most importantly the kids will have fun.

Best Regards,
DeVanna Lawrence
devannab@hotmail.com
(270) 217-0055

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

The Start of BECC PSG

Good afternoon, everyone!

Wow!  What a journey we have started.  Over the past couple of weeks, I've been in touch with nearly everyone indicating interest in helping out with PSG as a leader of some sort or a volunteer.  Frankly, I'm just in awe of the support.  Those preschoolers have amazing parents.

I've also learned a few things.  After making calls and being referred to one person after another, I found a binder at Brownsburg East Middle school detailing their journey to becoming an up and running PSG.  What this means for us is we will have to be patient while I find an attorney to help us get a Certificate of Incorporation, Employer Identification Number, Indiana Not For Profit Sales Tax Exemption and a 501(c)(3).  So, if any of you have attorney friends who can help us, please do not hesitate to contact me.

For those of you who have been appointed to an office or committee chairs, I would like you to start working on ideas and documenting everything.  I too would like to build a binder to pass onto the next generation of the BECC PSG.  This information will also help me to complete the writing of our by laws.  And, when we get everything in place, we will be ready to hit the ground running and having some fun!

Thank you all so very much for your participation.  I look forward to working with you all!

Janet Moser
BECC PSG President