Laurel School Parent Teacher Organization
Executive Board & Committees
PTO Executive Board
PTO Committees
- President: Carla Posthauer
- Co-Vice Presidents: Alisa Francis & Debbie Rice
- Treasurer: Gina Ryan
- Financial Secretary: Stacy Jones
- Recording Secretary: Sara Richter
- Corresponding Secretary: Debi Rice
- Auditor: Susan Fekete
- Historian: Johanna Cookson
- Parliamentarian: Tracy Uyeki
- Head Room Parent Coordinator: Mary Sapountzis
- Encinal Liaison: Joni Weseloh
- Principal: Linda Creighton
- Teacher Representative: Kristin Foley
PTO Committees
: Kristi Waldron
Manages, schedules and contracts for all after school programs; ensures program compliance with school safety and protocol requirements.
: Carolee Hazard & Danielle Wood
Create, organize and manage this school-wide, volunteer-intensive
event. Scheduled for April 15th, 2010. Volunteers help conduct art
and/or science workshops pre-designed for grades K-2 and/or help with
overall event organization.
: Darcy Leschly & Heather Goudey
Organizes and manages shuttle services between Encinal and Laurel
schools. Requires three people, one for each the Tinsley bus, Newton
and City shuttles. For details, click here.
: Elizabeth Katz & Alisa Francis
Organizes, manages, sets-up and works at this weeklong "book
extravaganza". Date for this year is 10/4 - 10/9. Offers many
volunteer opportunities.
: Joan Solari & Ninette Wong
Develops PTO fundraising partnerships with local businesses,
coordinates the Box Tops program and administers and promotes to
Laurel and Encinal families.
: Mari Chazen, Amy Kratzer, and Lora Christen
Reaches out locally, nationally and globally. Assists children and
families in need, and is also designed to help instill a giving heart
in our students; coordinates Backpack/Supply Drive, Thanksgiving Food
Drive, Holiday Toy Drive and Pennies for Peace.
: Kristl Wong
Organize and manage the registration and set-up of the numbered carpool system at Laurel.
: Leslie Heller, Bernice van der Meer, Kristy Moesler
Organize, manage and display Classes of the Month, three per month, in the lobby of Laurel.
: Rena Hafeez
Works with the school to assess emergency supply needs. Helps create
Emergency ID tags and organizes storage and access to supplies.
: Mari Chazen
Provides healthy breakfast snacks to a select group of students before
the start of the school day on M, W and F. Missy Pimental coordinates the program and provides other snacks on T and Th.
: Robin Buckley
Work with staff, teachers, and other PTO committees to find new
opportunities for environmental education programs, school
initiatives, and green practices; maintain existing programs such as
the zero waste lunch composting and recycling awareness.
: Betsy Baum
Organizes the first event-based fundraiser of the year. Potluck
dinner for the entire school, designed to be a community event for the
whole family.
: Jan Penagos
Works with Mrs. Noon's and Ms. Herzlinger's Art Classes by organizing
volunteers per class. Organizes, sets up and takes down (via
committee of art class volunteers) the weeklong Fine Arts Festival in
the spring.
: Sheila Jimenez
Help our office staff with required registration materials in the
fall; sort and alphabetize the forms; make photocopies and collate
mailings; and generally help out when needed during the first few busy
weeks of school. Throughout the year, periodically answer the phone
during staff meetings or parties.
: Jennifer Crain
Makes signs/banners/posters to post at and around school to promote
various PTO activities.
: Mary Sapountzis
Organizes and communicates volunteer activities and parent-involved
events of the classroom. Acts as liaison among the teacher, the
parents and the PTO.
: Mary Sapountzis
Plans and organizes a holiday boutique of home-baked goods, craft
items, holiday plants, etc. All proceeds benefit the PTO. Held on the
day of the Winter Sing. Date for 2009 is Friday, December 11.
: April Buhl, Bita Arabian
Provides "hospitality" to community events involving parents and
community. Main events are Back to School Coffee, fall and spring
General PTO Meetings and the Volunteer Tea.
: Rebecca Wang, Pam Fernandes
Coordinates the hot lunch program: works closely with vendor to
provide hot lunch and maintain online ordering website; recruits
parent volunteers to distribute lunches to all students on a daily
basis.
: Mary Sapountzis
Coordinates (with the teachers) a fall art-activity PTO fundraiser.
Students' artwork is available for production on multiple household
items, including note-cards, pot holders, mugs, mouse pads, etc...
: Jen Nelson
Manages, orders and sells Laurel Logowear, including t-shirts, shorts,
bags, etc.. Sets up sales venues at main events e.g. Back to School
Coffee, Laurel Potluck, Holiday Boutique.
: Kristin Brosamer
Coordinates Laurel Library volunteer master schedule, communicates the
librarian's policies and procedures, and recruits and trains Classroom
Library Liaisons to manage schedule conflicts.
: Leslie Heller, Bernice van der Meer, Kristy Moesler
Organize and arrange dates for professional photography company to
come to Laurel for school pictures. Recruit volunteers for photo days
to help with managing the students.
: Christine Goodin
Matches volunteers with 2nd graders for one-on-one reading one time
per week, for an hour maximum. Provides training to volunteers.
: Open
Plans and organizes the last all-school event of the year. Works with
Mary Beckstrom to arrange the all-student sing, which includes a
send-off to departing 2nd graders.
: Stephanie Heller
Sponsor a Book promotes and facilitates the adoption of new books for
the Laurel library. Help promote books to be sponsored, which offer a
great way to honor friends and family while supporting our library.
: Kristin Seuell, Suzanne Portugal
Hosts various events and provides gifts of appreciation throughout the
year to help honor Laurel teachers, aides and administration staff for
all that they do to educate and nurture our children. For more
information, click here.
: Andrew Young & Monty Gong
Help maintain the Laurel website, post links and flyers for the newsletter, and update the calendar. Work from home. HTML knowledge required.
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