Parent Volunteers Needed

Parents or Guardians,

Learning is something that spans a person's lifetime and can impact an entire community.  Learning paired with high expectations is definitely how I would describe the way things run at North Middle.  The more we pull together as a community, the better the results will be.  Because of this, I am always looking for classroom volunteers.  In our classroom there are plenty of ways you can help-- and not all of them require you to be in the building. 

One area that we could use a lot of help is book orders.  Each month, Scholastic sends out book orders for the kids.  These orders usually offer good deals as well as provide us with an opportunity to expand the classroom library.  In the past, my execution of book orders has been sporadic.  I could really use a parent or two who would be willing to separate the order forms, place the orders and help manage this system overall.  There is a way that we can set up online ordering, but I haven't had time to look into this.  This job would require you to come in once a month to place any orders that were not submitted online and make sure the order is closed out.

Another area that we could use help is when we are doing station work.  I have never facilitated such a regular use of literacy work stations.  I am worried that organization will become an issue.  I would love to have a few volunteers for these days that would be able to help maintain the organization and even offer support to students in the stations if you feel comfortable enough.  As of right now, I am considering station work every Thursday and it may pick up, as we all get used to it.  I say a few volunteers because I realize that your time is valuable as well and you may not be able to commit to an entire day.  The work can certainly be split.  If the students are taught right away how to keep the stations organized, then the learning time can be maximized.

Maximizing learning time is always important.  If you would like to come in to work with a student or a small group on their reading or writing skills, we can work out a tutoring schedule. 

I am always looking for ways to honor the community contributions that our students are making.  If you see an article highlighting a student from North, please send it in to be posted on our Community Helpers bulletin board.  Anyone who would also like to help maintain this board is welcome.

From time to time there is laminating to do, bulletin boards to update and small things like this.  I am confident that between the teachers, there would be plenty of little jobs if you have some time.  Just let us know when you might be available and we will get it all together.

If you have more ways you feel you can help in our class or the school in general, please let me know. 

Thank You for all you do for the kids.

Mrs. Benson