GPES Volunteer for 2021-2022 School Year

Before/After School Programs Coordinator

serve as liaison with vendors that offer before- and after-school programs at GPES.

Webmaster (2)

manage and update the GPESPTA website

Event Co-Chairs: Restaurant Night (2)

Coordinate fundraiser nights at local restaurants.

Event Co-chairs: Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept-Oct) (2)

Plan and organize activities (e.g., information-sharing on the morning announcements, interactive activity or event for students) honoring Hispanic heritage

Event Co-Chair: Fall Book Fair (Oct) (2)

Work with Scholastic to plan multi-day event for kids, teachers, staff, and parents. The Fall Book Fair typically takes place in October.

Event Co-Chairs: Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF (Oct) (2)

Promote the campaign by sending home boxes with a flyer in October. Collect boxes after Halloween and turn in monies to Coinstar.

Event Co-chair: Native American Heritage Month (Nov)

Plan and organize activities (e.g., information-sharing on the morning announcements, interactive activity or event for students) honoring Native American heritage

Event Co-Chairs: Building Services Appreciation Week (Nov) (2)

Coordinate donations from GPES families and local merchants, and plan activities to recognize our hardworking building services staff. Typically held in November.

"Thankful for GPES Staff" Thanksgiving Pies (2)

Coordinate effort to solicit donations of Pies (must be made in a bakery or store-bought) from parents and local merchants for teachers and staff of Garrett Park. These will be given out the Wednesday before Thanksgiving in a lottery system.

Event Co-Chairs: Kids Coding Night (Dec) (2)

Plan event as part of National Coding Week and Hour of Code (typically December).

Event Co-chair: Black History Month (February)

Plan and organize activities (e.g., information-sharing on the morning announcements, interactive activity or event for students) honoring Black History. This year we will focus on Black entrepreneurs and self-made millionaires.

Event Co-chair: Women's History Month (March)

Plan and organize activities (e.g., information-sharing on the morning announcements, interactive activity or event for students) honoring women's history

Planning Committee: International Night (March or April) (5)

This large-scale and popular GPES event involves country displays, cultural performances.

Event Co-chair: Inclusive Earth Day (April) (2)

Plan and organize activities (e.g., information-sharing on the morning announcements, interactive activity or event for students) to honor Earth Day and a diversity of perspectives on the human relationship to the environment (e.g., Indigenous knowledge)

Event Co-Chair: Spring Environmental STEM Night (2)

possible event, if we have volunteer leadership

Event Co-Chair: Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (May)

Plan and organize activities (e.g., information-sharing on the morning announcements, interactive activity or event for students) honoring Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage

Event Co-Chairs: Africa Day (May 25) (2)

Plan and organize activities (e.g., information-sharing on the morning announcements, interactive activity or event for students) honoring African heritage

Event Co-Chairs: LGBTQ Pride Month (June) (2)

Plan and organize activities (e.g., information-sharing on the morning announcements, interactive activity or event for students) celebrating families with members who identify as LGBTQ+