PCO Committee Sign Ups 2021-2022

Check if you are willing to have your contact info shared with the school in case they need any help with tasks (20)

The school sometimes asks for helpers for lunch, recess, filing, prepping materials...

I have an idea for a fundraiser or event (10)

If so, are you willing to run it?

Autumn Parent Social Volunteers (2)

Help plan this adults only social event; a sign up will come out later for day of volunteers and other helpers

Blooming Bash Volunteers (8)

Work on this year round event (August-March). Help plan all aspects of a successful fundraising event.

Book Fair Chair (2)

Research and select a vendor for an in-person, virtua or at a store book fair. Plan, advertise, organize volunteers.

Book Fair Volunteers (2)

To help plan, sign up here. Look for a future sheet with day of tasks.

ECS Bakers (20)

Commit to being a baker on call for school bake sales (about 3-4/ year) and staff appreciation

ECS Merchandise Chair (2)

Plan and manage the sale of ECS t-shirts, sweatshirts, magnets or other customized products. Includes product design, working with products vendors, producing order forms, processing orders, and distribution. Requires 2 co-chairs + 4 vol.

ECS Merchandise Volunteers (8)

Help sort and distribute merchandise orders to each classroom.

Election Day Bake Sale Volunteers (3)

help shop and gather supplies; day of sign up sheet for food and volunteers will come out later.

Fall Festival Chair (2)

Help to plan this fun family event! This is one of the PCO's best attended events so be ready to pull together something fun!

Fall Festival Volunteers (6)

Work on the committee to plan the event; many day of volunteers are needed and a separate sign up will be published.

General Fundraising (5)

Be on the committee ready to help with various fundraising projects- plan, execute, support with online data management...

Fall Fundraising Drive Co-Chair

Help plan a successful fundraising campaign highlighting the ways the staff has been helped by the PCO. Organize a social media plan.

Family Game Night Co-Chair

Plan, publicize and run this event. Involves acquiring games (donated or purchased) for game raffle and borrowing board games for the evening. Requires 2 co-chairs and 4 volunteers.

Family Game Night volunteer (2)

Work with the committee to plan; 10 volunteers will be needed day of and there will be a separate sign up.

First day of school coffee- PS (4)

Handle refreshments and welcome families to a new year at ECS!

First day of school coffee- IS (4)

First day of school coffee- MS (4)

First day of school coffee- HS (4)

Gingerbread House Spectacular Volunteer (6)

Volunteers needed to shop and plan. Add'l SU will come out later to volunteer day of.

Hoagie sale chair- PS and IS (2)

Organize a hoagie sale with the vendor, Peppis, manage order and handle day of pick up/ distribution logistics

Hoagie Sale Chair- MS/HS (2)

Organize a hoagie sale with the vendor, Peppis, manage order and handle day of pick up/ distribution logistics

Ice Skating event chair (2)

Secure a venue, advertise and be present to greet families

Lost and Found- PS (2)

You'll be the one the school contacts when the mountain needs some sorting and purging. You can delegate as needed.

Lost and Found- IS (2)

You'll be the one the school contacts when the mountain needs some sorting and purging. You can delegate as needed.

Lost and Found- HS (2)

You'll be the one the school contacts when the mountain needs some sorting and purging. You can delegate as needed.

Kennywood Co-Chair

Sell tickets to the annual ECS Kennywood Day. Involves contacting Kennywood to arrange for ticket sales, publicizing the sale, and selling tickets before and after school and at school events a few times in May and June. Involves at-home work.

Kennywood Day Volunteers (2)

Help with ticket sales as outlined in the chair description. Serve as a host at our pavillion (not required to stay there all day but pop in to greet families)

Mini Grant Volunteers (8)

Movie Day Co-Chair

Plan family-centered movie events at ECS and/or Waterworks Theaters by choosing a movie, publicizing the event, coordinating with the school/theater, and arranging refreshments. Requires 2 co-chairs and 2 volunteers.

Movie Day Volunteers (3)

Greet families, help with any onsite logistical support

Plant Sales Co-Chair

Help the current plant sale chair plan the annual spring plant sale, fall mum sale and holiday plant sale. Involves working with plant vendors, producing paper and online order forms, processing orders, planning and staffing pick-up day.

PCO Pulse Newsletter

Help with content, editing and publishing

Plant Sales Volunteers (fall, winter, spring) (16)

Unload delivery truck, sort orders, assist w pick up. Curbside pickup is used currently to keep volunteers and customers safe along with other safety measures.

Restaurant Fundraiser organizer

Lots of local and chain restaurants offer fundraising nights for schools. Just show up, say you're with ECS PCO and the PCO gets a % of sales. Help sign up up for some and publicize them!

Scavenger Hunt Co-Chair

Responsibilities include: coming up with the routes, walking the routes to determine clues, writing clues, and creating maps and corresponding clue sheets. Need to be present during the scavenger hunt at the base and not participate in the hunt.

Scavenger Hunt Volunteers (2)

Send your kiddo(s) off with another friends while you stay behind and assist with registration, checking in completed hunts, prizes...

School Directory Co-Chair

Design and produce the ECS school directory. Includes data collection, data management, and designing & distributing the final product. Requires 2 co-chairs and 1-2 volunteers.

School Directory Volunteers (2)

Help with ad sales and content of directory

Staff Appreciation Co-Chair- district wide

Plan, run and organize appreciation activities throughout the school year.

Staff Appreciation Volunteers- district wide (6)

Staff appreciation PS (2)

Can you be the go-to helper for staff appreciation at PS? Maybe getting involved in the whole district committee sounds overwhelming? Maybe logistically it's just easier to focus your efforts at PS? Work with the district wide chairs to plan.

Staff appreciation IS (2)

Can you be the go-to helper for staff appreciation at IS? Maybe getting involved in the whole district committee sounds overwhelming? Maybe logistically it's just easier to focus your efforts at IS? Work with the district wide chairs to plan.

Staff appreciation MS (2)

Can you be the go-to helper for staff appreciation at MS? Maybe getting involved in the whole district committee sounds overwhelming? Maybe logistically it's just easier to focus your efforts at MS? Work with the district wide chairs to plan.

Staff appreciation HS (2)

Can you be the go-to helper for staff appreciation at HS? Maybe getting involved in the whole district committee sounds overwhelming? Maybe logistically it's just easier to focus your efforts at HS? Work with the district wide chairs to plan.

Storage IS (2)

Looking for a volunteer to keep the PCO storage organized and tidy. Help is most needed after events. This can be done on your own schedule with the permission of the office manager and prinicpals.

Summer Events- 6-8th Chair (2)

The PCO will provide a budget, you provide the idea! Plan a get together for our middle schoolers such as rent a pavillion in a park for a casual hang out and games. Other ideas welcome!

Summer Event 6-8th volunteer (2)

Help the event chairs!

Summer event 9th-10th Chair (2)

Help plan a fun gathering for our high schoolers! Like MS, maybe meet at a park pavillion or pool and meet/reconnect with friends. Support and guidance will be provided.

Summer event 9th-10th volunteer (2)

Help the chairs plan a fun gathering for our high schoolers.

Uniform Re-Use Chair

Collect donations of gently used uniform clothing and plan two or more events, usually at the beginning of the school year, Fall Festival and Earth Night, during which families can purchase used uniform clothing. Requires 2 co-chairs and 6 volunteers.

Welcome Committee Chair- 1/building (4)

note any school building preference; help determine ways to successfully reach out to and include new families (events, phone call,...)

Uniform Re-use volunteers (4)

Help transport uniforms and sort them before each sale. Work at the sale to assist customers and/or act as cashier.

Video editor for fundraiser

A short term project to edit videos for the PCO fundraiser scheduled to run in the fall.

Welcome Committee Volunteers (8)

Note preferred building(s)

Website Content Manager (2)

Work with the Communications Coordinator (entirely by e-mail) to clean up and simplify the existing content on the PCO website, re-organize navigation, and add in some updates. After initial website updating, time commitment is very minimal.

Yard Sale chair (2)

If permitted to host, help register ECS families to set up shop at ECS IS for the annual Regent Square yard sale in May. Chair will work with ECS as well as register the event with the RSCA.

Yard sale volunteer (2)

Help set up tables and coordinate any other logistical help

Yearbook- Chair (2)

Yearbook- volunteer (6)

help with photographing events, layout & design, sales, distribution and more- note if you have a specific interest