Volunteer Needs

Thankfully we have seen an enormous amount of growth in our student enrolment here at Hyde Park School. To support these students with the financial, community, and infrastructure needs that are not provided by the district it is up to the PTO Organization to supplement. For us to continue our success we as an organization also need to grow, and we encourage our families to join our mission. Our reach needs to be broad so that we can incorporate the opinions and desires of all parents. We want to ask all of our parents that you please consider joining a committee and help lead our school to success.

Take a look below to find out more about the roles and committees that we need volunteers for each year. If something sparks your interest please click on the link and submit your information and someone from our team will reach out to you. Submitting your name does not mean you are automatically signed up, it simply means that it is something that you may consider and need more information about. Don’t hesitate……find something that you can do to support Hyde Park School!!!

PTO EXECUTIVE BOARD – Elected Positions

President

Ashley Hammond

Vice President

Hilary VanderMolen

Treasurer

Emily Ricciardi

Vice Treasurer

Kevin VanderMolen

Secretary

Michele Godsey

PTO EXECUTIVE BOARD – Appointed Positions

Fundraising Coordinator

Melissa DeMarcantonio

Volunteer Coordinator

Jacquie Purcell

Extracurricular Coordinator

Allison Moll

Athletic Director

Mike Brugh

FUNDRAISING POSTIONS

Box Tops Coordinator

Andrea Klocke

Restaurant Night Coordinator

Melissa DeMarcantonio

Spirit Wear Coordinator

Leah Wyrabkiewicz

Fall Fundraising Events

Read-a-Thon Coordinators

Rachel Curran & Julie Hamman

October is all about reading! PTO rolls out our 2^nd largest fundraiser of the year with a pledge to read. A month-long celebration that begins with a schoolwide rally, includes cross-grade buddy reading, and is full of fun reading inspired activities.

Pumpkin Smash Chairs

Melissa DeMarcantonio & TBA (email us if interested!)

The Pumpkin Smash co-chairs set the strategy for the Smash, maintaining the master calendar, recruiting committee chairs, obtaining permits, running Smash meetings, and supervising the Committee Chairs.

SPRING CELEBRATION

Spring Celebration Chairs

Lauren Amos & TBA (email us if interested!)

This event is our largest fundraiser and it provides an opportunity for HPS families, staff, and community supporters to celebrate our successful and growing school.

Spring Celebration - Silent Auction Committee

Assists in soliciting items from local businesses to feature in the silent auction as well as cataloguing/organizing donations for the event, including inputting them into auction software.

Spring Celebration - Student Art Committee

Work in combination with HPS students and HPS Art Teacher to create plan for a grade-based art piece to be sold at the Silent Auction.

Spring Celebration - Raffle Basket Committee

Works with Room Coordinators, HPS teachers, and parents to collect various donations to be assembled into baskets that are raffled at the Spring Celebration. Typically, Kindergarten parents take this lead as it’s an excellent way to meet other parents and become an active HPS community member!

Spring Celebration - Sponsorship Committee

Communicates with past sponsors as well as sends letters to/communicates with new local businesses in the effort to secure their sponsorship of the Spring Celebration event.

Spring Celebration - Teacher Experiences Coordinator

Works with HPS teachers to secure Teacher Experience donations to fundraise for the school. This position provides the details to PTO so that we can showcase these experiences to our families, so they can then “buy/bid” on them.

ADDITIONAL COMMITEES / ROLES

Field Day Coordinators

Mike Brugh & Bob Welch

Organizes our yearly school-wide field day! This is THE FAVORITE day of every kid at HPS.

Grounds Coordinator

Ed Paff

Gathers estimates for contractors to take care of the Hyde Park School Community Play Yard and then works with the board to schedule maintenance work and future beautification projects.

Room Coordinators

Our HPS Room Coordinators provide a channel of communication between parents and teachers. These parents are a part of the classroom environment in the following areas: Organize class parties, act as the room basket lead for Spring Celebrations, aid in teacher celebration, and assist in any teacher special requests. You are the front line for parents and we all thank you in advance for stepping up to do this!

Social Coordinator

Allison Orszak

HPS Socials are fundraiser parties, activities, and special events planned and hosted by parents, teachers/staff, or the PTO.

Spring Play Coordinators

TBA (email us if interested!)

We need some volunteers to design and build sets and costumes, organize ticket sales, product sales at the event, etc.

Teacher Appreciation Coordinator

Adaire Hiestand & TBA (email us if interested!)

Organizes the Fall & Spring conference days meals for staff. Aids the PTO Board in the planning of “Teacher Appreciation” week and provides overall support of activities directly related to HPS staff.

Lost and Found Organizer

Joanna Abrams

Helps organize, fold, and lay onto tables our lost and found items before school concerts. Also takes pictures of the lost items to be emailed out to parents twice a year.

Library Committee

Maggie Mucha – Lead

Did you know that the HPS library is staffed by parent volunteers before school starts every morning? It is open to all children during the morning drop-off period. Our greatest need is for parent volunteers who can help children check out books during that window. To volunteer, you should be able to commit to being there one morning a week from about 7:20 to 8:00am. If you’re not able to commit to a morning shift, we can still sometimes use volunteers who have daytime flexibility for special projects like adding new books to the collection and doing inventory. If you’re interested in becoming a library volunteer, please contact maggiemucha@gmail.com.