Parents Association

List of 7 items.

• Parents Association (PA) Board Positions

  • President
  • Vice President
  • Secretary - for each PA Board meeting, records all remarks and reports, tracks meeting attendance, distributes minutes and prepares meeting announcements.
  • Calendar Coordinator - serves as a clearing house for scheduling all Parents Association activities.

• School-Wide Events

  Plenty of opportunities in both leadership and helper roles for these events.
  

  • Fall Festival: A daylong event of games, activities and shopping for our school-wide community in October.
  • Winter Wonderland: A holiday event geared primarily to the Lower School in December.
  • Auction: An annual fundraising event that provides a wonderful opportunity for members of our community to come together in support of the school. (Every other year.)
  • Spirit Unleashed: school-wide school spirit event with dinner and games. (Every other year.)

• Lower School

  • PA Lower School Representative - coordinates room parents, Grade Reps, mid-year play, and teacher appreciation events; chairs monthly room parents and parents meetings; and serves on PA Board as Lower School Divisions Rep and as liaison between the PA Board, Lower School Administration and Lower School parents.
  • Assistant PA Lower School Representative - serves on PA Board as Assistant Lower School Division Rep.
  • Room Parent - assists son’s teacher in coordinating classroom activities and mid-year play, with teacher appreciation events, and assists the Fall Festival chairs with volunteer sign-ups, and attends monthly room parent meetings. Room parents are selected randomly by mid-August using a lottery system.
  • Picture Day

• Middle School

  • PA Middle School Representatives
  • 6th Grade Rep
  • 7th Grade Rep 
  • 8th Grade Rep

• Upper School

  Upper School Division Rep - oversees 9th-12th Grade reps, is a PA Board member and serves as liaison between the PA Board and Upper School Administration.

  • 9th Grade Rep
  • 10th Grade Rep
  • 11th Grade Rep 
  • 12th Grade Rep
  • Altar Guild - prepares the Upper School Chapel for services and events by providing flowers and other arrangements on a weekly basis.
  • Welcoming - organizes special gatherings for Upper School parents new to St. Christopher’s School.
  • Junior Summer Internship Program Coordinators - matches the interests of 11th Grade boys with adult professionals.

• Parent Education

  • Parent Enrichment Chair – oversees the programs and committees described below to provide quality educational programs for parents in conjunction with the school, coordinates such programming with St. Catherine’s counterpart, and serves as a PA Board member.

• Other Parents Association Standing Committees

  • Athletic Concessions - three-chair committee that provides hospitality/ refreshments at designated home athletic events.
  • Directory - obtains information for and distributes annual St. Christopher’s/St. Catherine’s directory in conjunction with St. Catherine’s counterpart.
  • Flowers & Hospitality - provides appropriate flowers and wreaths for school events such as holidays, Parents Night and commencement. Also, provides refreshments for Parents Night, reception following Christmas Service and teacher appreciation.
  • Arts - organizes and coordinates the display of student artwork on and off campus.
  • Volunteer Database - creates and distributes online volunteer interest form to all parents. Maintains volunteer database and works with PA committees to fill volunteer needs.