Westbrook / Glen Grove PTA
2011 - 2012 WB / GG PTA Sponsored Programs & Events:
If you are interested in volunteering to help with any of the programs or events listed below, please contact the committee chair for that event. Click here for a list of 2011-2012 committee chairs.
5th Grade Year End Party - Help organize or help the day of the event.
Amazing Minds - Amazing Minds is an external vendor. The PTA facilitates the student enrollment. The program offers 18 interactive topics that will expand your child's knowledge of the world and reinforce the academic skills taught in elementary school. With a 12:1 student teacher ratio, the classes are taught by instructors trained in implementing the creative and unique Amazing Minds curriculum.
Blossom Boutique - This wonderful multi-cluster event invites over 20 vendors to sell their wares in Attea Middle school. Participating cluster PTA volunteers work together to plan the vendor list, marketing plan, vendor communication, floor plan and finances. Proceeds come from a table fee per vendor and a percentage of sales. We split the proceeds evenly among the participating PTAs.
Book Fair at Westbrook (Fall) and Glen Grove (Spring) - Help organize or help the day of the event!
Character Counts Food Drive – Help organize.
Chess Club - The PTA sponsors an external chess vendor to teach our children the strategic game. The Chair and Co-chair market the Fall and Spring program, distribute enrollment forms and work with Bruce to place the students in the requested classes. Due to the overwhelming interest in the classes, program participants can sometimes be chosen through a lottery program.
Cultural Arts - The chair and co-chair of this program work with the principals of the schools to understand the current curriculum focus. Together they attend a vendor showcase with the curriculum goals in mind, and they choose educational entertainment teams to put on assemblies at each school. The cultural arts budget is one of the biggest PTA budgets. Volunteers for this committee work with the entertainment, principals and assistants to schedule the assemblies and arrange for payment.
Escript/Gift Card Sales - The Chair and co-chair work together schedule the gift card order form distribution, ordering and delivery. For the escrip program, they remind parents to update their Dominics account so the PTA can receive a percentage of their shopping profits. Help organize.
Environmental Team – Prepare Earth Week events in which the students will participate to demonstrate the importance of being green. Help organize. In the past, the committee has sold smencils, water bottles and re-usable shopping bags to reinforce green behavior.
Fall Carnival - Glen Grove is a fairground during this magical event! The gymnasium is full of carnival games. Students can pre-order food, game tickets and candy apples. The PTA profits from ticket sales for carnival games. The PTA organizes all of the volunteers who run the games and handle ticket sales. Look out... this is the event where the coveted teacher donations are raffled off for so many lucky students!! Help organize or help the day of the event!
Girls On the Run: A nationally-renowned running program designed for girls in 3rd through 5th grade, is beginning a chapter at Glen Grove! This program is designed specifically for young girls, with a goal of developing self-respect and healthy lifestyle habits, all the while encouraging physical fitness through running. The 12-week program, which will meet twice a week (Mondays and Wednesdays after school), culminates with participation in a 5K race, along with other Girls On the Run programs throughout Chicago.
The group began training in March 2010. In its inaugural year we had to limit enrollment to 15 girls and chose participants through a lottery, however, the program has been widely embraced by the girls and parents and we are hoping to expand in the upcoming season. To do that, we need more mom coach volunteers.... If you would like to join us, please email Lynn Bruno. We would especially like to see some incoming 3rd grade moms join us, so that we can keep the program going -- and growing! Coaching involves two hours a week with the girls, a one-day training session (probably in July or August or January and February) and CPR certification, also offered through Girls on the Run.
If you have any questions about the program, you can visit their web site at www.girlsontherun.com, or call Site Coordinator Lynn Bruno.
Global Language - Click the title for further explanation. Help organize. Click here for more information and Click here for the Glen Grove 2011-2012 Global Language registration form and click here for the 2011 - 2012 Westbrook Global Language registration form.
Health and Safety Committee - Help with lice checks, hearing and vision screenings, and ATA safety seminar.
Hearing and Vision Screening is performed by the school nurse at the beginning of each school year. The committee Volunteers are needed at Westbrook to escort younger children to and from the classrooms.
Lice checks are completed after summer and winter breaks from school. Beginning of the year means lice checks during the first classes of the year at both schools.
*** Volunteers are needed and are asked to help check our kids for head lice to prevent a possible outbreak.
Kidz N Power Safety Seminar(s): The Glenview ATA Black Belt Academy, in association with Amber Alert, invites you to these important interactive discussions on child safety and awareness. Kidz N Power is a nationally recognized child safety program that helps child and families learn to: recognize stranger dangers, deal with bullies, learn simple break away self defense and review child abduction safety tips. **Parents are encouraged to attend with their child(ren).
The PTA will be hosting these seminars in the fall at Westbrook and in the Spring at Glen Grove
Hearts of Glenview - Our cluster is one of many to participate in the District 34 Hearts of Glenview program. The program is a philanthropic project which calls on our children to decorate pre-cut wooden hearts to be sold at the Hearts event. Proceeds from the heart sales are donated to several local charities. The children who decorate the heart at each of our schools are invited to attend the Hearts event where their decorated hears are sold.
Ice Cream Socials: The Westbrook Ice Cream Social is a Fall event for 2011 and the Glen Grove Ice Cream Social is in the Spring. Chairs and Co-chairs coordinate pre-order forms and ice cream orders with the distributor. Help organize or help the day of the event! Check back here for your pre-sale order forms!
Innisbrook Wrapping Paper Sales - Help organize or help the day of the distribution which is in October.
Movie Night at Westbrook – Event volunteers conduct a student vote to determine the movie from the list of licensed films. We show the movie at Westbrook and provide snacks. Children bring pillows and sleeping bags and wear pajamas - it’s a giant sleep under! Forms are completed for each child attending prior to the event. The movie nights are only open to students of that school. Help organize or help the day of the event!
Movie Night at Glen Grove - Event volunteers conduct a student vote to determine the movie from the list of licensed films. We show the movie at Westbrook and provide snacks. Children bring pillows and sleeping bags and wear pajamas - it’s a giant sleep under! Forms are completed for each child attending prior to the event. The movie nights are only open to students of that school. Help organize or help the day of the event!
Parents in Partnership - Parents in partnership is a community/parent educational event scheduled for a Saturday morning usually in early to mid November from approximately 8-1 PM. Two or three parents help Mark Walther, principal at Hoffman School, put together the Continental Breakfast for that morning. They also help to arrange Wesley Child Care, get food donations, and deliver fliers throughout the Glenview Community. The commitment is 2-3 meetings and the morning of the event.
Pancake Breakfast– The Pancake Breakfast is a breakfast extravaganza hosted at Westbrook School for both Westbrook and Glen Grove students and their families. We serve a breakfast of pancakes, bacon, sausage, coffee and juice. We host a drawing of the classroom donations during the morning of the breakfast. Winners are contacted after names have been drawn. The chair and the co-chair organize a team of people to solicit local businesses for donations, market the event, coordinate food pre-orders, decorations, classroom donations, chefs and event volunteers.
Picture Day - The PTA provides a coordinator for each school to head up volunteers at each school. Help the kids look their best for school photos. Facilitate movement of each class to the photo site, make sure the kids look picture perfect.
Room Parent – To become a room parent, please contact Allison Spataro. Click here for a list of room parent forms click here for the room parent description.
School Supplies - All school supplies are ordered by parents online. We earn significant discounts by returning our contract and having a March or April order deadline. Help distribute the supplies prior to the start of school or help with the contract prep and signing in February.
Spiritwear - The PTA works with an external vendor to provide stylish clothing items with the school mascots and logos on them to promote school spirit. Every Friday is spirit day! The chair and co-chair distribute flyers, collect payment, place orders and distribute the spiritwear for all students.
Teacher Appreciation Week - The chair and co-chair at each school organize a group of volunteer parents to provide homemade appetizers, entrees and desserts. They also decorate to turn the gym or cafeteria into a lovely cafe and organize raffle items such as gift cards. Help organize, cook, decorate or serve. Teachers love this event!
Yearbook - The PTA encourages parents to take pictures throughout the year and provide copies to the yearbook team. The chair, co-chair and
their volunteers work together to confirm pricing and quantities of the yearbook. They pull all of the pictures together for a beautiful layout.
Zumbatomic - This program is a cross between fitness and entertainment. Great lyrics, cool music and fun games create a winning combination. The instructors for this program are professionally trained. The class is appropriate for students grades K-2 and takes place after school at Westbrook.
Click here for the list of committee Chairs and Co-Chairs
Our Important Partners:
GEF / Character Counts / Take Baby Steps / District Website / Westbrook School / Glen Grove School