Volunteers

Call for Volunteers

Volunteers Needed

To continue all the great programs at Mesa, we ask that each family volunteer their time for at least one activity. Many of the activities that are available for students are due to parent volunteers. All of our children benefit from your highly valued contribution.

Please read through the numerous descriptions below. Many of the tasks can be accomplished at home and/or in a small amount of time, yet they are invaluable to the school and ultimately to your child.

Volunteers for Parent Teacher Organization (PTO)

All Mesa families are members of PTO! Our fund-raising, school spirit events and hospitality activities touch every student in a variety of ways and enhance the quality of our school. Your participation is vital!

A. Fundraising

King Soopers Grocery Certificates: sell grocery certificates to parents before school. You pick the day(s) you can work, 8:20-8:45AM **Mesa PTO receives 5% of sales to use in the classroom. Certificates are also available in the school office.**
Mesa Telephone Directory Committee (September): assist with publishing and distribution of Mesa Telephone Directory.
Mesa Elementary T-shirts: assist with distributing T-shirt purchases. **The Mesa T-shirt is redesigned every year and printed by Rein Design, a Mesa family business.**
School Picture Day: help children get ready for their picture.
Bookfair: help set-up, sell, and take-down.
Gift Wrap Sales Committee: help distribute order forms and purchases. **This fund-raiser is dedicated for the 4th and 5th grade Outdoor Education Program.**
Poinsettias Distribution: assist distributing poinsettias.
Pizza Night: send out flyers to remind parents of the monthly pizza night. **Dominos Pizza will donate a pizza party to the classroom with the largest participation and $2 to PTO for every pizza picked up ($1 for any pizza ordered). Last year, Mrs. Campbell’s 4th grade class won the party, and PTO received $65 for the one-day event.**
Ink Jet Cartridge Recycle: call B2B Direct to have cartridges picked up at school to recycle.
Target and Albertson’s Card: send reminder flyers home.
Bunny Bucks and Play Fair Toys: distribute the store credit to teachers and keep them updated on the account balances. **Store credit is accrued for teachers to use when families make purchases and mention Mesa Elementary at Grand Rabbit Toy Store or Play Fair Toys.**
Silent Auction Committee: a fun, evolving annual event that raises money for teachers to directly use in their classrooms.

B. School Spirit Events

Room Parents: organize two classroom parties (Halloween & Valentine’s Day), coordinate teacher’s gifts, assist with distributing PTO information, and organize a booth at the all-school Carnival. Two optional meetings are held per year with other room parents and the Room Parent Coordinator to gather great party ideas.
International Walk-to-School Day: help Chairman distribute student prizes and set up parent’s coffee table.
Yearbook Committee: help design and publish the Mesa Yearbook.
Popcorn Fridays (8:30-11:30, see calendar for dates): a child’s favorite monthly event; pop the corn and distribute to the classrooms.
Open House: help set-up, prepare food, or clean-up this school-wide event.
Flower Day: arrange flower bouquets for the teachers.
Teacher Appreciation Luncheon: give teachers a warm 'Thank You' with this heartfelt event; help organize, bring food, decorate, set-up, or clean-up.
Carnival and Sock Hop: dance your heart out while providing help at the classroom booths (set-up, running booth or clean-up).
Book Swap: organize Book Swap to take place during the Carnival.

C. Hospitality Activities

Vision and Hearing Screening: assist the children as they receive vision and hearing tests or provide support for volunteers (snacks, drinks).
Election Day Coffee for Judges: provide coffee and donuts.
Open Enrollment Tours (2-3 hours per tour in January): provide tours for parents interested in attending Mesa Elementary.
Accreditation Committee Breakfast: provide a breakfast by bringing food, set-up and clean-up.
Bakers (as-needed basis): provide food for school events.
Gardeners: help keep Mesa beautiful.
PTO Meeting Snacks (first Tuesday night of every month): provide snacks or drinks to enjoy during the PTO meeting.
Struther’s Ecological Preserve (as needed basis): volunteers would assist Amy Struthers in restoring and maintaining the site, located behind the Mesa school building. This land and educational preserve was provided by the Struther’s family, Mesa PTO and Boulder County.
Work Crew (as needed basis): provide manpower for PTO events.

School-Wide Volunteers

A. Academic Assistance

Successful Beginnings Tutor (30 min. once or twice per week): help with remedial reading. Materials and training provided.
Resource Room Tutor (1-2 hours per week): help students in math, reading, and spelling. Materials and training provided.

B. Garden to Table: Minds, bodies, environment, food

We need a few good hands. Opportunities include:

signage and flyer creation,
classroom volunteers for garden (planting and harvest) and cooking days,
hardscaping,
athletes and wellness aficionados,
environmentalists,
gardeners,
chefs,
organizers and any others who have a passion for kids and instilling wellness, environmental sustainability, healthy living and fresh food concepts into young minds.

To sign up, send an email to: cassymatthews@comcast.net

C. Grant Writing

Work with the Mesa Principal and teachers to write grants for academics.

D. Library Aide

2.5 - 3 hours per week or every other week.
Assist with reshelving books, helping children locate and check out books, and processing new materials.

E. Art Education

Assist the art teacher, April Christensen:

distribute art purchases to students (November)
mount and label art pictures (1 hour per week)
hang artwork for Art Show (1 day in March)
post student artwork in hallways (1 hour per week)

F. Music Education

1-3 hours once during the year.
Assist the music teacher, Sarah Knoebel:

decorate for concerts
costume design
M&M Photographer

G. Physical Education

Assist PE teacher, Jacy Bruno, with programs:

Mesa Ski Club (as needed in October-March): help organize and run ski club, including registration packages, bib management, and volunteer coordination.
Fitness Club (3 hours per week for 8 weeks in the spring)
Spaghetti Dinner: 4-5 hours once in spring, including setup, food prep, or cleanup.
PE Aide: straighten up equipment and generally help where needed.

H. Office Help

Assist school secretaries and health room personnel.

On-Call for General Office Help: answer phones, run errands, make copies, etc.
On-Call for Health Room Functions: First Aid certification is NOT needed to help with only the paperwork in the health room. First Aid certification from an approved agency is necessary for anyone who provides care to students. District classes are offered free of charge for volunteers.

I. Playground Monitor (1-2 hours/wk)

Help keep the playground safe and fun.

J. Expert Demonstration

Please specify your hobby, vocation, travel, etc. We will pass on this information to teachers, who will call upon you as your subject fits in with certain curriculum areas.

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Extracurricular Programs

A. Math Olympiad (1 hour per week)

A national program that challenges students' math skills, open to 4th & 5th graders.

B. Junior Great Books (1 hour per week, January-March)

A guided reading curriculum for grades 2-5 with small group discussion of classical fiction.

C. Destination Imagination

Volunteers coach groups of 5-7 students to help them plan and execute their programs.
One-day competition held in March. Mandatory training is provided for judges and coaches.

Coaches for K-2 and 3-5 (October-March, 2 hours per week)
Judges

D. School Club (subject to parent volunteers and Mesa Principal’s approval)

Chess
Science
Drama
Art
Computer
Games - indoor/outdoor/board