Join PTO!
Election of PTO Members:
Please join us at Glory Bean for the PTO Meeting
Wednesday, May 7, 2025 at 6:30pm
if you are interested in one of the following positions!
Open PTO Board Member Positions:
- Secretary
Open PTO Member Positions:
- Teacher Appreciation Chairperson
- Volunteer Coordinator
- Fall Festival Chairperson
- Fall Festival Food Coordinator
- Scholarship Chairperson
President: Shall preside at all meetings and shall coordinate the work of the officers and committees of the EBEPTO in order for the objectives to be promoted.
Vice President: Shall preside at the meetings in the absence of the President and shall assist the President in any and all aspects of their duties. Will be responsible for coordinating the membership drive.
Secretary: Responsible for preparing the agenda for the meeting, recording the minutes of all meetings and contacting board members to remind them of each meeting. The Secretary shall be responsible for recording attendance of the officers at all meetings and collecting and recording proxies or correspondence from the EBEPTO.
Treasurer: Responsible for the general bookkeeping, deposits, withdrawals, signing and issuing checks. The Treasurer will also be responsible for coordinating and handling of month for all EBEPTO activities. The Treasurer shall present a budget to the Executive Board for approval at the beginning of the year and prepare a financial statement at every meeting of the Executive Board. The Treasurer will be responsible for filing the year-end tax report.
Teacher/Staff Liaison: Shall be the EBEPTO's representative from the faculty and staff of East Bernard Elementary School. All requests for assistance, volunteers, funds, etc. will be presented to the board through the teacher representatives. Assist the Fall Festival Chairperson with volunteers and teacher assistance.
Accelerated Reader Chairperson: Responsible for the AR Christmas Store, the Year-End AR Store, and AR Splash Day. Chairperson is responsible for securing date, location, setup, work schedule, and packing up of items at the end of the events. They will compose, copy and distribute a letter explaining the AR program and its events to incoming first grade parents and students.
Teacher Appreciation Chairperson: Responsible for planning, organizing, securing food/items/volunteers for stocking the fridge throughout the year (when possible) and coordinating the Teacher Appreciation Week in May.
Volunteer Coordinator: Responsible for composing, copying, and distributing a list of events with the date, description and number of volunteers needed to the parents at the beginning of the school year. They will compile a list of the volunteers according to the event for what they volunteered, and pass this list on to the individual chairperson in charge of the event. Heavy on Fall Festival where they will be responsible for creating signup sheet for all shifts needed and sharing this info with teachers, parents, and social media.
Fall Festival Chairperson: Responsible for securing date with Principal, all necessary paperwork for building use, custodian clean up, coordinate with the Teacher Liaison for volunteers and teacher assistance. They will select games and activities and make sure all games are complete and in good working order, as well as, coordinating games needed rented/borrowed, delivered and setup. This Chairperson will oversee any subcommittees they create for the festival as well.
Fall Festival Subcommittees:
Fall Festival Subcommittees:
- Experience Committee: decorations, table cloths, event layout, event map
- Operations Committee: check-in, tickets, raffle, silent auction
- Room Parent Liaison: responsible for communication and collecting Class Baskets and Grade-Level Baskets, and donations needed for raffle
Fall Festival Food Coordinator: Responsible for securing donations for the food items needed, obtaining and supervising kitchen workers, as well as, ordering and coordinating the delivery and setup of all food items needed. The coordinator will work along with the Fall Festival Chairperson as neede.
Scholarship Chairperson: Responsible for gathering scholarship committee members, scholarship information from EBHS graduating seniors, holding selecting committee, naming recipients, and seeing scholarship presentation to completion.
