St. Giles School

St. Giles School

St. Giles School exists to foster the spiritual, intellectual, emotional, social, and physical growth of our elementary school children.

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PTO Committees

To Our Wonderful Volunteers: We need your participation. You'll see that the PTO offers many activities that bring parents, students, and our Giles educators together in fun and collaborative ways. Take a moment to see what committees most interest you and your family. There are a variety of ways to participate. You are appreciated for all that you do.

Thank you from the PTO!


Volunteer

Every person who volunteers in our school must complete the Archdiocesan compliance requirements. Volunteers include, but are not limited to room parents, fun lunch helpers, birthday book club helpers, field trip chaperones, Girl Scout and Boy Scout leaders and helpers, and those who volunteer in our classroom parties.

Volunteer requirements at St. Giles School and upcoming Virtus trainings at St. Giles SIGN-UP NOW!


SignUp Coordinator

We encourage parents to utilize SignUp.com to organize classroom activities. Stacy McEnery is the liaison with the PTO SignUp.com and can assist you with your SignUp needs. Stacy may be contacted at dudetrix@yahoo.com or cell phone (847) 508-4188.


Event-Specific Committees

These committees are designated for PTO events that occur once or twice a year. They are perfect for parents who know they have room in their schedules at certain points of the year or those who feel passionately about the given matter the event is highlighting.

BOOK FAIR

Volunteers in this committee coordinate with Anderson’s Bookfair Company to sponsor a school book fair and organize an in-store fundraiser with Magic Tree Bookstore. The book fair is held in conjunction with the parent-teacher conferences in October and potentially again in spring. The in-store fundraiser occurs at the end of the school year. Volunteers are needed for publicity, set-up, collecting teacher wish lists, sales, finances, and clean-up for the book fair.

Committee Chairs:

  • Karen Pauwels
    krpauwels@gmail.com
  • Becky Mongiat
    rmongiat@gmail.com

VARIETY SHOW

The Variety Show is an annual talent show at St. Giles run by parent volunteers. Assistance is needed with auditions, rehearsals, and the production of the show, which is held in May. Volunteer efforts occur during school hours and some evening hours.

Committee Chairs:

  • Kelli LaChance
    kellisom@yahoo.com
  • Heather Kroll
    heatherhiatt5@yahoo.com

 CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK

Over 20 activities take place during this special event for families, students, and teachers. Catholic Schools Week occurs the last week of January and is important in growing school spirit. Volunteers are needed to publicize the week, decorate the school, coordinate family events, create teacher goodie baskets, and organize buddy lunches. Volunteer opportunities are available in the day, evening, and weekend hours.

Committee Chairs:

  • CSW Buddy Lunch: Amy Crilly acrilly@sbcglobal.net
  • CSW Assembly: Megan Patterson megsmalagoli@hotmail.com
  • CSW Teacher Baskets: Jenn Sabatino sabatinomail@gmail.com

Ongoing Committees

These committees run activities all year long occurring with periodic frequency, such as, Birthday Book Club (monthly), and Fun Lunch (weekly). Other ongoing committees support values that the PTO advocate and embrace, such as Wellness, Hospitality, and Faith & Family.

Volunteers may opt to take on a year-long commitment or simply pop-in to help at events that work for their schedules. Most committees will organize volunteers on signup.com. Look for the links! Help is always appreciated!

BIRTHDAY BOOK CLUB BUDDY FAMILIES DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION FAITH & FAMILY FUN LUNCH HOSPITALITY ROOM PARENT UNIFORM RESALE TEACHER/OFFICE SUPPORT WELLNESS
BIRTHDAY BOOK CLUB

BIRTHDAY BOOK CLUB

Birthday Book Club is a way to celebrate student birthdays while building our school library. For a small donation, students are invited during their birthday month to participate in a special pizza party during which they can select a new book to be presented to the school library. Volunteers are needed to organize attendees, oversee donations, and run the lunch.

Committee Chairs:

  • Heather Pflederer heather_leach@yahoo.com
  • Kristen Reale kreale@gmail.com
BUDDY FAMILIES

What better way to get an introduction to a new school than from a current student and family?!? Through the Buddy Family Program, the PTO will pair each new family with a current family who will provide a personal welcome, answer any questions and offer advice on the best ways to become acclimated with the St. Giles School community. The Program organizes an ice cream social just prior to the start of the school year as an opportunity for new families to meet one another, some current families, and St. Giles staff and leaders.

Committee Chairs:

  • Sarah Arnett arnettse@gmail.com
  • Meghan Hurley Gibbs mhurley906@yahoo.com
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

The Diversity and Inclusion Committee is committed to bringing relevant and innovative diversity programming to St. Giles School.

Committee Chairs:

  • Deirdra Jenkins deejenkins@aol.com
FAITH & FAMILY

FAITH & FAMILY

The Faith & Family committee works to foster participation of students, parents, and teachers in the parish’s spiritual services and events, such as Great Grade Masses, Faith On The Go, and service opportunities. Volunteer hours are very flexible.

Committee Chairs:

  • Sarah Valaika svalaika@gmail.com
  • Margaret Murphy margaretmurphy4@gmail.com
FUN LUNCH

FUN LUNCH

The Fun Lunch committee organizes special student lunches to be delivered from local restaurants, twice a month. Volunteers for this PTO fundraiser help select meals, purchase food, organize volunteers, and distribute orders during the school lunch period.

Committee Chairs:

  • Kelly Richard kjrichard1972@yahoo.com
  • Beth Jelaca mbjelaca@sbcglobal.net
  • Andrea Grote andreagrote@comcast.net

HOSPITALITY

HOSPITALITY

Volunteers for this committee organize and provide food and refreshments for events such as Welcome Back Coffees, teacher luncheons, and meetings.

Committee Chair:

  • Jenn Sabatino sabatinomail@gmail.com
ROOM PARENT

ROOM PARENT

Room Parents in each class work together to plan, run, and solicit volunteers for the classroom Halloween party, Valentine party, and year-end picnic per the teacher’s specific requests. Click here for more information.

Committee Chair:

UNIFORM RESALE

UNIFORM RESALE

This committee gathers donations of used uniforms and spirit wear and arranges opportunities for returning and new St. Giles families to purchase the clothes at a discounted price. Sales are a PTO fundraiser and community outreach.

Committee Chair:

  • Christina Martinez-Sahagun  cjmartinez_sahagun@hotmail.com

TEACHER/OFFICE SUPPORT

TEACHER/OFFICE SUPPORT

Volunteers meet weekly to support staff with specific tasks such as laminating projects and re-shelving library books.

Committee Chair:

  • Julia Harmon Bell   harmonbell@gmail.com
WELLNESS

WELLNESS

This committee recognizes and fosters the relationship between good nutrition, physical activity, and positive educational outcomes among our students. Volunteers help with the Outdoor Classroom, monthly  smoothies, Giles Miles, nutritious snacks at Lion’s Leap, yoga enrichment, Zero Waste recycling initiative, and the Spring Plant Sale.

Committee Chairs:

  • Susan Povilaitis  susanpovilaitis@hotmail.com
  • Laura Milder spargo.milder@yahoo.com

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