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Auction for YOUR SCHOOL NAME HERE
Use this all purpose auction sign up sheet to set up a large auction at your school or organization.
Don't forget to add dates to each line item.
No Dates = No reminders!!
Haitian Relief Garage Sales at YOUR COMMUNITY NAME HERE
This is a sign up sheet to coordinate hundreds of people towards creating a community garage sale for raising funds for a cause (example: Haitian Earthquake) or to do it annually in your school or neighborhood.
MAKE SURE TO ADD DATES FOR EACH LINE ITEM WHEN YOU USE THIS SIGN UP SHEET.
NO DATES = NO REMINDERS!
Safety Patrol parent helpers
To ensure the safety of the children in your school parking lot, create a sign-up sheet for parent volunteers to monitor traffic in and out of the parking lot.
Classroom Stations
Many teachers look forward to parent volunteers in the classroom. It's a way for teachers to spend more individual time with the children and plan some enriching activities. Here's a planner teachers can use for a classroom. Maybe have 3 stations twice a week: reading, mathematics and performing arts. Parents sign up to volunteer for one day per week. Reading the Time for Kids magazine out load with a discussion afterwards is a good reading project for a station. Acting out a historical event such as Rosa Parks bus ride is fun for performing arts. Try tannagrams for a spatially oriented math station tinyurl.com/3dc45v. We must have to admit, getting to know the parents well is an added bonus.
English Breakfast with Strawberries
What could be more delightful as a teacher appreciation event or a school parent mixer than indulging in these British delights! To make it really festive have the ladies wear a hat and the gents a bow-tie! Simply adjust the quantities or number of volunteers needed to suit your function.
Ice Cream Social
When the days get warm, host an Ice Cream Social. This type of event is a great auction prize, a way to thank your volunteers for their year or hard work or even as a simple all school social activity. It can be a simple activity to organize. Just bring the ice cream, toppings, bowls/spoons and your event is ready to go. This Jooners planner makes it even easier to sign up participants to bring supplies and host the event.
International Day Festival
International Day can be used as a fundraiser or just for some fun. The day is filled with activities representing many countries. Participants can represent a country of their national heritage or the committee chair can assign a country. Entertainment can include dance exhibitions representing different countries, booths showcasing games or crafts from a country. End the day with a talent show. You can hand our recipes from past years and collect new recipes into a cookbook. To turn this into a fundraiser sell tickets, charge for food or sell a cookbook from the recipe submissions. To make a cookbook here is some advice: tinyurl.com/ageusz and tinyurl.com/ba5lt8.
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Kindergarten First Day List
Are you wondering what you need for the first day of kindergarten? It is a mystery for many parents so we wanted to share with you a list all parents will love as their kinder walks through the doors of the new kinder class. Lands End will personalize your lunch box so you'll never worry about losing it on the schoolyard tinyurl.com/bcm8sr Click on this Jooner list and select Email this Planner to share this with your entire class.
Mexican Fiesta
Whether its Cinco de Maya or a spanish club party, celebrate the vitality of the Mexican culture with bright flowers for decorations, crafts centered around Mayan wheels of time, spirited mariachi music, and authentic foods. Use this to create a master project plan for the event.
Sun Fun Year-end Party + Teacher's $$ Gift Collection
Help your children's class celebrate the end of a year of learning, growth and fun together. This sign-up sheet is for a beach themed party and solicits parents to bring food or items for fun/play...and helps you collect money online for the teacher's gift. Want great ideas for teachers gifts? Check out: http://tinyurl.com/pw7aca.
Teacher Class Supply List
This list includes elements of a typical elementary school Class Supply List that teachers often ask parents to donate to the class at the beginning of the school year. Edit the list to add desired quantities of items. Delete items you don't need and add special items that aren't listed here.
Thanksgiving Class Party
Celebrate Thanksgiving in your elementary school class with a "Thankful because" Thanksgiving class game and, of course, food! Have each child write a note for each classmate telling them why they are thankful. Slip these notes in goody bags for each child to bring home. They can then slip one of the notes under a parent's pillow at night for a great surprise Thanksgiving morning. Organize parent donations for each activity with the sign up sheet here, either as a supply or cash donation.
Yard Duty (School Recess or Lunch)
Helping with Recess Duty at school will give your teachers a break mid morning. It's lots of fun to help the children learn how to jump rope and play basketball. And, what better way to get to know your child's classmates. Sign up for a slot below to volunteer.
Carnival
Make it an all-school or neighborhood event that brings everyone together for some old-fashioned fun! Cake Walks, Sack Races and Face Painting are just a few ideas for your carnival. This planner is geared for 3 hour shifts changing on the hour. Add a student or local band as a background, mix in lots of helium balloons and let the fun begin.
Choir Audition Sign-Ups
Use this sign-up sheet to schedule auditions for your choir. This ready-made sign-up sheet is designed for having parents sign-up for their child for a youth choir. Just change the instructions to adapt it to an adult choir audition sign-up sheet. Whether your auditions are informal or rigorous, use this opportunity to select voices that can blend to give the music sung the joy it deserves. To learn more about how to select a choir, visit: http://tinyurl.com/mqgzvb.
Class Holiday Party + Teacher's $ Gift
A class holiday party is a wonderful time for children to relax after the hard work of the fall and kick-off their winter holidays. This planner invites parents into the class to be game and craft leaders and solicits contributions for refreshments and contributions for the teacher's holiday gift. Using Jooners' online payment service will make it easy for everyone to quickly "chip-in".
Field Trip Carpool Organizer
Whether you need drivers or chaperones for a field trip, you can organize them online. Parents will appreciate being able to sign-up easily from home. Attach the route instructions so drivers are well prepared!
Graduation (Elementary School)
Organize a low key affair for graduating from elementary school. Coffee, cakes, speeches and lots of photos. Easy to set up and deliver. As part of the ceremony the PTA president can give a tribute speech to parents who are the volunteer stars of the graduating 5th or 8th grade graduate class. A sweet idea is to present a poem to each graduate extolling their virtues or where they are headed in life. Hand a lovely rose to each graduate as their name is called. It's nice to hold this event during the school day and invite the younger children at the school to attend and share in the joy of the graduates.
Halloween Group Party - elementary school age
Halloween's origins date back to an ancient Celtic festival! Today cookie decorating, making popcorn witches hands and biting donuts on strings make a fun classroom halloween party! Use the list below to ask for donations from the parents to make organizing the party a snap. A good description of the donut eating game can be found at http://guidezone.e-guiding.com/jmdoughnut.htm. Have a "hauntingly" good time!
Halloween Party * Cookies-Brew-Bingo
Halloween brings out the "spirits" in all of us! Students will have fun with cookie decorating, making their own tombstones, and corn candy bingo. Use this sign-up sheet to organize volunteers and donations from parents. If you don't already have bingo cards, try http://www.dltk-cards.com/bingo/index.htm. You could also have a Mummy Wrapping contest. Ask each child to bring in a roll of toilet paper. Split the children into teams of 2 or 3, and wrap one the team members. Fastest wrap wins!
Kinder After School Enrichment List
Some days of kindergarten end at noon. Here are some ideas for enrichment programs that my children enjoyed during the afternoon. You may be lucky enough to have these offered by the PTA on your school campus. If not, ask your PTA representatives for some good options for classes in your area.
Kindergarten Orientation Picnic
Have a potluck to orient all of the new kindergarten parents with the school and their fellow kindergarten parents. It's ideal if a kinder alumni sets up the event as they will know the ropes. It's nice to have a "get to know you" game. Have a name of a cartoon character posted on each attendee's back. Ask questions to guess your cartoon character. Speeches from the principle and PTA president will make everyone feel welcomed into the school community. Here's a planner to show a list you can follow for this type of event.
Math Night
School-wide Math Games and Brain teasers! Super fun....Do this for your elementary school and recruited some of our "older" alumni from middle and high school. Set up a table for each game with a volunteer per table. The volunteer will lead the game, giving instructions and prizes to the gamers. Get some inspiration for puzzles and games on http://www.mathpuzzle.com/.
Meals Delivery
Meal delivery coordination on Mondays, Weds. and Fridays for an entire month. Good for helping families in need or providing meals for staff at school
Parent Teacher Conferences
This is a 3 day 30 minutes parent teach conference planner. I usually send the following message with my email to parents: It is time for our Fall Parent-Teacher conferences. I am looking forward to seeing you and sharing the work and progress that your child has been making in the classroom. We have a lot to cover. Please be on time as a courtesy to the parents signed up after you. If these time slots do not work for your schedule, let me know. I am sure we can work something out.
Pizza and Movie Night
A simple and wholesome way to spend a Friday night with your classmates. Wonderful fun for middle school kids and late elementary years. Suggested donation for Pizza $5 per kid
PTA - PTO Committee Chairs
Use this planner to solicit parents to run an important committee at your school. Some chairs you may need: Back to School Flyers, Website Coordinator, Nominating Committee, E-News Editor, School Directory and Noon Art. Change the committees to fit the needs and traditions at your school. Use this list to be inspired about what other schools are doing.
PTA - PTO Leadership and Executive Board Members
Use this signup sheet to recruit the leadership team for your next PTA/PTO board. All of the positions needed for a complete board membership are included. Send it out and see those positions fill in a snap.
School Registration Day
Volunteers needed for Registration Day at school? Use this handy guide to attract and sign up your volunteers quickly and painlessly. Volunteers can collect health forms, hand out class assignments, distribute back to school envelopes and welcome new students to the school.
Shift Based Event
Dividing up the helper staff into time slots works well for many events. At a book fair a volunteer can work for an hour then browse the book sale for the rest of the day. A carnival booth can be manned for an hour and the helper can enjoy the festivities after that. See this live Sign-up sheet for a template which lets you request volunteers for shifts in a snap.
Shift Based Event
Dividing up the helper staff into time slots works well for many events. At a book fair a volunteer can work for an hour then browse the book sale for the rest of the day. A carnival booth can be manned for an hour and the helper can enjoy the festivities after that. See this live Sign-up sheet for a template which lets you request volunteers for shifts in a snap.
Staff Appreciation Lunch
Here's an easy menu for thanking your school, non-profit, church or other organization's staff. Do you have a different favorite menu? This list is easily customizable. When you're done, send it out to volunteers, and organizing the luncheon will be practically finished!
Stone Soup Feast- Honoring Teachers
Based on Marcia Brown's book "Stone Soup", cleverly trick your school's parents into sharing their food--by making a lavish soup out of seemingly nothing but stones! Many schools have students make the soup to honor their teachers around Thanksgiving. The teachers read the story to the children. Use this planner to get all of the ingredients you need for the soup pot (and enough pots to serve all the hungry teachers). This sign-up sheet gathers enough ingredients for 24 servings. Here's the Family Fun recipe: http://tinyurl.com/yt9mmn
Valentine's Day Party -- "Love Jar" craft
This Valentine's Day celebrate by helping children make a homemade gift for their families. The big event is creating a decorative LOVE JAR filled with a chocolate chip cookie mix. You may also consider having a Valentine's Day card making station. This sign-up sheet requests volunteers to help at the party, food for the party and materials for the "Love Jars". For busy parents that can't participate or shop, request they make a small contribution of $5.00 to help purchase supplies. (It's SO easy to collect money with Jooners. Just set it up in Step 3). Good cookie mix recipes and instructions can be found at http://familycrafts.about.com/cs/giftsinajar/a/122099a.htm. The amounts in this planners will make 16 jars. Encourage children to make the cookies as a quality family time activity. XXXOOOXXX Your friends at Jooners.
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