Bailey Elementary PTO

We are proud to announce that the Mini Course Night website is officially live for viewing!

CLICK HERE TO VIEW

As you’re looking it over, please consider clicking on the volunteer link and signing up to help. Remember, student registration opens on 2/23 at 9:00PM.

It’s hard to believe that we only have a few months left of the 2019-2020 school year. As we begin planning for next school year, the PTO is looking for parents who are interested in taking on a leadership role within the PTO Executive Board. The nominations for each position and possible election (if more than 1 person would like a position) will be presented at the 9:30am, March 4^th PTO meeting. 

Our goal is to expand the board and ideally have 2 people in every position with the exception of President, President Elect, Member at Large (3 spots total), and Adviser/Past President. This way, responsibility can be shared between 2 people. The open Executive Board positions are as follows:

President Elect – act as an aide to the President; perform other duties that may be delegated; assume duties of President in her absence and assume the office of President at the end of the 20-21 school year. 

Co-Vice President – Coordinate special projects that the PTO deem appropriate; assist the President as needed; be the coordinator for the Room Parents.

Co- Secretary – record the minutes at all of the meetings for the executive board and PTO meetings; report any correspondence received to the PTO and make the appropriate response. Perform other duties as needed.

Assistant Treasurer – work with the current treasurer on tasks such as receiving and disbursing monies administered by the PTO’s general fund and subsidiary accounts and keep records of these transactions; assist with developing the annual PTO budget; and assist the treasurer with other duties as deemed appropriate. 

Member at Large (2-3 openings) – attend all scheduled Executive Board meetings; assist other executive board members and committee chairs with various duties as needed; may vote in all situations; present the views and opinions of different segments of the BES population.

If you are interested in any of these open Executive Board Positions, please let myself or any of the Election Committee Members know by 2/21. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me as well.

The Election Committee

Christa Aylward – Chair (Pedsot16@yahoo.com)

Emily Marshall

Shakila Ali

Kristina Van Buskirk

MINI COURSE NIGHT, FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2020 — SAVE THE DATE!!!

We are so excited for Mini Course Night (MCN) but we need your help! Your child will have the option to choose from exciting classes such as: magic trick training, slime making, cooking fun, art classes, martial arts, musical instruction, etc. All workshops are offered free of charge or only a nominal fee to cover materials! If you are looking for a way to help, please consider picking up a few small gift cards in $5 or $10 increments to popular locales such as Target, Starbucks, etc. to donate to the wonderful instructors as a way to thank them for volunteering their time. Or, you can CLICK HERE to donate via PayPal (enter “MCN” in the notes when completing your payment).

Please contact Jodi O’Sullivan at osullivanclan5@gmail.com to arrange drop-off or pick-up of gift cards.

I have attached the link to the google sign up form for the Watch D.O.G.S. program.  I have also outlined the changes to the program within the form.

CLICK HERE FOR WATCH D.O.G.S. SIGN UP

Please remember that in order to volunteer for this program, you must complete a background check and be approved by Central Office prior to coming in and volunteering.  Background checks are good for five years so if you recently had one completed, you should be good to go! 

CLICK HERE FOR BACKGROUND CHECK

Important pointers about the program:

• The program will run from November through the end of March.
• Watch D.O.G.S. are permitted to volunteer on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
• Volunteer time in the classroom is limited to 40 minutes (It was previously 60 min.).
• We ask that you coordinate your time with your child’s lunch/recess, meaning you can volunteer in the classroom and then go to lunch/recess with your child or come in for lunch/recess with your child and then volunteer in the classroom.
• Please email your child’s teacher two days prior to volunteering to setup your schedule.

We are proud to announce that information and details for this year’s Bailey Bulldog 5K and Kids Dash will be available soon. Please check back periodically or subscribe to the PTO website to receive email notifications when new posts are added to the website.

If you have any interest in volunteering at Bailey Elementary then you must complete the background check process. It is simple, free, and takes less than 5 minutes!

Click Here to Get Started Right Now

Interested in a fun, innovative, team-building experience?

Destination Imagination teams are beginning to form for the winter/spring DI season. This program is a fun, hands-on system of learning that fosters students’ creativity, courage and curiosity through open-ended academic Challenges in the fields of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), fine arts and service learning. Our participants learn patience, flexibility, persistence, ethics, respect for others and their ideas, and the collaborative problem-solving process. Teams may showcase their solutions at the local tournament on Saturday, March 7, 2020 in Circleville, OH. If you are interested in learning more about DI, check out this site:https://www.destinationimagination.org/.

Interested?

Email Kristina at kvanbuskirk@gmail.com of your interest. Kristina will try to match you with same grade peers. Don’t forget each team needs at least one team manager (parent volunteer).

Starting a new team or have an existing team?

Email Kristina with the name of your team manager, list of team member names and grades. This information is needed for administrative and insurance purposes.  If you want to use a room at Bailey after school, please contact Kristina for instructions.

A newly updated PTO calendar is currently available for the 2019-2020 school year!!!

CLICK HERE to view/download it now or click the Calendar option in the main menu at anytime.

We are proud to announce some new and exciting news from Yellowbird! You now have the ability to build your own box and have farm fresh produce, meat, dairy and pantry items delivered to Bailey! The Bailey PTO will continue to recieve 5% of the proceeds on all purchases delivered to Bailey, including ALL STORE ITEM PURCHASES! Simply add your weekly groceries to the cart ($20 minimum) and choose Bailey as your pick up location.

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Have you signed up for your Yellowbird box yet? The first box will be arriving soon. All orders must be placed by May 10th to receive your first box on May 15th. Remember the following:

• Choose Bailey Elementary as your pick-up location.
• PTO receives 5% of the proceeds for boxes delivered to the school.
• You do not need to have a student at Bailey to join.
• Everyone needs fruits and vegetables!

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