Room Parent Sign Up
ROOM PARENT SIGN UPS ARE NOW LIVE FOR 2022-2023
Getting involved in your child’s class as a room parent is a fun experience, a huge help to the teacher, and a vital link between the PTO and the classroom. For the 2022-2023 school year, there will be a maximum of 3 room parents per classroom. Please read below for some of the responsibilities shared by the room parents.
Room Parent Responsibilities
Point person in your child’s classroom that the teacher will go to about happenings with the PTO. This includes making sure that the classroom receives any communication from the PTO about PTO events and happenings. We would strongly encourage at least 1 room parent to attend the quarterly General PTO meetings as a way to adequately communicate with your classrooms.
2. Are the person that the teacher will go to if they need help or assistance with any classroom task.
3. Be the person that other parents can contact if they have any questions about classroom activities.
4. Be the first to be called by a PTO Committee Chair if help is needed specifically for your classroom. Example: help plan the pizza party won from a PTO sponsored event.
5. Be in charge of planning and organizing the Harvest Party, Holiday Party and End of Year Party for your classroom.
6. Be tasked to create a classroom directory.
7. Be responsible for collecting money for the teacher’s birthday, holiday and end of year gifts or any other special event gift, such as a baby or bridal gift.
8. Provide any other assistance as needed throughout the school year.
9. You must attend the mandatory room parent meeting on Monday, October 3rd at 9:30 a.m.
If you have any questions about becoming a room parent, please contact Erin Claibourne at eclaibourne@gmail.com or Tamara Cistone at tamara.seipel@yahoo.com.
Room Parent – Announcement
On Sunday, September 18, at 8pm, there will be a Signup Genius link on this website where you can sign up for Room Parent for your child’s classroom. The PTO is looking for energetic parents that want to help assist the teacher and also provide a vital link between the PTO and school. For this school year, there will be three room parents per classroom. Please read below for some of the tasks that will be shared between the room parents.
1. Point person in your child’s classroom that the teacher will go to about happenings with the PTO. This includes making sure that the classroom receives any communication from the PTO about PTO events and happenings. We would strongly encourage at least 1 room parent to attend the quarterly General PTO meetings as a way to adequately communicate with your classrooms.
2. Are the person that the teacher will go to if they need help or assistance with any classroom task.
3. Be the person that other parents can contact if they have any questions about classroom activities.
4. Be the first to be called by a PTO Committee Chair if help is needed specifically for your classroom. Example: help plan the pizza party won from a PTO sponsored event.
5. Be in charge of planning and organizing the Harvest Party, Holiday Party and End of Year Party for your classroom.
6. Be tasked to create a classroom directory.
7. Be responsible for collecting money for the teacher’s birthday, holiday and end of year gifts or any other special event gift, such as a baby or bridal gift.
8. Provide any other assistance as needed throughout the school year.
9. You must attend the mandatory room parent meeting on Monday, October 3rd at 9:30 a.m.
Further details of these responsibilities will be discussed at the mandatory room parent meeting in October. If you have any questions about becoming a room parent, please contact Erin Claibourne at eclaibourne@gmail.com or Tamara Cistone at tamara.seipel@yahoo.com.
Bailey Fun Run – Registration Open!!!
Registration for the 2nd annual Bailey Bulldog Fun Run is NOW OPEN!! Register using the below link before Sept 9th in order to *guarantee race t-shirt* and beat the price increase.
The Fun Run is one of our biggest fundraisers and school social events. All family members are encouraged to register and join in the fun!
5:30-DJ starts! Two food trucks and Kona Ice open for business
6:20-Kids Dash (one lap for kids 5 and below)
6:30-20 minute timed Fun Run
7:00-Golf Ball Prize Drop from DFD
SO many PRIZES, including CASH
(You don’t have to be present to win)
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE YOUR GOLF BALLS
Thank you to all of our generous sponsors and Bailey families. The event was an incredible success last year. We can’t wait to do it again.
Please reach out with any questions or if you are interested in volunteer opportunities!
Thank you so much!
5th Grade Farewell Committees
Attention 5th Grade Families!
It is time to celebrate our 5th graders with a year full of FUN! All activities are solely funded from the sales of our Butterbraid Fundraiser that will take place shortly after the start of this school year. We need MANY volunteers to make this a special last year at Bailey. Please use the below signup genius link to see the various opportunities to chair and volunteer for this year’s events.
Fun Run 2022
BAILEY BULLDOG FUN RUN 2022!!!
Registration begins August 19, 2022
Join us for our one of our school’s largest fundraising events the year! On Friday, September 23rd, we will be hosting a Fun Run and Ball drop to bring our Bailey Community together. Families will be able to enjoy food trucks, being social and some fun events for all to participate in.
WHAT: Bailey Bulldog Fun Run – Fun Run, DJ, Golf Ball Drop and Food Trucks
WHEN: Friday, September 23, 2022 at 6:00pm
WHERE: Bailey Elementary School
For questions, sponsorship and volunteer opportunities contact Jennifer Armstrong at jlarmstrong21@yahoo.com.
Sign Up Genius is Live – Fifth Grade Farewell Steering Committee
If you are a parent of a rising fifth grader, please click the below link to access the Sign Up Genius for the Fifth Grade Farewell Steering Committee.
Fifth Grade Farewell Steering Committee
ATTENTION RISING FIFTH GRADE PARENTS:
We are looking for 4 parent volunteers to form the Fifth Grade Farewell Steering Committee for the 2022/23 school year. This is a year-long commitment where the Steering Committee will lead and support around 24 additional volunteers who will Chair/Co-Chair the sub-committees that make up Bailey’s fifth grade celebrations. These sub-committees have historically included: Fundraising, Fun Day, Spirit Wear, Handprint Wall, School Gift, Fifth Grade Service Project, Memory Book, Awards Day, and Graduation After-Party. Sign Up Genius for sub-committee chairs will go out later this summer once the Steering Committee has been formed and has had an opportunity to meet and plan next steps.
If you are interested in volunteering to be part of the Fifth Grade Farewell Steering Committee, you can sign up at the link that will go live here on the Bailey PTO website, on Monday, June 27, at 8:00pm.
Please reach out to Dusty Geese at dustygeese@yahoo.com with any questions.
Fifth Grade Service Project – Ends Soon!
Bailey has collected a lot of school supplies for School Rocks Party Box but still needs more, collection ending soon!
Bailey’s 5th graders have been leading the school in collection school supplies for students at fellow 5th graders at Beatty Park, Forest Park and North Linden Elementary. The 5th grade classes would like to thank everyone who has sent in or ordered school supplies to equip each of the 5th grade students served by School Rocks Party Box with a backpack filled with the supplies they will need for 6th grade as a 5th grade graduation gift.
| Collection Goal |
| 300 NEW pocket folders with prongs any color |
| 300 NEW wide-ruled spiral notebooks |
| 1,200 NEW No. 2 pencils |
| 300 NEW pens with blue or black ink |
| 120 NEW or VERY GENTLY USED backpacks for middle schoolers |
| 150 NEW or GENTLY USED rulers |
| 150 NEW or GENTLY USED basic calculators |
| 300 NEW boxes of colored pencils |
If you have not yet sent any supplies in and would like to do so, you may drop them off during tonight’s Bailey Bash or send them to or drop them off at Bailey on Monday. Our 5th graders have been sorting, counting and organizing supplies as they have come in this week and plan to start packing the supply kits next Monday and Tuesday.
If you would find it easiest to make a monetary contribution to help purchase remaining items for the school supply kits you can do so here:
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=EJE88SVVVVSNE
About School Rocks Party Box
School Rocks Party Box founder Tia Gannon started the organization in 2016 with the idea to provide holiday parties to a single classroom in a disadvantaged school. Today, School Rocks Party Box has grown to serving four elementary schools with over 1,200 children in the Columbus area. After discovering the lack of funding for school-wide programs, the inability of families to provide basic necessities due to financial circumstances, and that these schools did not have PTOs and had limited parent participation, she set forth a goal for these children to have school experiences similar to those of her own children, who are attending schools in Dublin (Her boys are Bailey alumni).
From that day forward, the mission became providing students with the necessary items and programs to support their educational and social emotional needs, making school a more positive and rewarding experience. Today, School Rocks Party Box, 501c3, provides all 1,200 students served with things they otherwise would not have – their own school supply kit, basic personal hygiene items, access to books at home, classroom activities and holiday parties, as well as funding and supporting the school’s programs that support positive behavior, attendance and being a good school citizen. This support also includes providing the teachers and administration with the supplies they need for their students and classroom as well as celebrating them throughout the year and during Teacher Appreciation Week.
You can learn more about School Rocks Party Box at schoolrockspartybox.org
If you have any questions about the 5th Grade Service Project, please contact Maria Cramer-Kirkpatrick via text at 419-206-1289.
5th Grade Service Project
Bailey 5th Graders Seek Support for Service Project to Collect School Supplies for Students in Need
Every year, the Bailey Elementary School 5th Graders complete a Service Project. This year, our 5th graders will LEAD, but they invite our entire school to participate, in a project through which they will collect school supplies and backpacks for fellow 5th graders at Beatty Park, Forest Park and North Linden Elementary. The students at these schools come from families with very limited financial means, and they have received school supplies for the past five years from School Rocks Party Box but will be moving on to schools not served by that organization. So, as they graduate and head on to middle school, we will provide them with the supplies they need for 6th grade.
Providing backpacks filled with school supplies for 150 students is a tall order, so our 5th graders are asking the entire school to help. We are also holding a low-key (because state testing is ongoing) but fun spirit week in conjunction with this collection with some themed dress days.
We’d love for as many families as possible to participate. Please note that we have designated certain items to be brought in each day, but if you forget to send them in on their official day, please feel free to send them in another day. Our 5th graders will be collecting and sorting all week!
Monday: Kicking off a Week of Kindness and Compassion: there is no need to wear anything special today, so parents have nothing extra to do on this first day back after the weekend! Instead, teachers will have their students write notes of congratulations and / or encouragement that we can include with the folders in the school supply kits.
On Monday, we are collecting:
- NEW pocket folders with prongs any color (collection goal: 300)
- NEW wide-ruled spiral notebooks, any color (collection goal: 300)
Tuesday: Wear Purple Day, and bring in:
- NEW No. 2 pencils (collection goal 1,200)
- NEW pens with blue or black ink (collection goal 300)
Wednesday: Wear Something that is Multi-colored and /or Tie Dyed and bring in a:
- NEW box of colored pencils (collection goal: 300)
Thursday: Wear Blue Day, and bring in
- NEW or VERY GENTLY USED backpacks for middle schoolers (so something an 11-12 year old would be happy to carry) (collection goal 120)
Friday: Wear Red Day, and bring in:
- NEW or GENTLY USED basic rulers and calculators (collection goal: 150 of each)
Tell your students to look for and drop their donation into the collection boxes in the main hallway.
If you prefer to order supplies directly through Amazon, you can use this Amazon wish list:
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3CHLGLAT42MVZ?ref_=wl_share
And if you would find it easiest to make a monetary contribution to help purchase items for the school supply kits you can do so here:
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=EJE88SVVVVSNE
About School Rocks Party Box
School Rocks Party Box founder Tia Gannon started the organization in 2016 with the idea to provide holiday parties to a single classroom in a disadvantaged school. Today, School Rocks Party Box has grown to serving four elementary schools with over 1,200 children in the Columbus area. After discovering the lack of funding for school-wide programs, the inability of families to provide basic necessities due to financial circumstances, and that these schools did not have PTOs and had limited parent participation, she set forth a goal for these children to have school experiences similar to those of her own children, who are attending schools in Dublin (Her boys are Bailey alumni).
From that day forward, the mission became providing students with the necessary items and programs to support their educational and social emotional needs, making school a more positive and rewarding experience. Today, School Rocks Party Box, 501c3, provides all 1,200 students served with things they otherwise would not have – their own school supply kit, basic personal hygiene items, access to books at home, classroom activities and holiday parties, as well as funding and supporting the school’s programs that support positive behavior, attendance and being a good school citizen. This support also includes providing the teachers and administration with the supplies they need for their students and classroom as well as celebrating them throughout the year and during Teacher Appreciation Week.
You can learn more about School Rocks Party Box at schoolrockspartybox.org
If you have any questions about the 5th Grade Service Project, please contact Maria Cramer-Kirkpatrick via text at 419-206-1289.
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