We have a wonderfully supportive PTO that fund-raises extensively to provide us with assembly programs such as you see depicted here, assistance with field trips, special events for fifth graders, teacher recognition, a variety of other activities that require funding, and something we call Friday Club.
Volunteers work in and outside of classrooms all over the building.
Some help students dissect squid, while others, trying to stay as far away from that activity as possible, instruct students in the art of scrimshaw. Volunteers from all over the community helped build our playground. During this time the volunteers present a variety of special interest classes for our entire school population while teachers are involved in common planning time. Clubs range in focus from sailing to sewing, crafts to cheerleading, and babysitting to baking, with video club, electronics, web page design, dance, and drama in between. Mrs. G. reports that for school year 1996-97 we logged over 5,500 volunteer hours.