For example, a teacher might want help with activities that involve sewing Colonial costumes, dissecting frogs, or making gingerbread houses. Parents assist with our school breakfast program. They deliver the food chests to classrooms and pick them up. They made 376 stockings and handed them out to students at an assembly. We have a district chess tournament that involves parents and students.
Teachers send home postcards to share good news with parents.
Drawing a big crowd on PTA night isn't a given either. Westwood Elementary's fourth and fifth grade choir performs at some meetings. That's when PTA elections take place for the following year. That strategy can pay big dividends. We want them to feel involved and to have ownership in the school so they will vote in favor of badly needed annual bond issues.