Please join us for the next PTA meeting on Tuesday, January 8 at 7:30 pm in the library. At the meeting we will vote on a proposed resolution to endorse the new elementary school on the Williamsburg campus. Please click here to read the proposed resolution. Noah Simon, the newest member of the School Board and our School Board liaison, will also attend the meeting to hear feedback from our community.
Category: General
Of general interest to all PTA members.
The PTA needs you!
With over 45 jobs already filled, many of your friends and neighbors are already volunteering for different jobs in the PTA. We have a couple of critical positions that need to be filled.
We need volunteers in order to hold the auction and continue other important programs this year (and if no one steps up, it won’t happen!). Please consider helping out. The PTA is a volunteer organization, so no previous work experience is required! Read more
Get More Involved
Do you want to get more involved at Jamestown? Are you worried you don’t have experience? Don’t worry! The PTA is a volunteer organization so no previous work experience is required! Read more
Miss last month’s PTA meeting?
Wellness posters posted!
The Jamestown PTA’s Wellness Committee sponsored a wellness campaign to increase awareness in the Jamestown community about the benefits of eating healthy, exercising, and maintaining a healthy mind, body, and spirit. Thanks to the talents of Matt Mendelsohn and Maya Vastardis, the Committee is placing the following posters around the school of students and staff to get the message out:
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These posters will remain in the school during the 2012-13 school year.
Open PTA Positions
We are looking to fill several open PTA positions for next year:
Assistant Treasurer/Treasurer
Sally Foster Fundraiser Chair or co-chairs
After School Activities- Coordinator(s)
PTA Webmaster
School Board Rep
Wellness Committee
Winter Social/Auction
Open positions on the PTA Board for the 2012-2013 school year
If you are interested in getting more involved maybe one of these would be a fit for you. It is very rewarding. Please contact one of the members of the Nominating Committee for more information: Renee Clough, Jill Curran, Audrey Lesesne, Karen Apsel or Becky Logan. Don’t hesitate!
PTA Board: Open Positions
1. Assistant Treasurer/Treasurer – CPA or finance guru, or just have a knack for business, administration, or managing personal finances? We are looking for someone who has interest in working into the Treasurer role. You may start as an Assistant, helping with the finances behind all of our fundraising activities and programs as well as wish list requests and budgeting. This job may be done almost entirely from home or work and touches almost every area in which the PTA is involved in one way or another. No particular degrees or experience are required, but you should be detail-oriented, organized, and good at administrative tasks. Our current Treasurer, Jill Curran, will be a great teacher and work partner for you.
2. VP Communications (Corresponding Secretary)–
This 2 year commitment could be a great fit for you. Here is a description of what the job entails:
You attend all Executive Committee meetings and PTA Meetings
You are in charge of communications between the PTA and the community and PTA-sponsored publications.
You oversee the PTA website and the Listserv, and publication of the JES Directory, the Yearbook, the Poetry Journal, and For Kids Eyes Only
You are in charge of any surveys that PTA wishes to conduct of the JES community.
You ensure that decisions taken at the monthly PTA meetings, and any other meetings or events, are communicated to the community as appropriate.