Volunteers

The Fox Mill PTA is relies on parent volunteers to run all the programs, events, fundraisers, etc. that the PTA sponsors as well as the PTA Board. Parents of students at Fox Mill Elementary Schoolare welcome and encouraged to volunteer in many. We urge all parents to volunteer in some capacity.

Volunteerism at Fox Mill is high and accounts for thousands of hours. Fox Mill parents often provide the incredibly valuable resource of their time. Opportunities to volunteer abound. Whether you have time each week to spend at school or just a couple hours occasionally to help at school or at home, there are plenty of opportunities. Positions with the PTA are open to all parents and no experience is required other than genuine interest in helping kids.

One great volunteer position that allows you to get involved with your child’s class is to be a Room Parent. Room parents make school fun!Room parents work with the teacher and other room parents to plan parties, assist in field trips, events, or projects. In addition, several times throughout the year, room parent volunteers assist with school-wide special events. We have a team approach to room parenting at Fox Mill; however, each class also needs one person from each Room Parent Team to serve as a Room Parent Contact. This person will be the one contacted by the teacher for in class needs, and by the Room Parent Coordinator for school wide functions that need class participation, and will then be responsible for getting the team moving. Contact parent is a coordination job; it can be done mostly through e-mail, and it is not intended to oblige that parent to take on responsibility for meeting all the class needs. It is intended that this parent will communicate all the class needs to the rest of the group. In many classes, different people take on the coordination of specific activities throughout the year. There is a lot to do, and it works best when each class has at least five or six parents involved.

This year all of our signups for volunteers will be online, including Room Parents and GRACE Art! Please click here to access the volunteer sign up form.

For more information about volunteering in general, click here to e-mail Sheri Zimmerman or click here to Susie Dunne for more information about Room Parents.