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Get Involved with the SPTO!
There are so many ways, big and small, to volunteer. Below are just a few. Whatever you do you’ll know that your participation is enhancing your child's education through support of the SPTO. To learn more, come to a monthly PTO meeting or contact one of the SPTO chairs listed on the Contact the SPTO page.

Current Open Positions:

• Co-Treasurer
  The SPTO prefers to have two individuals in charge of the monthly financial reporting and cash activity. The two individuals are to make sure there are checks and balances in place to monitor the cash accounts. The following are the specific position requirements:
  1. Monthly reporting – Use Quicken and Excel
     • a) Treasurers report
     • b) Financial Statement
     • c) Reconcile bank accounts
  2. Make deposits as needed
  3. Get cash for events as instructed by the event organizers
  4. Write checks for all expenses – two checking accounts
  5. Participate in allocation committee in the month of June
  6. Attend monthly SPTO meetings
  We are currently seeking the second individual to assist with these responsibilities.

• Co-chair Fundraising
• Arts & Cultural Assistant
• Lip Sync Co-Coordinator
• Co-chairs for Picnic

To find out more about these positions, please contact the SPTO at email address chair@stowpto.org

Upcoming Openings:

• Services Co-Chair needed for next school year 2010-2011!
  This division of the PTO is responsible for providing many services to the school community at both Pompo and Center. Some of the important services provided include: production of the school directory, hosting a kindergarten parent orientation, coordinating the ProjectPrep service for the staff, organizing the wishing snowflakes at holiday time, organizing baking volunteers for teacher conferences and hosting the staff appreciation event in the spring. The new co-chair will be working with an experienced co-chair. The time commitment of this position varies depending upon the month of the year. The busiest times are September and October, early December, and April/May. Normally there is a team of people who work on each of the service projects listed above, and typically we recruit parents to head up coordinating special events (like Kindergarten Orientation, Picture Day, and Staff Appreciation). It’s fun, a great way to meet other active parents, and a fabulous way to network with the staff at Pompo and Center. Call Kristen Straub (the co-chair) at 978-897-3906 for more information!!


• Center ProjectPrep Coordinator needed for next school year 2010-11
  The ProjectPrep Program is a volunteer service organized and run by parents to assist teachers with tasks such as photocopying, laminating and other projects. Helping with ProjectPrep allows teachers more time for classroom and curriculum preparation.
  A coordinator is needed at Center School in order for this program to continue next year. The coordinator's responsibilities include making a volunteer schedule every couple of months, starting up the program in September and recruiting new volunteers in September. The time committment is about 2 or 3 hours of time in early September and then less than an hour every few months to make up the schedule. To learn more, please call Kathleen Rusilas (current coordinator) at (978) 897-0528.


• Arts & Cultural Chair needed for next school year 2010-11
  The Arts & Cultural Chair oversees the use of SPTO funds for additional curriculum-enhancing programs for each grade. The programs, chosen by the teachers in each grade, are booked by a volunteer Grade Representative who books acts as a liaison between each grade's Lead Teacher and the Arts & Cultural Chair.
  In the past we have hosted such programs as the New England Aquarium, who traveled to Pompo to teach the 1st graders about tide pools. The Discovery Museum has come to Center with "Rocks & Minerals" for the 3rd Grade and "Physical States of Matter" for the 4th Grade. Other past programs include author and illustrator Lita Judge, The Pumpernickel Puppets, Bach to Beatles, Odaiko Japanese Drummers, and many more.
  The Arts & Cultural Chair duties include managing the yearly budget, receiving information for new programs, working with the Lead Teachers, Grade Representatives and Treasurer, booking whole-school programs for both Pompo and Center and attending monthly PTO meetings. It is a fun way to become more involved in the schools and the PTO, meet many new friends and have a better idea of what each grade is studying—all without a huge time commitment.

Do you like to cook? Then you could . . .

Donate a home-baked goodie for lip sync.
Provide something for the staff appreciation luncheon.
Make a baked good or salad for the Pompo picnic.

Are you creative? Then you can . . .

Help assemble the raffle baskets for the Pompo picnic.
Assist in the display of auction items.
Create artwork for the school directory or other events.
Spruce up the bulletin boards.

Are you organized? We'd love to see you . . .

Run the gift wrap or other fund raising sale.
Coordinate tickets sales for an event.
Volunteer in the library.

Do you like to garden? Why not . . .

Help spruce up the grounds at Pompo and Center schools.