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Volunteer Descriptions - PTA Programs

To help with the following committees, click here or you may email the committee chair directly.  Click here for a list of committee chairs.  Click on an underlined Program or Event for more information.

5th Grade Event
This is the celebration for our kids that are moving on.  It's a great party and we need lots of parents to pull it off.  There is truly something for everyone to do, so if you have a graduating 5th grader this is a great way to volunteer.

Assemblies
We generally do 3-4 assemblies per year, which are chosen by the chair along with the principal's input.  You should be on campus the day of the assembly to insure everything goes smoothly.  You also need to make arrangements for MPR set up and anything our visitors might need.

Art Docent
This one you can actually sign up for with your teacher.  You will do a series of 4-6 art activities in the classroom.  Don't worry, you have step by step instructions to follow and materials available to you.  It's fun to do it with a partner, too.  The Art Docent Program takes place in early Spring.

Book Fair
We have two Book Fairs each year, one a couple weeks before the winter holiday break and one at the end of May.  We need lots and lots of volunteers for set up, cashiering, organization, Family Night, and clean up.

Box Tops, Escrip, Soup Labels
These are ongoing programs that help produce a good chunk of money.  We need help with data entry and counting.

Communications
Data entry, data entry, did I say data entry?  You will also assist in putting together the School Directory.

Dinner/Dance
Another event with tons of different ways you can volunteer.  From data entry to assembling baskets, from soliciting businesses to set up on the day of the event we need an army to pull this one off!

Earth Week
Held in April every year, you will assist the chair in planning activities and ensuring our guests are well taken care of.

Emergency Prep
You will assist the chair in making sure our emergency supplies are complete and fresh.

Grant Writing
Thousands of grants go unawarded every year.  We need help finding grants that make sense for us and applying for those grants.

Jog-a-thon
Jog-a-thon is our biggest fundraiser of the year and is held every October.  We need help organizing incentives, setting up on the day of,  posting progress charts, and many other little things.

Liason to the Camarillo Library
We need someone to help us tap into all the wonderful programs at our local Camarillo Library.

Yearbook
We need pictures, digital ones, of all our school events.  We could also use help with yearbook distribution and possibly data entry.

Recycling
We need a team of people willing to collect recycling on a rotating schedule throughout the school year.  We also have lots of new projects under our "Growing Green" program and could use your enthusiastic support.

Reflections
Here's a program that can use a lot of volunteers.  We need people to help with data entry, label making, ribbon awarding, invitation creating, artwork mounting, showcase setting up, showcase cleaning up, pizza ordering...you name it there is something for you to do here.

School Tool Box
This program starts in the spring with order form distribution and ends just as we start school in August.  We need help with order form assembly and tool box distribution.

Science Night
This is a great night of fun and learning for our students.  Preparation starts in December, but most of the work takes place in January and February.  We need people to sort and organize, run errands, set up for the night, work shifts as lab directors (training provided) and of course clean up!  It's the most fun you'll ever have while being useful.

Spirit Wear
We need help with set up and take down for school sales.  Also, filling orders and folding items.

Staff Appreciation
This is quite a production each May.  We need help planning activities, gathering our treats and gifts, providing food, and much more!

TAP (Teacher Assistance Program)
The ultimate behind the scenes job.  You'll be running copies, laminating, cutting, counting, sorting--all for our amazing teachers at La Mariposa.  Training is provided and scheduled shifts work best.

Tiger Olympics
The Tiger Olympics take place the first week of June.  Preparation help is needed in running errands and field set up.  LOTS of parents are needed to run track an field events and referee games (training will be provided for game referees).

Women in History
We need women that will portray characters for classes during our Women in History Week.  Scripts are provided.

Volunteer Descriptions - School Programs

To help with the following committees, click here or you may email the committee chair directly. 
 
Camarillo Academic Olympics (CAO)
CAO is held through February and March every two years (on the even years) for all Camarillo students, 4th-8th grades.  We need volunteers on the school level to set up and monitor testing, escort students, and judging.  For more information on CAO read the Ventura County Star article here.

100's Day
Hundred's Day is the 100th Day of School.  Usually it falls the week before Valentine's Day.  As a school, we traditionally collect THOUSANDS of new, unopened socks (and underwear) for Casa Pacifica.  This is where you come in, we need to collect socks from classes, count them, and get them to Casa Pacifica.  For more information on Casa Pacifica, our 100's Day Sock Drive, and other ways that La Mariposa Shares click here.

Food Drives
We hold several Food Drives to benefit Food Share throughout the year.  Usually one or two in the winter and another one in the spring.  We need you to help us organize all the food we collect.  For more information on Food Share, our Food Drives, and other ways that La Mariposa Shares click here

Health Screening
Health Screening is held across the district in the beginning of each school year for selected grades.  We conduct both vision and hearing testing.  We need volunteers to escort students to and from the screenings.

Picture Day
La Mariposa has two picture days, one in the Fall and another in the Spring.  We can always use help getting classes to their photo shoots, on time.

Rotary Track Meet
The Rotary track Meet is held late Spring every year.  Depending on the year, 5th and sometimes 4th Graders are invited to participate.  We need parent volunteers to help with our preliminary school meet, organize awards and T-shirts, and assist our Track coaches.  All these duties can be spread out over a group of volunteers.  To read about last year's Rotary Track Meet click here.