REFLECTIONS: CHAIRPERSON: ELIZABETH COFFMAN
Reflections, is a State PTA art contest held every year. Participating students have the chance to advance to regional, state and even national finals. Volunteers for this committee will help promote, sort entries, fill out award ribbons and fill out other information required for entries. "2008-2009 THEME: "WOW…"Play an instrument?  Create Videos?   Write Stories? 

BOOK FAIR: CHAIRPERSON: TERRY JACKSON
Types of volunteer work needed: Set-up a couple of days before the book fair and take down the last day of the book fair. The book fair is scheduled for the 2nd week of November, and then one in the spring. Terry will also need help during the day to man the register and help students/teachers with book sales/restocking and straightening.

PIRTLE PESOS: CHAIRPERSON:  Julie Navarro
Pirtle Pesos is a program that rewards students for reading,  by providing a book to every student for summer reading.   Volunteers will be needed to help promote the store, come up with incentive ideas, and man the store and book market. Please take this opportunity to volunteer your time to encourage our kids to read!

WEBSITE CHAIR: CHAIRPERSON: KAREN MENNEN
The Website chair will need to be able to update the website on weekly or, biweekly bases and then place it on the BISD “Parents Page for Pirtle” website. The Direct link to that site is :
www.pirtlepta.com, you can also get to it by going to BISD web site www.bisd.net/home/pirtle/Parent.htm

SPRING FLING CARNIVAL: CHAIRPERSON: - Officers ( President, Vice President, Secretary, & Treasurer)

INFORMATION COMING SOON

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE/VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR:
CHAIRPERSON: Kendy Lentz
The Membership Committee recruits members; collects dues and. actively maintains an updated Membership list. Each year Texas PTA has a membership theme. This year's theme is "Unlock the Future with PTA".
The Volunteer Coordinator will work within the membership Committee and help Committee Chairs to line up volunteers as events come up. The Volunteer Coordinator should like to talk to people, on the phone and through e-mail. Most of the volunteer work for this committee will be administrative or marketing/PTA type activities... There can be either one person doing this job or, 2 people working closely together.

TEACHER SUPPORT/ COMMITTEE: CHAIRPERSON: Jackie Houlden & Angie Mitchell

The Classroom Support Committee enlists room parents to assist classroom teachers with various parties and activities during the school year.  This committee also organizes events throughout the year to recognize the teachers and staff of Pirtle Elementary School

TIGER PAWS COMMITTEE: CHAIRPERSON: TERRY JACKSON
The Tiger Paws committee oversees the sale and protection of PTA property, including t-shirts, calendars, misc. items such as zipper pulls and coin purses, and gifts and books purchased or donated for the Pesos Markets. Right stuff is in charge of consumables such as paper plates, cups and napkins for food events.  The committee also fulfills orders for PTA items and re-orders items when needed.  Tiger Paws will also maintain the PTA closet where all of the above mentioned items are stored and communicate with the other committees to know exactly what they have in the closet for any and all events through the year. Also they will help update the marquee, so it will need volunteers to change the sign outside the school.

YEARBOOK CHAIR: CHAIRPERSON: DRENDA CAPPS
This committee will work with the yearbook company to put together our yearbook this year.
They’ll need help gathering and organizing photos. They will also need to have parents throughout the year taking photos and donating them for the yearbook of school events, especially things like field trips and group shots. The Historian and the yearbook Chair should work closely together.  We are currently exploring other yearbook options to make this the best complete yearbook yet!

FOOD COMMITTEE: CHAIRPERSON: OPEN
The chairperson's responsibilities would be to organize 3-4 different suppers,
one during each book fair (fall& spring) and one during spring talent show
They will possibly be in charge of the food for the Spring Carnival in March.
 

PIRTLE PANTRY: CHAIRPERSON: Stephanie Myron
This committee is in charge of 2 food drives we have each year to help families in our school or, community that are in need of a helping hand during the holidays. This committee needs someone to organize and promote the gathering and donations of food before Thanksgiving and before Christmas.

NESTLE WATER LABELS / BOX TOPS:  CHAIRPERSON:  Kimberly Butler

INFORMATION COMING SOON

The Box tops Committee recruits kids by class to collect and turn in Box tops which are cashed in at the end of the year or cash for our school and kids. Volunteers on this committee promote the program collect Box tops from the rooms, count, sort and mail in Box tops and participate in the awarding of prizes to classes who collect the most Box tops.  There are 2 main deadlines for Box tops one in the Fall October, 6th and one in the spring February, 2nd.

TALENT SHOW: CHAIRPERSON:  Dianne Boughton
The Talent Show in February is a wildly popular event going into its fifth year now. Types of volunteers needed will be to help with the set-up, organizing students to go on stage,
help with auditions a few days before, to help screen the talent, Organize the program, and locate judges. This year we are going to try to make a few changes to accommodate our very large amount of entries but, we need your help with thoughts and Ideas to implement.

T-SHIRT SALES AND DESIGN COMMITTEE: CHAIRPERSON: OPEN
This committee’s main responsibilities will be with the marketing, ordering, maintaining an inventory, and selling of the Pirtle Pride t-shirts throughout the school year. Each January this committee will implement a t-shirt design contest. A new t-shirt will be chosen through the contest, and approved  By the board. New T-shirts will be reordered in time for the May kindergarten round up.

FUNDRAISING: Chairperson: Elizabeth Varville

INFORMATION COMING SOON

PUBLICATION COMMITTEE
The publication committee will be responsible for having our 6week newsletter translated and then making copies at the school so; it can go home in students backpacks.
The newsletter will come from the Website. Other duties will include any type of publication type things that are needed to be put together and then sent out.

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