The Booster Club encourages all parents to participate in school functions and do their part in improving their child's education.  Several projects are ongoing and planned for this year. 

Get involved and join one of the following committees. Email the Booster Club at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it if you would like to join a committee.

Committees and Sub-Committees 2009-2010

Fundraising Events
Solicitation
Communication
Projects
Grade Level Projects

Professional Volunteers Needed: Accountant/Attorney/Graphic Design/Landscape Designer/Tshirt Printer/Caterer/Grant Writer/Painter/Muralist/Handyman/Publicist

Fundraising Events

• Library Committee

  Chair: Angie Klimeck
  Goal: Raise at least $5,000 a year for new library books and supplies
  Sub-committees:

  • Annual Scholastic Book Fair (first week of November)
  • Book Fair Family Night (Wed evening of Book Fair)
  • Birthday Books – $20.00 donation buys a book in your child’s name
  • Library maintenance – volunteers needed to reshelve library books

• Box Tops

  Chair: Jessica T.
  Goal: Have families save “Box Top” coupons for twice a year collection. Create promotion, collect coupons and send for reimbursement.

• Carnival

  Chair: Shari Cooper
  Goal: Raise $10,000 during the annual school carnival with game booths, prizes, inflatables, dunk booth, cake walk, arts and crafts and BBQ (Korean and American).
  Sub-committees:

  • Food – Korean and American BBQ, sno cones, ice cream, fruit, drinks
  • Games –assemble and decorate custom booths and games
  • Arts and Crafts – assist children in various arts and crafts
  • Prizes – purchase and manage prize booth
  • Cake Walk – recruit bakers, baked goods and manage game
  • Dunk Booth – for 5th grade only
  • Inflatables – order and manage inflatables
  • Entertainment – MC event and coordinate activities
  • Volunteers – coordinate with local high schools for volunteers

• Silent Auction/Holiday Party

  Chair: Betty Krul
  New fundraiser for 2009!

• eBay Auction

  Chair: Needed
  Goal: Collect entertainment memorabilia, collectibles, and opportunities from our internal celebrity network of friends for auction worldwide. Auction service provided by Giving Engine.

• Family Nights Out

  Chair: Needed
  Organize monthly family nights at various local restaurants for a 20% of proceeds return.

• Gift Wrap Sales

  Chair: ______________, Tracy Balsz (advisor)
  Students go door-to-door to sell holiday gift wrap, chocolates and gifts from Innisbrook giftwrap. Coordinate delivery of catalogs, kid’s assembly, online ordering so management is a breeze, final delivery of boxed items in November.

• Grocery Cards/SCRIP

  Chair: Needed
  Research rebate offers from various stores including Ralphs and Vons. Disseminate promotional info and sign-up instructions.

• T-Shirts

  Chair: Maggie Crispin
  Collect orders and print school tshirts and run end of year design contest.

• Bake Sale (100th Day/Pi Day)

  Chair: Betty Krul
  Cakes, cookies, cupcakes, pies, breads, and sweet delectibles needed.  Don your cooking aprons and donate fresh baked goods, or open you pocket books to contribute to this twice a year fundraising event.

Solicitation

• Corporate Sponsors

  Chair: Needed
  Outreach into local community for corporate donations of cash and in-kind donations for various events.

• Grant Research

  Chair: Needed
  Research various grant opportunities and either write or find a grant writer to submit.

• Pledge Drive

  Chair: Jessica Dabney
  Largest and most important fundraiser of the year – collect family donations for a goal of $100,000. Occurs in September with a “renew your pledge” in January.

Communication

• Booster Club Bulletin Board

  Chair: Needed
  Manage the installation of memos, notices, flyers, etc. in the glass bulletin board at the welcome gate.

• Champions/Coach Liaison

  Chair: Needed
  Delegate needed to communicate any information between Beyond the Bell and the afterschool Enrichment program provider Champions USA.

• Goodwill/Appreciation

  Chair: Needed
  This position works with the social committee and the officers to send out thank you cards and emails to event volunteers, corporate donors and community partners.

• Korean PTA Liaison

  Chair: Needed
  This position is the intermediary between the Korean PTA and the Booster Club and helps to have translations prepared of all correspondence.

• Photocopies/Signs/Banners

  Chair: Needed
  Helps to print flyers, distribute to classrooms, create and post banners regarding school activities and events

• Publicity
  
  

  Chair: Needed
  Write press releases and contact local press regarding school activities.

• Room Parent Coordinator

  Chair: Cindy Kaufen
  Organize the room parents from each classroom, have group meetings and design an email/phone tree to disseminate Booster Club information and action items to the parents in the classroom.

• Student Directory

  Chair: Susan Brin
  Collect parent contact information forms (online sign-ups!), prepare directory layout using Publish software or similar, sell ads, coordinate printing and distribution (Oct)

• Teacher's Leadership Committee Liaison

  Chair: Needed
  Delegate needed to sit in on the teacher’s monthly leadership committee meetings

Projects

• Beautification / Gardening

  Co-Chair: _____________ Co-Chair: Angie Klimeck
  This is a very important committee for Hancock Park School. The Booster Club is solely responsible for the planting of all trees, flowers, plants and the maintenance of all gardens. Many gardens need to be watered by hand, continuously nurtured and loved. Over the past years we have created a beautiful environment and we need to keep it going. If you have a green thumb, or want to learn, we welcome all volunteers.

• Classroom Clean-Up Day

  Chair: Needed
  Occurs on a Saturday in Feb/March. Create flyer, schedule with Plant Manager, purchase refreshments, order supplies and manage this family participation classroom clean-up day.

• Graduation

  Chair: Needed
  Plan and organize the activities involved with 5th grade graduation including fundraising, tile wall, tshirts, class picnic, ceremony, etc. Need 4th grade parents to shadow.

• Library

  Chair: Angie Klimeck
  Assist school librarian in purchasing books and supplies, clean and reshelve books, assist with Birthday Book Fundraiser, help organize and run the annual Scholastic Book Fair and Family Night, and be available as needed on special projects.

• Playground

  Chair: Needed
  Help continue the install of the second playstructure, organize painting day (to paint benches), keep the playground clean (trash pick-up activities), order supplies as needed for recess/afterschool/PE.

• Presentations/Star Gazing Night

  Chair: Needed
  Organize school presentations using outside entities, search for grants or free performances. Organize Stargazing Night (pushed back from 2008-2009 school year) which brings powerful telescopes and class presentations on the solar system for a fun-filled evening activity.

• Social Committee

  Chair: Needed
  We need a strong chairperson for this committee as we always get many volunteers. Here is a list of some of the activities – they change every year. We are very fortunate to have use of the beautiful Arts Patio which makes entertaining a breeze.

  • Kinder Meet and Greet – Refreshments for annual Kinder event held last Sat of Aug from 10A-11A.
  • Teachers first day back – organize coffee and pastries
  • Teacher’s Kitchen – keep the shelves stock throughout the year with coffees/teas/supplies
  • Teachers Break Room – keep the room supplied with magazines and flowers
  • Holiday Staff Appreciation – help to organize a breakfast or lunch during December
  • Teacher Appreciation Week – help to organize a breakfast or lunch during this week in May
  • Volunteer luncheon – help the teacher committee to put on this annual event in June
  • Chorus/Orchestra performance – provide refreshments for students and parents of these events

• Technology Liaison

  Representative needed to work with the teachers technology committee and the school principal in making sure we are meeting our commitments in maintaining and helping to purchase technology equipment for the Computer Lab and individual classrooms.

• Wonder Of Reading

  Chair: Jill Aaron O’Brien
  Hancock Park School is committed to the Wonder of Reading non-profit organization, who is responsible for renovating our school library to what it is today. The Wonder of Reading program encourages community members to volunteer at their local schools to read with children that may need extra encouragement. We need a coordinator and volunteers for this very valuable program.

Grade-Level Projects

• K Kindergarten Yard (Kinder)

  Mentor: Teresa Feldman
  All Kinder parents are encouraged to form a committee to help maintain the designated Kindergarten play yard. Gardening, cleaning and purchasing equipment/supplies as needed. This is an excellent way to transition into becoming an active parent.

• 1st Valet Drop-Off (First Grade)

  Mentor: Ms. Ashley Parker
  All parents are welcome to join in this very important service of providing a safe drop-off environment for children coming to school. A dedicated captain is needed to set up and take down the cones and signs indicating the one-way traffic lane each morning on Colgate; and to organize by class and month first grade parent volunteers. Volunteers are needed to help children from cars safely to the sidewalk and assist drivers in following the one-way drop off policy procedures.

• 2nd Library (2nd Grade)

  Mentor: Angie Klimeck
  Volunteers are needed almost daily to help Ms. Patti, the school librarian, re-shelve library books (700 per week) and to keep the library organized. This is a easy 15-minute job by a volunteer.

• 3rd Campus Clean-up (3rd Grade)

  Mentor: Needed
  Volunteers needed to pick-up trash around campus. A captain is needed to coordinate a schedule for weekly clean-up duties. Clothing, lunch boxes and other items accumulate quickly you will be responsible for managing the lost and found rack which gets sent to the Goodwill on a regular basis.

• 4th Recycling (4th Grade)

  Mentor: Susan Brin
  Hancock Park School prides itself on its sustainability and green practices, and fourth grade has become the leader of this cause. Volunteers needed to work with teachers to encourage paper and plastic bottle recycling. Whole Foods partnered with our school last year and contributed $.05 for each bottle deposited in their GreenOps machine in front of the store.

• 5th Fundraising (for graduation)

  Mentors: Doreen Monroe/Shermay Barnes
  Help teach students how to earn their own money and raise the $4,000 needed to pay for their graduation activities. Jamba Juice/Pizza Sales, bakesales, ice cream sales, etc.