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2025-2026 Willingness to Serve

We are so grateful for our amazing Crestline community-and that includes you!  As we begin planning for the 2025-2026 school year, we would love to know how you would like to get involved.  One of the best ways to get involved at Crestline Elementary is through volunteering with the PTO. Whether you can spare an hour a week or just want to help occasionally, your support makes a big difference!   There is something for everyone, and we appreciate your support.  Please consider sharing your time and talents with the PTO during the 2025-2026 school year.    Don't forget to hit "Save" at the bottom of the form! 

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Year Round Opportunities
Bulletin Board-PTO Events
Maintain and decorate the PTO bulletin board by the auditorium. Coordinate with committee chairs to promote events throughout the year. Occasionally complete a seasonal bulletin board when there are not PTO events to promote. Update the bulletin board approximately once a month.
Bulletin Board-Hey Crestline
Maintain the "Hey Crestline!" Bulletin Board highlighting students, teachers, staff and administrators each month. Located by the starwell at the entrance to the 2nd Grade hallway. Bulletin board can be updated at any time during the month.
Community Outreach
Help with Brookville (our sister school) collection drives throughout the year and Holiday Helpers. This includes collecting non-perishable items, school supplies, and clothing/toys (Holiday Helpers). Volunteers are needed to help collect, organize, load, and deliver our different collections. Committee members can contribute however and whenever available during these collection periods.
Cougar Contributors
Help organize fundraising for Crestline during the Cougar Contributors campaign. Also will help coordinate priority seating, yearbook ads, and other Cougar Contributor needs throughout the year. Fundraising is in the summer, but the additional needs are throughout the year.
Cougar Corps of Volunteers
This group is "on call" whenever a committee needs extra help. It's a great opportunity to volunteer only when you are available. Good for people who want to volunteer but need flexibility. This is also a great committee if you are unsure of what else you would like to do!
Cougar Strong, Everyone Belongs (formerly Circle of Friends)
Help promote understanding, encouragement, and inclusion fo special needs students. We also celebrate our Special Education teachers with a small breakfast/luncheon. There will be events scattered throughout the school year as we work to promote kindness all year long.
Grade Level Social Chair
Help plan and execute a social gathering for the parents/moms of your child's grade. This function can be held at anytime throughout the year.
Grand Circle Fundraising
Help organize fundraising for grandparents and other relatives during our Grand Circle campaign. Also will help coordinate priority seating, yearbook ads, and other Grand Circle needs throughout the year. The fundraising is mostly in the summer, but additional needs are throughout the year. There is a separate committee for the Grand Circle Event.
Grounds
Help maintain the school grounds and plant seasonal flowers around school. We plant in August before school starts and then at the beginning of spring, and touch up/add filler as needed. Committee needs also include watering and checking the plants, with specific attention to planters before major school events. This is a great committee if you need flexibility as the planters are all outside and can be maintained any day of the week.
Helping Hands Lunchroom Committee/First Friday Free
On the first Friday of each month, cover the lunchroom so the teachers can get a well-deserved "duty-free" lunch.
Hospitality
Provide hospitality for the larger events throughout the year, including teacher luncheons, faculty meetings, etc. Volunteers will be asked to make certain items or bring drinks and also help set up/take down for different events. This is a great committee if you like to bake/cook, as homemade goods are always welcomed! Will also work with the newly formed (2025-2026) Sunshine Committee.
Library
Help the librarians re-shelve books and maintain the media center. Very flexible schedule!
Lost and Found
Help keep lost and found items organized and back to their owner. A few times a year, clothes will be taken home, washed, and donated.
Mighty Men-NEW for 2025-2026
Help us develop a list of men/fathers, who, when available, can assist when extra help is needed for event sest up/clean up. Examples of events are Fall Festival and Graduation.
PE & Fun Run
Support the PE coaches in putting on the Pumpkin Run (fall) and the Cougar Chase (spring). Help cheer on the children along the course, assist with water stations, and direct/control traffic flow. Must be available the day of the run (a Sunday afternoon).
Room Mom
Willing to be room mother or assistant room mother for your child's class. These will be assigned the week before school starts after class lists are posted. Assist the teacher as needed, whether that be planning class parties or coordinating classroom assistance during the week. Serve as a liasion between class parents and PTO committees. Collect money and coordinate teacher gifts for holiday, birthday, and end of year.
Sunshine Committee-NEW for 2025-2026
Work to brighten the days of the teachers, faculty, and staff throughout the year. Provide extra "happys" throughout the year, whether it is thoughtful notes, treats, or other means of encouragement. Will work closely with the Hospitality Committee.
Yearbook
Be willing to take quality photos of events and activities throughout the school year. Communicate the link for parents to upload photos to the yearbook website. Also responsible for designing and organizing the yearbook.
Summer/August Opportunities
Picnic on the Green
Help plan school-wide picnic before school starts-- coordinate food options, games, clean up. This event is usually a few nights before the first day of school in August. Must be available on that date!
Newcomers
Help with the newcomers meeting and reception (usually the day before school starts) and put together welcome bags for new Crestline students. Most volunteers are needed the day of the event to help host the reception for new parents and students.
School Supplies
Help distribute student school supply boxes to classrooms the week before school starts. This is a one day (usually morning) job.
Sportswear
Help organize online order forms and help sort & distribute sportswear to students. Also, must be available to work a shift at Welcome Back Nights and/or Meet the Teacher days.
Fall Opportunities
Crestline 101
Welcome and help new parents get to know everything about Crestline through an information session with a panel of parents/staff. This event is usually the first week of school and only a few hours of time are required.
Fall Festival
Help sort and distribute wristbands before Fall Festival (week of) and help set up supplies/booths the day of the Fall Festival. There are some organization opportunities the week of the Fall Festival, but most help is needed the entire day of the event, including cleanup.
Book Fair
Help organize and set up the fair (Friday before), work the register, replenish stock, and assist children in finding books. The fall book fair is a week long event (November), and many volunteers are needed. The shifts for the week are usually two hours. Spring Book Fair is TBD for 2026.
Grand Circle Event
Help with the Grand Circle event in the fall. This includes set up, ordering lunch, welcoming our guests, and cleaning up. Must be available the day of the event. *The format of this event could change for 2025-2026.*
Veterans Day Program
Performance is by 5th grade. Help decorate school the week before; set up Cougar Arena the night before, as well as arrive to school early on the day of the event to help with breakfast, greet Veterans (guests of any student) and families, and take down decorations in the afternoon. Must be available the week of Veterans Day.
Vision Screening
Volunteer to help eye doctor and nurses with testing students for possible vision issues. This is a one day event and requires a few hours of time.
Spring Opportunities
Expressions Art Contest
This event is district wide and students submit entries in all areas of art. Help advertise and decorate for the event at Crestline; Collect entries (January) and sort by grade level; help with awards presentation (usually in February-Crestline students only).
Cougar Creativity Conference
Event provides interactive and fun presentations related to various fields of study. Volunteers help decorate the school in the weeks leading up to the event (February), typically in two hour shifts with flexible days. Volunteers are also needed the day of the event to help with logistics of our guests.
Teacher and Staff Appreciation
Event is usually a week in February. Help decorate (weekend before); provide breakfasts, snacks and a luncheon throughout the week; help with other "treats" for the teachers throughout the week. Many different volunteer opportunties during this week!
Talent Show
Help organize and put on Crestline's Got Talent (April).
Kindergarten Orientation
Help decorate the school for Orientation and then welcome new Kindergartners, lead them to classrooms, and oversee them in the lunchroom during Orientation (late April). Also help deliver crayons to mailboxes the week before. Not recommended for parents with current or incoming Kindergartners.
Field Day
Support the gym teachers and help set up for events of the day (end of May). Volunteers are also generally needed to run/monitor different stations. Examples include relay races, tug of war, inflatables. Must be available the day of the event.
6th Grade Moms' Luncheon
Typically 5th grade moms. Help organize and put on the luncheon for our 6th grade moms, usually a week or two before recognition.
6th Grade Recognition (Graduation)
Typically 5th grade moms. Help organize 6th grade recognition, set up and take down. Must be available the day before recognition, and the morning of.