2024-2025 Committee Chairs

We are thankful for a great group of parent volunteers! If you are interested in volunteering for a particular event or committee, please contact the committee chair or co-chair listed below for more information.

Events

Building Tours: Chair needed (contact the PTO VP with questions or to volunteer)
(Ongoing) Give tours to prospective families.

Grandparents and Special Friends Day: Cindy Ulmenstine-Fitzgerald
(September) Help organize school-wide morning event for grandparents and special friends.

Trunk or Treat: Tori Sacco
(October) Help organize the trunk-or-treat event.

Movie Night: Tom Glauber
(November) Help plan school-wide movie showing in the school gym.

Trivia Night: Jen Paule
(January) Help organize dance for parents and children.

Dance: Kara Manley
(February) Help organize dance for parents and children.

Spring Book Fair: Maire Schultz
(March) Organize and recruit volunteers to work the Scholastic book sale.

End-of-Year Family Social: Chair needed (contact the PTO VP with questions or to volunteer)
(May) Help plan a fun event for families to celebrate the end of the school year.

Fundraising

Annual Fund Drive: Jen Paule
Committee members plan our annual fund drive.

Standing Committees

Beautification and Outdoor Learning Garden: Matt Sellers and Jen Paule
Organize indoor and outdoor beautification projects of the school grounds and support teachers with maintaining the Outdoor Learning Garden. Our science teacher, Ms. Juracsik, is responsible for the school’s learning gardens year-round, but we’d like to have a parent volunteer to assist her.

Caring: Chair needed (contact the PTO VP with questions or to volunteer)
Organize the holiday gift drive and other charitable efforts for students as needed.

Equity and Inclusion: Chair needed (contact the PTO VP with questions or to volunteer)
Help BWCJA become a more diverse and inclusive environment.

New Families: Kate Malorin
Help organize and assist with open houses, summer play dates, and back-to-school event for families who are new to BWCJA.

School Directory: Christy Glauber
Organize and contact families to keep the school directory (Buzzbook) on Membership Toolkit up to date (mostly takes place at the start of the school year)

Spirit Wear: Melinda Nadler, Tori Sacco, Cindy Ulmenstine-Fitzgerald
Help design and sell BWCJA spirit wear.

Teacher Appreciation: Kelly Sellers, Nichole Fink
Help show our teachers some love with home-cooked meals on parent-teacher conference nights, goodies during Teacher Appreciation Week, and other opportunities throughout the year.

Yearbook: Jamie Spitznagel
Organize the production of the school’s yearbook including official yearbook photos, layout, ad sales, etc.