Oak Knoll School
Teacher Support
Catherine Jaeger, PTO Board Contact

Yard Duty
Chairs: Lara Dye
Help supervise lunch recess activities and games. This is a terrific way to spend
time with students at school! (ongoing)

Sponsor A Book
Chairs:
Coordinate program in which families purchase books to add to the library
collection in honor of someone special. (ongoing)

Library Maintenance Volunteer
Chairs:
Volunteer in the library to help maintain the books. (ongoing)

Library Volunteer Schedule Coordinator
Chairs: Allison Chao
Identifies and schedules volunteers to staff the library. (ongoing)

Library Shift Volunteer
Chairs: Allison Chao
Working a library shift (usually during your child’s scheduled library time or a
lunch shift). Help check in and out books, shelve books, help students locate
books, and perform shelf care. Each shift ~ 1.25 hours, every other week (1-2
people per shift). (ongoing)

Fine Arts Show
Chairs:
Design and construct a display of all students’ art in the Multi for May Open
House, working under the direction of Barbara Cottrell, Artist-in-Residence.
(spring)

Room Parent Coordinators
Chairs: Jody Buckley & Neela Gentile
Co-chairs manage process to identify grade-level coordinators and room parents
each year. Help facilitate communication to this group throughout the year.

Grade Level Coordinators
Chairs: Jody Buckley & Neela Gentile
Organize Room Parents for a specific grade and communicate information about
Oak Knoll activities. Plan one grade-level family event. (mostly in fall; some
ongoing)

Room Parent Volunteers
Chairs: Jody Buckley & Neela Gentile
Work with classroom teacher to arrange field trips, communicate with other
parents, coordinate classroom volunteers, and manage class parties/activities.
(ongoing)

MPAEF Ambassador
Chairs:
Help spread the word about our wonderful Menlo Park Atherton Education
Foundation. Please consider being a MPAEF ambassador for your classroom next
year. The ambassador job is very fun, easier than ever this year, and extremely
rewarding! (ongoing)

Special Interest To Share
Chairs:
I have the following interest/expertise to share (e.g., art, music, carpentry,
computers, desk-top publishing, fundraising, gardening, health, law, math,
science, writing, etc.). Please include any foreign language fluency.