TAPPS Activities

Next TAPPS meeting is February 8, at 8:30am.

TAPPS Minutes for meeting on 1/11/12

Meet Your TAPPS Board for 2011-12

Kathryn Atwood Co- President

Kathryn Atwood has been a proud Pilgrim Parent for four years, and has a son,

Stafford, 3rd grade. She is also Director of Communications at Pilgrim. You can

email Kathryn at katwood@pilgrim-school.org

Kim Bergman Co-President

Kim Bergman is a second year Proud Pilgrim Parent. Her daughter, Abigail is

in the 10th grade.

Vice President

Tori Gleiberman has been a proud Pilgrim Parent for four years. She

has three children, Sydney, 2nd grade, Max, 7th grade, and Jake, 8th

grade. You can email Tori at torigleiberman@sbcglobal.net

Vice President
Debbie Haring is a third year Proud Pilgrim Parent. her son, Jace, is in the 1st grade.

Patricia Kong Secretary
Patricia Kong is a second year Proud Pilgrim Parent. Her daughter Allison started in the toddler program last year. Patrica is a former Pilgrim Kindergarten teacher and the current Director of Admissions.

Treasurer
Marlo Afflalo is going into her eighth year as a Proud Pilgrim Parent. Her daughter, Mya is in the 4th grade.

What Counts Towards My Volunteer Hours?

Each family needs to do 30 volunteer hours per school year. The time period is from March 31 - March 31. This means you can put hours you earn after March 31 and during the summer towards the next school year's. Volunteering is a great way to meet other parents and have fun. Studies have shown that the more active parents are in the student's school, the more involved students are with their studies and their school community.

There are a number of committees for which you can volunteer. Chaperoning class field trips, helping in the classroom, cooking for the faculty luncheons are also ways to take care of volunteer hours. Attending a TAPPS meeting, which we highly recommend, counts as a volunteer hour. It is important to keep track of your hours and turn them in at the front office. We are working on developing an online tracking system for hours, but have not found the perfect solution yet. We will keep you posted.

Donations for the silent auction or hosting parties for the party book can be tax deductible but do not count towards volunteer hours. Party Book parties, though they do not count toward volunteer hours, do build community, creativity, and scholarship funds.

Volunteer Opportunities

IMPORTANT!
African-American History Month Needs Volunteers NOW!

We especially need a Lead Curator or Co-Curators for the
Pilgrim School African American History Museum.
(earn a lot of volunteer hours and do a great service for our students) 
This Museum has been a great a success and generated positive press for Pilgrim in the past two years and we want to keep it going!
We need someone (YOU!) to spear head the effort. Responsibilities are: 

1) to collect the donated and loaned Pilgrim parent artifacts, educational materials, videos, multimedia, periodicals, etc. 

the items will be kept and locked at Pilgrim until the museum is over.

2) a day to set up the museum in the basement hallways and meeting room at Pilgrim (museum will run for a week, tentatively: Monday Feb 20- Sunday Feb 26)

3) designate a day for parents to collect their loaned items and to take down the museum   

There are already volunteers who will assist you but we need someone to take charge and exercise their creativity!
ALSO:
Be on the lookout for more opportunities to help out for Pilgrim's celebration of African American History Month. 
Contact:
Anthony Sparks 
Proud Pilgrim Parent and Chair - Pilgrim African American History Month Celebration
email: asparksnyc@aol.com
ph- 323-898-6022

It is hard to believe we are entering into the 2012 portion of the '11-12' school year! There will be lots of volunteer opportunities coming up, so don't forget to check here to see any new postings. If you would like to get involved in African American History Month which takes place in February, please contact Anthony Sparks at asparksnyc@aol.com

We look forward to seeing you at the next TAPPS Meeting in Barnum on January 11th, at 8:30.

Sincerely,

Your TAPPS Board
Pilgrim School

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