Holiday Celebrations: Food is served at 3 school celebrations -( Holiday - Valentine's Day - End of the Year )  Please be aware of any allergies in your classroom and alert anyone providing snacks.  Head Room Parents are in charge of organizing food, drinks, paper products, games and activities.  Check with your teacher for specific requests for each party.

Yearbook Pictures: One to Two Room Parent Volunteers will be requested to take pictures at classroom events, field trips and special occasions throughout the year.  These parents may additionally be requested to prepare their classroom's Yearbook page.

Box Tops Extra Recess: If your child wins the boxtops challenge (The classroom that collects the most boxtops per month wins an extra 15 minutes of recess.) two (2) parent volunteers will be requested to cover the extra recess.

Holiday Gift Drive: At the Holiday time, parents have the option of donating to a charity of the teacher's choice.   It is however at the discretion of each family to decide how they would like to express themselves during the holiday season - they may choose to donate to the charity, give the teacher a personal gift or do nothing.  Please respect the wishes and privacy of each family.  The Head Room Parent will be in charge of coordinating the collection and sending out a letter to the entire class.  A sample letter(s) will be provided on the Thomson website.

Staff Appreciation Week: In May we show our appreciation for the teachers and staff at Thomson.  We request help in coordinating breakfast items, volunteers to cover morning playground duty and collection of cards and donations for teacher gifts.  A special meeting for Room Parents will be held in April to further share information about this celebration.

Field Day: Each class will be asked to coordinate volunteers from their class to help out during Field Day in June.  Room Parents will be requested to provide coolers with popsicles and cold water for their class.

Other Opportunities: Other volunteer opportunities may vary on a teacher by teacher basis.  You may be requested to do copying for the teacher, maintain the classroom website, run a special errand such as picking up a video or other materials at the public library or craft supplies from a craft store.  Head Room Parents will alert Room Parents as these needs arise.

If you have any questions or need additional information please contact
Naomi Epps, Room Parent Coordinator
978-258-2965 or naomiepps@aol.com