Please note that some committees require signing up for particular dates or duties.
Beginning of the Year Support:
August 1-9, 2024
- Morning Support 7:40-8:20
- Lunch Support 11:15-12:15
- Afternoon Support 2:30-3:00
- Wednesday Afternoon 12:30-1:00
This will run for the first 2 weeks of school. Parents will need to be on campus before or after school to help children find their way around and learn the drop off and pick up routine. Parents can also help in cafeteria for school breakfasts and/or lunch. The committee chair will email volunteers to sign up for shifts.
Arts and Letters Night:
Date TBD - Fall 2024
Volunteers assist with judging the arts, writing, and poetry contests. Criteria for judging will be provided. Arts and Letters Night: Parents help with preparing art for display, set up for Arts & Letters Night and clean up.
This event is held in the campus library immediately after school during the weeks of Teacher Conferences. See above for specific dates. (Updated every year prior to orientation.)
- Greet people at the door and ask them to leave their backpacks/supplies near the door while browsing, and also keep an eye on the backpacks/supplies while students are browsing the book fair.
- Check people out at the Point of Sale register, which is user friendly and self explanatory. Students are also encouraged to help check out customers with the supervision of an adult.
- When the Book Fair event is over (that Thursday), assist in packing up books and products.
Copy Committee:
Copy materials for the teachers. Times can depend on your availability, but copying must be done DURING SCHOOL HOURS. The teachers depend on this committee so your commitment throughout the school year is critical. This is one hour every week, and training will be provided. You will be able to sign up for the day of the week that works best for you.
Ice Cream Social Event:
Date TBD - Spring 2025
The ice cream social is the main fundraising event for the Franklin Parent Organization. Volunteers are needed to assist with set-up, clean-up, or help serve ice cream during the event. You can also visit local businesses to ask for donation items to be raffled off during the event. A letter with the Franklin at Jordan FPO’s 501(c) (3) status will be provided to assist in soliciting donations. This can be done as early as August, as many businesses might want to donate in the 2024 tax year as opposed to 2025. Volunteers also assist with organizing and putting together raffle baskets.
*The FPO Board will be responsible for any lighting, sound, generators and any other rentals for the event. They will also, be responsible to create and distribute all flyers and pre-sale information for the event.
Food and Entertainment:
- Ice cream, whether this is donated or purchased (if it is in budget)
- Finding a reasonable dinner option for families to pre-purchase
- Sourcing drinks for purchase, whether donated or purchase (if it is in budget)
- Finding entertainment, such as a group or single performance
- Creating games and activities for the day of the event
Raffle:
- Reaching out to companies to donate raffle items
- Helping with classroom raffle basket ideas
- Putting together raffle baskets for the classrooms, on campus
- Setting up the raffle baskets day of and assisting with the raffle during the event, on campus
Operations:
- Day of setup and teardown, possible next day clean up
- Monitoring raffle baskets
- Welcoming and counting attendees
- Day of sales for tickets
- Distribution of food & drink
- Passing out ice cream
- Running activities
- Selling any products from the FPO
Literature Review/Media Center Assistance:
All library books used at Franklin must be read and critiqued by parents. The reading can be completed at home and criteria for assessing books is provided. In addition to reviewing books this committee also supports by re-shelving books, maintaining shelves, assisting with book care and repair, creating bookmarks, and setting up displays throughout the year. This can be scheduled around your availability. This committee is year-round. The library is open to parents from 7:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. daily.
Teacher / Staff Appreciation:
The Teacher Appreciation Committee collects donations from parents throughout the year. We create monthly gifts for teachers and staff. An FPO member will take those donations and assemble them into a gift and place them into each staff member's mailbox. These donations also help get our teachers through conference week with things like granola bars, chips, nuts, ect. A FPO member sends out a sign up genius at the beginning of the year requesting many items that are needed with many different dates. Some of the gifts planned for the 2024/2025 school year are pictured below.
Track & Field Day:
Dates TBD
This is an outdoor activity held in the spring where volunteers assist in running events and supervising children. Descriptions of the events and tasks are provided to volunteers. This is a one-time event and even if you do sign up for both days, it counts as only one committee requirement. Children who do not attend Franklin should not be brought with volunteer parents.
Winter/Spring Sing:
This committee will be involved in planning the decorations for the Sing events. This includes setup, clean-up, and ushering before the concert. Estimated time for decorating is in the afternoon (1p-4p), ushering is in evening (5p-6:30p), and clean up after the event (7:30p-8:30p). Sing Events are usually held at Dobson High School - Winter Sing in December and Spring Sing in May. Exact dates for the events will be announced once they are confirmed by Mrs. Hulihee.
The Winter/Spring Sing events are two separate committees.