Hopewell Elementary School PTO - Volunteer

How you can help

Get Involved!

The Hopewell Elementary School (HES) Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) is a non-profit, volunteer group that organizes school activities, sponsors educational programs, and supports teachers. In short, HES PTO provides the many "extras" that help make Hopewell Elementary an excellent school.

We hope you get involved! If you are interested in volunteering, please contact our volunteer coordinator, Amy Granato at agranato@comcast.net. Amy can help you find something that meets your interests and schedule!

Lunch / Recess Volunteer

Note: Due to technical limitations, you cannot sign-up on this web page. Please email Amy.Granato@HendersonSIR.com and specify the date(s) and time(s) you wish to volunteer. She will be in touch with you about assigned shifts. We are very sorry for this inconvenience. And, thank you very much for supporting Hopewell Elementary School.

Volunteering On Your Own Schedule

Looking for ways to be more involved in your child's school?

Have a free morning or afternoon to spend in the school?
Maybe you can do work from home?

It's easy! Just contact Amy Granato and see how you can help. There are so many ways you can help - every hour and every volunteer makes a difference.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

Help Needed! The Service Learning Team needs drivers for Fill That Truck! drivers on May 16 and June 13. If you and your "truck" are available, please contact Jen Caputo at jencap@gmail.com.

10 Reasons to Get Involved

1. Your child benefits. When parents get connected to the school, children do better. Research shows children whose parents are involved get better grades, do better on tests, and have fewer discipline problems at school.

2. We make a difference. Our mission is to create the kind of school community where teachers and administrators can do their best work—and so can our children. We provide support for teachers in and out of the classroom. We provide resources they need. We help create learning opportunities for children. And we try to build the kind of supportive, caring atmosphere that makes school fun.

3. We pledge to honor your time constraints. People are often reluctant to participate because they’re afraid they’ll get pulled into a black hole of never-ending time commitments. That won’t happen here. An hour or two really makes a difference. And we won’t push you to commit more than you want to or are able to.

4. We have fun. Volunteer work shouldn’t be drudgery. We accomplish a lot, and not everything we do is easy. But we don’t take ourselves too seriously, and we try to enjoy ourselves along the way whenever possible.

5. Meet nice people who share your concerns. We all have a common bond. We care about creating the best possible educational experience for our children. We are neighbors and peers who share many of the same experiences. And many friendships have developed as a result of those connections.

6. There’s a lot to be done. These days, schools are asked to do more with less. Our help is needed more than ever to fill the gaps.

7. We can match jobs to your interests and abilities. The work we do covers a broad spectrum: working on classroom handouts, planning and executing events, writing and editing, working directly with children, managing a budget and cash flow, and lots more. We encourage creative ideas, and we’re thrilled to have people take on tasks that meet their skills and interests.

8. We’re welcoming. To us, there are no “outsiders.” We are people who have come together to work toward common goals. We couldn’t be happier to have you join us in working toward those goals.

9. We’re about parent involvement. In these times of tight budgets, parent groups everywhere are having to fill in the gaps, and so are we. But our number one goal is to get more parents connected to the school. That’s because more than 500 independent research studies show that building parent involvement in education is the number one thing we can do to create a great school and improve student performance.

10. This work is very rewarding. It’s seeing the bright light of learning sparkle in a child’s eye. It’s seeing the smile that shows we’re making school a little more fun—and a child feel a little more comfortable in a learning environment. It’s learning that test scores have risen and knowing we played a role. There are lots of rewards, both big and small, for those who get involved. Won’t you join us?

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