CLASSROOM PARENT

Classroom parents build a sense of community among parents by facilitating connections, encouraging collaboration, and promoting a positive classroom environment.
To become a Classroom Parent and to volunteer for an event, please fill out the Parent Volunteer Interest Form for this 2024–2025 school year below. To learn more about how to get involved, please get in touch with us at info@pfmschool.org. or call 240-744-0400 to reach our Classroom Parent Coordinator, Frieda Enow.

HOW WE SUPPORT

  • CLASSROOM SUPPORT

    Classroom parents can lighten their hard-working teacher’s load with tasks such as printing, preparing materials for lessons, organizing resources, and other administrative duties. Also, it is up to the classroom parent to collect, choose, and deliver gifts to their deserving teachers during teacher appreciation week and/or at the end of the school year.

  • SCHOOL EVENTS

    Classroom parents assist with events. They help the teacher and the school in relaying essential announcements, reminders, and information about events, activities, and volunteer opportunities to parents that keeps the classroom wheels turning. This may include coordinating and ordering food, drinks, services, and supplies.

  • CLASSROOM SOCIALS

    Those gingerbread houses and Valentine’s Day goody bags that come home with your child? Most likely the handiwork of classroom parents! Classroom parents assist the teacher in organizing these fun classroom socials or parties. This may include planning games and activities.

PARENT VOLUNTEER INTEREST FORM

THE Volunteer coordinatOR

Classroom parents assist in recruiting classroom volunteers to assist with reading sessions, art projects, and materials making—creating booklets, cutting paper, punching work, laminating, yarn cutting, lacing work, and other materials for the month. They check with teachers to see what is needed.

Also, food preparation: Donate a suggested food item for the students to prepare in the classroom as food preparation work. (banana cutting, orange squeezing, carrot cutting, celery cutting, spreading on wheat crackers w/jelly, cream cheese, butters, hummus w/pita, edamame, boiled eggs, etc.)

Others are; craft activity: do a craft project with the students. Flower Donations - Donate a bouquet for Flower Arranging work in the classroom. Visit the class to discuss the clothing, food, customs, ceremonies, etc. of different countries or cultures. Share your profession or hobby. Bring your musical instrument to discuss and play. Help with elementary planting projects and gardening. Donate seeds for Elementary Botany work—radish seeds, corn, beans, etc., and much more.

in a nutshell: the liason

Classroom parents are the liaison between the teacher and the parents of the students. The most important of all classroom parent duties is communication. They will often assist in announcements and initiatives. Successful communication between these groups enhances the classroom experience for both students and parents by fostering an engaged learning environment.

Classroom parents are a great resource for any questions you may have about things specific to your child's class. They will also be in touch with you throughout the year to share information about upcoming class-wide and/or school-wide events, how you can get involved, things you won't want to miss, etc. Be on the lookout for communications regarding class socials and parties.

SIGN UP! WE NEED YOU!