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Standing Committees
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Description
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Time Commitment
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Assemblies
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Schedules motivational speakers or cultural art performers for the student body.
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2 or 3 times a year during the school day.
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Back to School Picnic
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A PTA-sponsored “welcome back” event for all Pleasant Hill staff and families. Families bring their own picnic. Desserts are provided, as well as entertainment and games - at no cost to attendees.
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Planning starts in summer and the event is during the first month of school in early evening.
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Beautification
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Plants and cares for flower planters around school
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Ongoing throughout the school year. Can be done on off-school hours.
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Book Fair
bookfair@phpta.com
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Work with book vendors. Each fall the Resource Center is transformed into a bookstore in support of the annual book fair. Parents, students and staff may purchase books and other items throughout this week-long event. All of the proceeds go directly to the LRC.
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Held twice a year in Fall and Spring for a week. Need workers during school day and during one evening.
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Care & Concern
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Provides help to families in need. May organize meal-trains, clothes drive, car pooling, or gift certificates. Serves as liaison with POC/PATH organization for donations and volunteers
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Ongoing when need arrives. Can be done from home.
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Cougar Carnival
carnival@phpta.com
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Coordinates a family fun fair. The event boasts games, activities and fun for the whole family. A planning committee and a large number of event volunteers are needed to make this event run smoothly.
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Late winter/early spring. Planning starts about two months before. Works with food vendors, game vendors, and a group of parent and high school volunteers.
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Donuts with Grownups
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Parents or guardians share donuts and juice with their children in the Cafe with other dads and kids. It starts about 30 to 45 minutes before school and ends when school starts.
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Available before school day
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Family Reading Night
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This committee chairperson is responsible for planning and hosting a family fun evening that helps encourage the joy of reading. The evening may include: guest speakers, games/activities and share a snack at the end of the evening. The Book Fair and Reflections gallery will be open for the evening as well.
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Planning starts a month before. Event held in fall during the evening. Organizes with teacher readers and parent volunteers.
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Family STEAM Night
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A PTA-sponsored event designed to showcase the wonders of science, technology, engineering, arts and math through fun, hands-on activities and demonstrations.
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Planning starts a month out. Held in late fall/early winter in evening. Organizes with professionals and parent and high school volunteers.
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Field Day
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A PTA-sponsored event in which students rotate through a series of indoor and outdoor sports stations. Games are run by volunteers and students rotate through them with their classrooms.
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Planning starts month before. During school day in late spring. Organizes with parent volunteers.
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Fifth Grade Celebration
5thgradecelebration@phpta.com
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Manages committee for 6th grade activities and events; may included: T-shirt, pictures, video, memento/keepsake, and other events and celebrations.
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Gift Card Program
phgiftcard@gmail.com
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Coordinates gift card purchase program for fundraising usually done twice a year.
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Health and Safety
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Plans, coordinates and facilitates programs throughout the school year that focus on student health & safety.
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Make A Difference
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Teaches students about hands of volunteering.
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Multicultural Fest 2026
(even years)
mcf@phpta.com
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Pleasant Hill families sponsor booths where they showcase their countries/cultures through artifacts, food, and activities. Families sign up ahead of time to sponsor a booth. Offered every other year.
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Plan event every other year (opposite of Talent Show)
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