Service and Support Committees

Volunteers on these committees support the school during the day, on a weekend, or even in a few minutes during the morning.

Art

Under the guidance of the school’s art instructors, parent volunteers work in the art room on a scheduled basis and assist students with class activities. Parent volunteers also provide support as needed for special activities such as the annual spring art shows.

Book Fair

The Book Fair runs for a week in November. A wide range of books is available for all ages, and shoppers can buy books for themselves, for the library, and for classroom use. Events associated with the Book Fair include the middle school Book Bug Boogie, author visits, and a Teacher Preview. Volunteer activities include staffing and cashiering, set up and take down, event planning, decorations, and promotion.

Caring

The Caring Committee is a group of RDS parents who volunteer to help out when any family/member of the RDS community-at-large is in crisis or transition and needs some extra support such as meals, carpooling, grocery shopping, etc. By having a large group of volunteers, the responsibilities can be shared throughout the year, so no one person gets overburdened.

Faculty & Staff Appreciation

The Faculty Appreciation Committee provides snacks for faculty and staff and organizes monthly luncheons. The committee provides faculty and staff with birthday cards, gift certificates and tickets to local cultural events.

Fall Picnic

The Fall Picnic is an annual social event held in October. Volunteers are involved in the event planning, publicity, phone calling, setting up/cleanup, organizing food and games, etc.

Generations' Day

This event, held the day before Thanksgiving, is run by the Development Office, but is entirely staffed by RDS parents. Volunteer duties include set up, clean up, greeting guests, serving brunch, taking pictures and more.

Hospitality

Chairs coordinate with the Parents’ Association, Admission Director and Division Directors to host events. Volunteer duties include providing set up and clean up of snacks, coffee, tea and goodies for Back to School Nights, Art Shows, Science Fairs and more.

Library

Under the guidance of the school librarian, volunteers assist students with library activities (mostly during their child(ren)’s library hours) and help maintain library materials on a scheduled basis during the year.

Office Support

Providing assistance to the front office or Parents' Association as needed, activities for these volunteers may involve answering phones, typing, word processing, database input, copying, collating, labeling, envelope stuffing, or other general office duties.

Prism (“Diversity”)

The Prism Committee consists of members of our community who gather to discuss diversity at RDS and the world at large. The Committee holds events to bring the community together to increase understanding, to enhance the richness of differences and to promote the beauty of our similarities. Activities include book clubs, parent's nights, and communication and distribution of information to faculty, students, parents and prospective families.

Speakers Series

This committee hosts several focused lectures and discussion groups throughout the year. Programs are geared toward parenting children at various ages and grade levels. Tasks include scheduling speakers, publicity, phone calling, record keeping, planning evening meals and some clean up. This committee was formerly TLC – Time to Learn about our Children.

Room/Grade-Level Parents

Room and grade-level parents coordinate with the individual classroom teacher(s) or grade level advisors for specific class events such as field trips and parties, and with the Parents’ Association in communicating school-wide events and information. There are generally 2-5 room/grade-level parents per class.

Parents' Association Room/Grade-Level Parents 2007-2008
Kindergarten (A)	Mary Litsikas, Sylvia Fernandez, Stephanie Oana
Kindergarten (B)	Jessie Nakamura, Liz Owens
First Grade (A)	Kristi Chamorro, Ellen Snook
First Grade (B)	Veronika Kollowe, Lori Wheeley
Second Grade (A)	Meredith Spencer, Sue Vinella-Brusher
Second Grade (B)	Laura Abrams, Ann Vawter
Third Grade (A)	Leah Hoskin, Amy Franklin-Willis
Third Grade (B)	Lisa Kaplan, Jamie Lin
Fourth Grade (A)	Erica Kisch, Deborah Sosebee
Fourth Grade (B)	Marie Chun, Mary Stallard
Fifth Grade (A)	Cheryl Applewood, Marianne Lonsdale
Fifth Grade (B)	Lucy Lowhurst, Dana Neumann
Sixth Grade	Carolyn Chun, Sigrid Duesberg, Ginny Gillespie, Julie Weinstein
Seventh Grade	Rachelle Clay, Leah Hennen, Jeanne Korn, Carrie Schwartz
Eighth Grade	Sylvia Fernandez, Catherine Lundy, Glair Moreland-Girma, Gail Simpson

Parents' Association Committee Chairs 2007-2008
Art	Malia Connor
Caring	Lisa Kaplan, Dana Wiltsek
Faculty Appreciation	Erica Kisch
Fall Picnic	Dana Neumann, Cynthia Wood
Generations' Day	Bettina Bocheff, David Nakayama
Hospitality	Debbie Mitchell, Jeanne Korn
Library	Sigrid Duesberg
"Prism" (Diversity)	Laura Abrams & Lori Shepherd
Speaker Series	Helena Weiss-Duman