We talked about how to modernize our payment methods for concessions and gear and explore platforms like Venmo.

The rest of the meeting was regular business. Principal Shelton was not able to attend this month's meeting so we don't have a principal's report.

Ww held a Senior Celebration planning meeting following the general meeting.

• Have our fabulous Principal Shelton share what's happening at Jefferson
  
• Vote on Co-President board position
• Review Teacher Grant Request
• Senior Celebration report back
  
• Share volunteer opportunities

Ms. Morlock, Jefferson Librarian, is working on the Jefferson Legacy Project with Ms. Bulow and her US History classes. Part of the unit is having students interview Jefferson alumni on their Jefferson experience. They are looking to recruit at least 25 alumni for the project who are willing to come to Jeff (or meet over Zoom) to be interviewed and recorded. We will add these interviews to the Jefferson Archives along with interviews the last time (pre-Covid) we were able to do the project.

Please feel free to share this with any alum you know.

Thank you!

More information about this volunteer opportunity:

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Please Contact Georgie or Laura: board@demosptsa.org

All are welcome: parents, care givers, students, staff, alumni, community members. We have tons of opportunities, big and small, to support our students, staff and community!

Standard membership dues are $12.50. Sliding Scale and membership scholarships are also available.

Members must renew their membership every year.

Here are some descriptions of things we do and ways you can get involved.

PROM

In May, help with set up, chaperoning and clean up. More info to come.

PORTLAND COUNCIL PTA CLOTHING CLOSET

March 6th, 9:30am-1:30pm at Benson HS, currently at the Marshall HS campus. Looking for 5-6 volunteers.

FOOD PANTRY

Every Friday. There is set up, distributing and clean up. The time range is 11:00-3:00 or so. We could use help for all or part of this block of time. This is a very rewarding volunteer opportunity.

STAFF APPRECIATION

Organizing, helping, donate items to staff appreciation events throughout the school year.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Many of the things on this list are a part of Community Engagement like social media, the food pantry, volunteering and the newsletter. In addition, there's membership and guest speakers at meetings and seeking input from the community about what folks want from their PTSA.

BOTTLE DROP FUNDRAISER

Looking for a person or two to oversee this on-going fundraiser. Responsibilities include promoting the fundraiser, periodically ordering and restocking blue bags, coordinating getting blue bags to folks, sometimes picking bags of cans from folks and dropping them off at Bottledrop (although many people drop off their own bags) and coordinating/promoting the fundraisers: Holiday Give in the fall and Earthday Give in the spring where Oregon Bottledrop contributes additional $ for cans collected for a period of time in April.

JEFFERSON SAFETY COMMITTEE

We are looking for a parent representative for the monthly safety meetings, the first Friday of each month. They are held at Jefferson and led by Vice Principal Gregory.

NEWSLETTER

Edit, contribute, manage, and/or collaborate on PTSA monthly newsletter. We are using the platform Smore currently, to create our newsletter.

SOCIAL MEDIA

Manage Facebook page, posting info and events throughout the year. Responding to occasional messages that are sent to our FB page.

VOLUNTEER COORDINATING

Organize information from volunteer surveys. Send out emails seeking volunteers for specific events throughout the year. Help get volunteers signed up for specific events, tasks.

FUNDRAISING

We fundraise through concessions, gear sales, volunteering at events in exchange for a donation to the PTSA, direct donations, restaurants hosting 'Jefferson PTSA' night where a percentage of proceeds go to the PTSA and grant writing. We are always looking for new fundraising opportunities. We are looking for ideas and help with any of these fundraisers.

SENIOR CELEBRATION PLANNING

Help the Senior Celebration Committee plan the event, solicit donations and sponsorships, pick up donations, organize the raffle, plan activities, meet with committee. We start gathering the committee together in November and December and really get planning by January.

TECH SUPPORT

Helping out with the PTSA website, the PTSA online store and the PTSA Google Workspace.

VOLUNTEER INTEREST FORM LINK IS BELOW.

Or email: board@demosptsa.org

Meetings are the second Wednesday of each month. We have snacks and connection at 6:15 with the official meeting beginning at 6:30. If you face the school, the door is on the ground floor to the right of the stairs.

We will meet in the Blazer/CommUnity Room at Jefferson. The entrance is on the N Commercial Ave side of the school. We always have some snacks and drinks.

Everyone in the Jefferson community is welcome to attend the PTSA meetings. PTSA stands for Parent, Teacher, Student Association which doesn't fully describe who we are. Alumni, grandparents, caregivers, SEI, Latino Network, anyone who is part of the Jefferson community is invited. You are encouraged to become a member of the PTSA but it is not a requirement for attending meetings.

Come check us out and see what we're about. The PTSA is here to support the Jefferson students, staff and families. If you are looking for a way to get involved and/or be informed, the PTSA is a great way to do that.

MEETINGS THIS SCHOOL YEAR:

OCTOBER 12TH

NOVEMBER 10TH

DECEMBER 14TH: Social Gathering, no meeting

JANUARY 11TH

FEBRUARY 8TH

MARCH 8TH

APRIL 12TH

MAY 10TH

Georgie Honl, Co-President

Jenn Latu, Co-President

Laura Bullock, Treasurer

Barb Fisher, Interim Secretary

board@demosptsa.org

website: https://www.demosptsa.org

5210 N Kerby Avenue Portland, OR 97217