Greetings REMS Parent Crew!
The Parent Crew Board wanted to take a minute and bring you up to speed with everything that is going on with our volunteering and fundraising efforts! This year, we welcomed Gina Meachum as the new board President, Jen Mouttet as the new Vice President, and Sheila Townsend as the new board Treasurer, and have opened up a new position for a Member at Large, to be filled soon. Existing members of the board remain Jackie Bradley and Rachael Kelley. We have been working together to get big things planned for this year and are looking for ways to get REMS back up and running! Please reach out to any of us with questions or concerns. Our information can be found on the school website under “Parents” and then click “Parent Crew," or simply go here. The Purpose of the Parent Crew Board sometimes is unclear and while our main purpose is to support the school’s mission and vision, you can check out these slides for more information. You can also learn about what the School Accountability Committee (SAC) does compared to Parent Crew Board here. Volunteering – we are SO EXCITED to be able to support our Crews in the school again! There are dozens of ways to get involved and we can’t wait to see the halls full, the classrooms humming, the voyages underway and our parent volunteers back in action. Did you know that there are grants given away to schools based on the amount of ours parents volunteer? Each year, REMS parents, YOU, help donate over 10,000 hours of service to help keep our school unique and running smoothly. (Be sure to log all your hard work on the Track It Forward website or app!) The extra reading, writing, and classroom support provide hours of increased learning opportunities for our kiddos. Not sure what all there is to do? Check out our Volunteer page & fill out the interest form. For more information, please reach out to the Volunteer Coordinator, Shannon Simmons, or one of our Board Members. Planning for our two main fundraisers is also already underway! Renaissance Adventure Day is scheduled for Friday, October 8th. RAD is our student-led fundraiser that focuses on building community through Adventure Education-style challenges as well as supporting our core values through service. We will have all the details about what we want to raise funds for and what our community service project is VERY SOON, as well as sign-ups for volunteers to support that day’s fun activities. Also, our Auction Fundraiser has been moved to the spring, with a date to be announced in the next few weeks. This event helps bring funds need to ensure our unique programming, including much of our Adventure Education expenses and classroom supports. Even though spring feels like a long ways off, our new co-chairs are beginning to plan and form committees around all the moving parts of this event, and will need lots of volunteer support to make it come together as the celebration of tradition we love! Finally, we want to thank all the volunteers who have already worked to make our Back to School Carnival a success, and those who have stepped up to be Crew Parents and other classroom, lunch room, and recess volunteers, and of course, our fearless Voyage Chaperones. Renaissance traditions and values live in all of us, and we cannot express enough gratitude for helping us carry on as Crew! Yours in Crew, Gina Meachum, Jen Mouttet, Sheila Townsend, Jackie Bradley, and Rachael Kelley Parent Crew Board |
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October 2022
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