The Artful Looking program (developed with the assistance of experienced museum educators) is a parent-led program designed to build students' visual literacy and critical thinking skills through studying works of art. Parent volunteers attend an annual training session and facilitate four sessions per year in your child's classroom. No prior knowledge of art or art history is required.
COMMITTEE CO - CHAIRS: Jordana Lambert (jordana_lambert@hotmail.com) ; 1 NEEDED

Plan our first school wide event of the year!  The Back to School Picnic in early September is a great opportunity to meet new friends and re-connect with old ones.  Responsibilities include planning activities for the students during the picnic (i.e. tattoo station), recruiting volunteers, organizing a pizza and bake sale and working with class parents to create signs for each classroom.  Some prep work needs to happen in the summer since this event takes place right when we return to school.

COMMITTEE CHAIR: 1 - 2 STILL NEEDED

Committee Chairs will organize our annual Book Fair (a 2 day event on or around Election Day).  Responsibilities include setup and break down of the books and materials and working in shifts during the day when the Book Fair is open.  
COMMITTEE CO - CHAIRS: Kathy Stahler (glieds@yahoo.com); 1 STILL NEEDED

Class Parents are a very important part of the Greenacres PTA. The primary goal of class parents is to support and build community within the classroom.  You will work closely with your classroom teacher and support them in any ways they need. Class parents also serve as a communication liaison between the classroom families and the PTA.  Responsibilities include disseminating information and corresponding with parents throughout the year.  Every class will have two class parents.
COMMITTEE CHAIR: Jennifer Galeon (jennifer.galeon@gmail.com)

C.H.I.L.D. is a committee of Scarsdale PT Council which offers a network of support, information, and resources to parents and teachers throughout the district with a student who struggles with school work or homework, receives support in a resource room, receives special education related services such as speech & language therapy, occupational therapy, or physical therapy, or who has an IEP or 504 accommodation plan or needs support with academics and social emotional functioning.

The C.H.I.L.D. liaison serves as the main point person for Greenacres families.  Responsibilities include thinking about all PTA sponsored events and helping to ensure accessibility for all.  The committee will also plan a Greenacres community gathering (usually a coffee in the beginning of the school year) for all who are interested.  
COMMITTEE CHAIR: Stephanie Kirwan (skirwan@houlihanlawrence.com)

Organizes several drives throughout the school year that help to teach our children the valuable lesson of giving back.   Some community service projects that have been done in the past include making sandwiches for The Midgnight Run, a Lego drive for the Paulie Strong Foundation and food drives for various local organizations.  
COMMITTEE CO - CHAIRS: Melissa Eisenberg (melissabrown2@hotmail.com); 1 STILL NEEDED

Work in collaboration with parents, faculty and administration on programs and curriculum that are focused on building diversity and inclusion awareness in students’ everyday lives. This committee includes the Multi-Cultural and Learning From Our Differences teams, and also expands programming under the singular goal of Inclusion, Equity and Diversity.
COMMITTEE CO - CHAIRS: Saskia Sorrosa (ssorrosa@freshbellies.com); 1 STILL NEEDED

This committee will be responsible for hiring vendors for entertainment and food at the annual Greenacres Fair.  You will also work with the District on insurance requirements and facility needs, plan out the events for the day and recruit volunteers to help on the day of the event.  
COMMITTEE CO - CHAIRS: Stephanie Kirwan (saugurt@gmail.com) and Iris Lindenbaum (mochi525@gmail.com); 1 STILL NEEDED

Plans and oversees activities and projects for the 5th grade class. These activities include, but are not limited to, Movie Night, Zany Olympics, Yearbook, Moving Up Ceremony and Party and Field Day.  Co - chairs and volunteers for this committee should be parents of 5th graders.
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This committee plans the Fall FUNdraiser and other community building events throughout the year.  Events that have been done in the past include but are not limited to bingo and school wide booing.  
COMMITTEE CHAIR: Jenny Scarpelli (jennyscarpelli@gmail.com)

The Learning From Our Differences Program (LFOD) encourages children to be empathetic towards others who may be different from themselves and helps to build the skills needed to engage in respectful interactions.  The responsibilities of this committee include scheduling presenters for each grade level who will elevate the students understanding of what it is like to live with various types of differences.  Attending the programs which happen at various times throughout the year is encouraged but not mandatory for volunteers.
COMMITTEE CHAIRS: Michele Dalton (micheleeileendalton@gmail.com) and Katelyn Ford- Bey (katelynnjw@gmail.com)

Assists the school librarian on a regular basis by checking in or out books for students and shelving books.  Volunteers will set up a schedule with the librarian that works best for them.  
COMMITTEE CO - CHAIRS: Stephanie Wechsler (sgdinkes@yahoo.com); 1 STILL NEEDED

This committee will work with the the PTA and the District on all school lunch related items.  You will also be responsible for organizing school wide pizza lunch on spirit day Fridays.  
COMMITTEE CHAIR: Ariela Vasserman (ariela.vasserman@gmail.com)

Scarsdale Friends of Music and the Arts is the parent booster group that supports visual and performing arts in the Scarsdale schools. The Liaison will represent Greenacres in their efforts.
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The Sports Swap Liaison will work with the PTC Sports Swap chairs to plan and publicize the event and recruit volunteers to help on the day of the event.  Sports Swap generally takes place on a Saturday.  
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Works with All Star Photography to coordinate individual and class pictures in October.
COMMITTEE CHAIR: Allison Pearson (alli.pearson@icloud.com)

The School Supplies Committee coordinates the ordering and distributing of custom school supply kits for each grade level at Greenacres.
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The School Play Committee organizes all aspects of the school play with The Sandbox Theater.  Responsibilities include all communications to families about rehearsals and play updates, recruiting cast heads and volunteers, creating a schedule for volunteers and helping out on the day of the final performances.  
COMMITTEE CHAIRS: Michele Dalton (micheleeileendalton@gmail.com) and Courtney Allen (courtwisc@yahoo.com)

Organizes and executes the GA staff appreciation week which takes place in May.  Responsibilities include but are not limited to planning special events for the week and coordinating and ordering meals for the staff that week.  
COMMITTEE CO - CHAIRS: Laura Garnick (laura.e.garnick@gmail.com); 1 STILL NEEDED

The Walking School Bus is coordinated "walking routes" around Greenacres that children and families follow on the way to school on Friday mornings.  The committee will need to make up the route maps and find an adult to lead each route.  The committee will also be responsible for sending reminders before each walking school bus date.  
COMMITTEE CO -CHAIRS: Cat Jennings (catjennings@gmail.com); 1 STILL NEEDED

Serve as the liaison to Scarsdale's Young Writer's Workshop.  Work directly with the PTC chairs to plan and publicize the event and recruit volunteers to help on the day of the event.  Young Writer's Workshop generally takes place on a Saturday and is for 3rd - 5th graders.  
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