PTO Committees

Please explore the committee pages and find an opportunity to volunteer and engage in PTO life at Westchester.  All of Westchester's PTO committees present opportunities, both big and small, to volunteer and engage in Westchester's PTO.

Executive Committee: The Westchester PTO Executive Committee is responsible for calling meetings, communicating information, organizing volunteers, and supporting all of the subcommittees in their efforts to organize PTO events, plan PTO supported activities, create community and raise funds.

Event Committees: Event committees do the work of organizing PTO Events.  Some events like the Welcome Back Coffee are very small limited engagement events, and present easy opportunities to participate in the PTO.  Other events, like Trivia Night, require months of planning, but even these events present plenty of small opportunities to engage.  Many hands make light work!

Activities Committees: The PTO supports several year-round activities. Activities committees are responsible for planning, scheduling, and supporting activities and clubs, like WEE Ones, or acting as a liaison for non-PTO activities and clubs like scouting.

Community Support Committees: Lots of things happen behind the scenes to help create community at Westchester, so there are a lot of opportunities, both big and small, to help.  Community Support Committees do things like organize our Spirit Gear Catalog and the Buzz Book.

Fund Raising Committees: Finally, there are a hand full of committees that work throughout the year to gather the resources the PTO uses to organize events, support activities, and build community.

List of Event Committees

Info Court
Welcome Back Coffee
Book Fair
Ice Cream Social
Greentree Parade - Candy
Greentree Parade - Float
Fall Festival / Trunk or Treat
STEAM Night
Cultures Night
Grandparents Day
Father-Daughter Dance
Mother Son Event
Trivia Night - Planning Committee
Cardinal Night
Field Day
5th Grade Fun Day
5th Grade Musical

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List of Activities Committees

Chess Club Representative
Cub Scout Representative
WEE Ones

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List of Community Support Committees

Art Liaison
Bulletin Boards
Dads Club
Kirkwood School District Foundation Liaison (KSDF)
PAC - SSD Representative
Public Relations
Room Parents
Spiritwear
Staff Appreciation
Teacher favorite things
WE Cares
Yearbook
Buzz Book
New Parent Welcome Committee

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List of Fund Raising Committees

Dining Out
WE Free
Fall Sign Up Party
School Supplies
WE Give
Trivia Night - Auction Committee
Trivia Night - Sign Up Parties

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Executive Committee

Advisor - Jaclyn Scroggins
President - Allen McCoy
Vice President - Open Position
Treasurer - Jennifer Woodson
Co-Treasure - Christina Renz
Secretary - Anne Hinrichs

The Westchester PTO Executive Committee is responsible for calling meetings, communicating information, organizing volunteers, and supporting all of the subcommittees in their efforts to organize PTO events, plan PTO supported activities, create community and raise funds. The Executive Committee meets monthly to prepare the budget, and review grants prior to the next PTO meeting.

Presidential Succession: The Vice President becomes the President. The President becomes the Advisor. The Advisor rolls off the Executive Committee into a happy retirement. Each year the Vice-President is responsible for recruiting their replacement.

Treasurer Successions: The Co-Treasurer becomes Treasurer, and the Treasurer rolls off the Executive Committee into a happy retirement. Each year the Co-Treasurer is responsible for recruiting their replacement.

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Info Court Committee

MEMBERS
Committee Chair - Noel Powers
Member - Jaimie Alley
Member - Jenna Keesling

DESCRIPTION
Every year, before the beginning of the school year, Westchester Elementary hosts a Meet the Teacher night. On Meet the teacher night, the PTO hosts Information Court. This is an opportunity for new and returning families to learn about activities, events, clubs, volunteer opportunities and PTO Committees.

RESPONSIBILITIES
- Keeping a list of activities, events, and clubs, who want a table at info court
- Being a single point of contact between presentors, and the School Staff
- Setting up tables and signs on the night of the event
- Breaking down tables and signs on the night of the event

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Welcome Back Coffee Committee

MEMBERS
Committee Chair - Allen McCoy
Member - Christina Abate
Member - Laura Bond
Member - Jean Shaw

DESCRIPTION
Every year, on the first day of school, the PTO hosts a welcome back coffee in front of the school. Parents are encouraged to come by, grab a cup of coffee and perhaps a donut, meet with friends and neighbors, and make new friends.

RESPONSIBILITIES
- Hosting the event
- Buying Supplies (coffee, donuts, fruit, cups, napkins, spoons, etc.)
- Coordinating with school staff
- Setting up tables signs and decorations
- Making introductions
- Breaking down tables, signs and decorations
- General clean up

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Book Fair Committee

MEMBERS
Committee Chair - Sarah Menkhus
Committee Co-Chair - Open Position
Member - Open Position
Member - Open Position

DESCRIPTION
The Scholastic Book Fairs are fundraisers for the Westchester Library. There are two Scholastic Book Fairs every year: one in the fall and one in the spring. The PTO organizes volunteers to work with Westchester's School librarian (Ms. Cobb) to assist with both Scholastic Book Fairs.

RESPONSIBILITIES
- Recruit volunteers to assist with the book fairs in the fall and spring
- Help the school librarian host the book fairs

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Ice Cream Social Committee

MEMBERS
Committee Chair - Kristen Von Gerichten
Member - Heather Wade
Member - LeAnn Gustin

DESCRIPTION
There are two ice cream socials. Both Ice Cream Socials take place during the Scholastic Book Fairs, and are opportunities for WE families to come together, and socialize.

RESPONSIBILITIES
- Recruiting volunteers to help staff the event
- Checking the PTO Closet for supplies
- Purchasing supplies as needed for the event
- Setting up tables and managing Sunday stations
- Breaking tables down and general clean up

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Greentree Parade - Candy

MEMBERS
Committee Chair - Carolyn Weiss
Member - Elisa Miller

DESCRIPTION
Every September the Kirkwood community comes together in celebration for the City of Kirkwood's Green Tree Festival. It is Kirkwood's homecoming. The festival kicks Satruday morning off with a parade that winds its way from Kirkwood High School, down Essex Rd. to Kirkwood Rd., then south on Kirkwood Rd. to Argonne, then west on Argonne to the Kirkwood Community Center.

Every year, students and families march in the parade, and pass out candy to the onlookers to show off our school pride.

RESPONSIBILITIES - Recruiting volunteers to help do the committees work
- Collecting and or buying bulk candy for the parade
- Breaking the bulk candy down into bags for the kids to hand out
- Distribute candy bags to WE marchers at the start of the parade route

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Greentree Parade - Float

MEMBERS
Committee Chair - Molly Eberle
Member - Scott Weinstein
Member - Amanda Thompson
Member - Erin Roesemeier
Member - Laura McCart
Member - Sarah Menkhus
Member - Jaclyn Scroggins
Member - Allen McCoy

DESCRIPTION
Every September the Kirkwood community comes together in celebration for the City of Kirkwood's Green Tree Festival. It is Kirkwood's homecoming. The festival kicks Satruday morning off with a parade that winds its way from Kirkwood High School, down Essex Rd. to Kirkwood Rd., then south on Kirkwood Rd. to Argonne, then west on Argonne to the Kirkwood Community Center.

Every year, to show off our school pride, Parents build a float for WE families to march behind in the parade.

RESPONSIBILITIES
- Recruiting volunteers to help do the committee's work
- Filling out paper with Greentree Festival Organizers so that our float is entered into the parade
- Learning the Theme for parade floats from Greentree Festival Organizers
- Choosing a float design
- Building the float
- Getting the float to the start of the parade route and driving it in the parade
- Disposing of the float

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Fall Festival / Trunk or Treat

MEMBERS
Committee Chair - Molly Eberle
Member - Ally Healey
Member - Anna Maxwell
Member - Jennifer McDonnell Bardot
Member - Katie Miller
Member - Kristen Steffens
Member - Lisa Wheeler
Member - Noel Powers
Member - Christina Abate

DESCRIPTION

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STEAM Night

MEMBERS
- Committee Chair - Jason Brosch
- Member - Kristin Rehg

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Cultures Night

MEMBERS
Committee Chair - OPEN
Member - OPEN

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Grandparents Day

MEMBERS
Committee Chair - Claire Leffler
Member - Jaimie Alley

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Father-Daughter Dance

MEMBERS
Committee Chair - Stacey Toomay
Member - Anne Hinrichs
Member - Claire Leffler
Member - Jenny Manuell
Member - Juliana Ringwald

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Mother Son Event

MEMBERS
Committee Chair - Missey Wohldmann
Member - Angela Higginbotham
Member - Megan Normile

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Trivia Night - Planning Committee

MEMBERS
Committee Chair - Ashley Luther
Member - Laura Bonebrake
Member - Christina Abate
Member - Open
Member - Open
Member - Open
Member - Open
Member - Open
Member - Open
Member - Open

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Cardinal Night

MEMBERS
Committee Chair - Amy Schawacher

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Field Day

MEMBERS
Committee Chair - Juliana Ringwald
Member - Kary Mangers

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5th Grade Fun Day

MEMBERS
Committee Chair - Shannon Igney
Member - OPEN
Member - OPEN

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5th Grade Musical

MEMBERS
Committee Chair - OPEN
Member - OPEN
Member - OPEN
Member - OPEN

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