Art In the Classroom
Parent volunteers coordinate with teachers to go into the classroom to share a lesson about an artist or genre of art and to create an art project with students. These projects will then be displayed in the Spring Art Show/Evening of the Arts. Parent volunteers are needed to be in the classroom and lead the art lesson with the students.
Artist in Residency
The PTO invites an artist from a myriad of genres to come into the school and interact with the children. Artists in the past have included muralists, authors, illustrators and musicians. This program brings local artists, musicians and other creative artists into the school to share their skills and perspectives with the students. Artist Day will take place in the Spring (March or later-TBD).
Book Fair
Each year the PTO co-sponsors the Scholastic Book Fair with the school. Parent volunteers are needed to help set up and take down the book fair, help students pick out books and work the registers. Proceeds from the book fair go to support the school library and its programming.
Cultural Assemblies
The PTO, working with the principal, organizes various events to come to our school and put on an assembly for the student body. In the past, this has included “City Love” musicians, “The Brain Show” and “Science Explorers”.
FIFTH GRADE UNITY DAY
Unity Day is an opportunity for students to get to know other students from the elementary schools in the district and to visit the middle school to help support a positive transition from Chestnutwold to HMS. This day is held towards the end of the school year (June) and is spent rotating through team building activities and visiting HMS classrooms, teachers, administration and middle school student delegates.
Homeroom Parents
Parent volunteers are needed to act as a lead to all Homeroom parents. They will disseminate information to the individual class homeroom parents and relay the needs and wants of the class to the PTO and administration. These parents also work with Mr. Kershaw to provide snacks for Field Day.
music in the classroom *new!
Parent volunteers have the opportunity to share their musical passions with students. Presentation topics include but are not limited to: Playing an instrument, sharing about music of a specific culture, talking about a genre or favorite band, a live performance you've experienced, a topic in music history, or even music business. Come spend 15-20 minutes sharing in a Chestnutwold classroom!
Young Writer’s Day
A magical day when authors, poets, journalists, and singer/songwriters visit the school and work with every class to get their creative writing juices flowing. Writers will share their stories and engage students in activities allowing them the opportunity to learn about all the ways writers work. The program provides more humanities education to the students.Young Writers Day will be held on Friday, November 18th this year.