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HSC Committees

The Home & School Club invite you to volunteer for any of the committees listed below. Parent volunteers are needed for events and committees throughout the year. Please contact the committee chair listed below for more information about volunteering. Thank you in advance for getting involved in our amazing school community.

Committees (listed alphabetically):

Birthday Book Club

Ginger Tai - ginger.kuhns@gmail.com

Your $20 donation will sponsor a new book during your child's birthday month. Your child will pick from a shelf of brand new books, be the first one to check the book out and receive a book plate with their name and birthday on the inside cover. It's a fun and lasting way to help raise money for the library.

Book Fair

Co-Chairs: Jennifer Ishii-Yu jishii11@aol.com and Srujana Uddanda rujanapsl@gmail.com

The week-long book fair will be held October 7th thru 11th, 2019. Monies raised go directly into buying books for the classrooms and the library. Quality fiction, non-fiction and gifts for students and families are available. Additionally, donations to teachers, library and staff wish lists can be purchased. An evening family event and story time is a highlight of this event.

Box Tops/Labels

Julie McKeon - jmckeon@millercreeksd.org

Look for the "Boxtops for Education" symbol on your food product box. Tear it off and send it back to your school. We send them off and get money back! They are on General Mills, Betty Crocker, Hefty, Green Giant, Kleenex, Cottonelle and much more! Click here for a list of eligible products.

Campus Beautification

Help us maintain the beauty of our campus. We need volunteers to help pull weeds, plant flowers and improve the overall look of our school. One yearly fund a need party helps with bigger on-site projects.

Can Do! Family Giving Campaign

Co-Chairs: Lindy Burgon lindyburgon@gmail.com & Rachel Coxon achcoxon@gmail.com

​Can Do! is the education foundation which raises funds for the four schools in the Miller Creek School District. Can Do! has raised over $5 million dollars in its 20+ year history. Can Do! has a well-established record of success raising funds through the annual Family Giving Campaign, Run as One Community Fun Run, Business Partner Program, Holiday Online Auction, Annual Golf Tournament sponsored by Scotty's Market and Shop Can Do!

Community Heroes

Lindy Burgon - Lindyburgon@gmail.com

Community Heroes is Vallecito’s student-inspired service club that meets at lunchtime every other Friday. We dream up ways to improve our school, our neighborhood, and our world, then jump in and put those ideas into action! From collecting new socks for San Rafael’s homeless community, to donating Halloween candy to our military, to helping pets in need, to recycling used markers and picking up trash, our Community Heroes are making our community the very best it can be! The-2019 meetings will be held at lunchtime on the following dates. Mrs. Foehr will make an announcement right before the meeting starts… so bring your lunch and get ready to help YOUR community! (Sept.-20, Oct.-11 & 25, Nov. 8 & 15, Dec. 6 & 13.-Parents: Stay up to date on what YOUR Vallecito Community Hero is up to by signing up for our Parents Group. We’ll send you periodic e-mails letting you know what your Heroes are working on (and letting you know about upcoming events!).

Drop-Off Lane Coordinator

Each classroom takes a turn staffing the drop-off lane to ensure our kids can get to school safely, we can keep traffic moving, and get parents on their way. Your teacher and grade level rep will notify you when it is your classroom’s turn. Please sign up for a 15 min slot.

Fall Festival and Trunk or Treat

This is our annual FUNraiser. Come dress in your spooky costume and have fun playing games, winning raffle baskets, making an art craft, and trunk-or-treating. This event cannot be held without every parent helping.

Field Day

Co-Chairs: Greg Yu - yug97@yahoo.com-and-Leila Pearson - leilacurtis@gmail.com

This is held at the end of the school year by our PE Specialist for all students. Students participate in a wide variety of field activities, and parents are needed to help run the activities. The Home and School Club provides a morning snack and hot dog lunch for everyone.

Fifth Grade Graduation

Committee to plan and oversee the 5th grade graduation ceremony and party

Friday Recycling

Linda Gregory - grey_gregory@att.net

Vallecito makes a major effort to reduce our carbon footprint - and raise money for the school - by collecting recyclable materials every Friday morning.

Holiday Food Drive

Lindy Burgon - Lindyburgon@gmail.com

Vallecito thinks of those families in need through our annual food drive. All families are encouraged to donate food items, and this year we donated thousands of pounds of food to the Marin Community Food Bank. Food collection generally takes place after Halloween prior to the Thanksgiving break.

Holiday Community Project

This is our annual community service project, in which families donate toiletry, games and other treats. These items are placed in stockings made by students and distributed to need organizations. Many parents are needed to assist with making the stockings and helping to deliver the stockings with the students.

Hospitality

Beverages and snacks are served at many Vallecito events: Back-to-School Nights, Holiday Assembly, Open House, Fall Festival, Teacher Appreciation lunches, and Field Day. If you can donate food items and/or help serve, please let us know.

Lunchtime Recycling

Oversee weekly volunteers for lunchtime landfill/food waste/recycling program.

New Family Play Date

K & 1st Grade Reps

Plan and oversee Play Date snacks in K yard for all new families on Meet The Teacher Day

Picture Days

Say "Cheese"! Student portraits are taken in the fall over 1-2 days. We need help getting students looking their best during the picture day and a make-up day (for those who missed).

Safe Routes to School

Srujana Uddanda - srujanapsl@gmail.com

Getting to and from school safely is a high priority at Vallecito. We kick off the program each year by celebrating the national walk and bike to school day. Help us promote safety with our students, whether they walk, bike or drive to school.

School Sign

Scot Wagner - scot.w.wagner@gmail.com-and-Elaine Esler - elaine.esler@hotmail.com

The school sign in front of the Staff Parking Lot is updated weekly. Can you spare 15 minutes a week? With more hands, we can alternate the volunteers.

Spanish Families Liaison

Violeta Castro-Garcia violeta.castro@gmail.com

Spirit Wear

Alice Tacheny - alicetacheny@yahoo.com

All students wear their T-shirts on spirit days (Wednesdays), and are encouraged to wear them on field trips. Help sell all spirit wear to families during specific events.

Talent Show

We have an amazing amount of talent at Vallecito - everything from singing, dancing, telling jokes, playing an instrument, or doing magic tricks!

Teacher Appreciation Days

HSC Presidents & All Grade Level Reps - please contact your grade level representative
Show your teachers and staff that you appreciate them all year round. Each grade level takes a turn hosting a staff appreciation luncheon and we celebrate National Teacher Appreciation Week in May.

Rock-a-Thon

Lisa Schwartz-lisa@jasperheartswren.com

This event is held in the Spring and all Vallecito students participate. Students are sponsored by parents, grandparents, neighbors, and friends. They walk around the field for as many laps as their legs can take. This is a very important fundraiser and we need parents to help organize and help during the day.

Website

Jen Imbimbo imbimbofamily@yahoo.com

Sponsored by the Home and School Club, the site has the latest information about the school. Stay connected and informed about all the wonderful things happening at Vallecito.

Yearbook

Content creator: Lanie King - lsking27@gmail.com

Yearbook Coordinators: Lisa Michael - jon.lisa.samuelsfam@gmail.com and Dawn Vattuone dawnvattuone@gmail.com

Each year, Vallecito publishes a yearbook. We need help taking pictures, creating the cover and pages, marketing, collecting orders and distributing the books.