Ivan-Hoe-Down Event Planner (Sept.-Oct.)

Ivanhoe will host a pumpkin patch with the classrooms contributing scarecrows and Dia De Los Muertos altars etc.  Local vendors will sell goods and local firefighters will man a grill.   Jumpers and crafts will fill out the day and fun had by all in the community.  Be a part of the planning and implementation.

The actual volunteer sign up for shifts will be done electronically on our website.  Email will be sent with closer to the event for volunteers.

Committee to Preserver Ivanhoe's Excellence Member (Year Long)

Be part of  CPIE’s advocacy and awareness group. CPIE is a grass roots organization and has no formal board positions or structure.  The goal of CPIE is to mobilize parents as necessary around issues that affect Ivanhoe’s academic excellence.

Room Parent (Year long)

Every teacher requests that at least one parent volunteer to be the point person to facilitate communication between their child’s teacher, other classroom parents and staff.  The room parent is also the liaison between the class and FOI, helping to relate information on fund raisers, safety valet, etc.

Yearbook (June publishing design ahead of time)

Work with a committee to organize, display and archive our old pictures for the enjoyment of the local and Ivanhoe communities. 

Book Fair

The fair runs for a week in February and is staffed with volunteer families from 8-5 every day.  The committee is responsible for conceiving the theme, coordinating classroom viewings, distributing flyers, organizing teacher wish lists, selling, set-up, break down and all reporting and communication with Scholastic and with Ivanhoe staff.

The actual volunteer sign up for shifts will be done electronically on our website.  Email will be sent with closer to the event for volunteers.

Ebay Coordinator (Year Long)

Helps to solicit for events and  items to post for auction on Ebay.  This is a new fundraiser at Ivanhoe, but has traditionally helped other schools raise thousands of dollars with little to minimal effort.  We are working with the Giving Engine who will ship items and provides any coordination that needs to be done to insure that auctions are fulfilled. 

Fitness Fest (May)

Last year the event was called Phyzzie Fit Phund.  Join the committee and develop another two day event at Ivanhoe.  Students and teachers all look forward to activities supporting physical health.  This is a great fundraiser as all funds go directly to Friends of Ivanhoe to support needed programs, such as physical education. The committee organizes and promotes pledge gathering, set-up and get parent volunteers for the events. The last step is to count up the funds for our Treasurer.

Spring Fiesta (March-April)

This fun spring event features the Silent Auction and a night of food and fun for adults only.  Volunteers work with the chair on various committees in the area of event and silent auction assembly.  We will need many volunteers will help make this a great evening.

The actual volunteer sign up for shifts will be done electronically on our website.  Email will be sent with closer to the event for volunteers.

Garden Parents (Year Round) 

We need parents with a green thumb to help maintain the “reading garden” on the lower yard.  This most treasured garden needs TLC through out the year. 

Green Parents (All Year) 

We need parents to help insure Ivanhoe maintains our environmentally friendly approach to our campus.  Jobs would include;  organizing the existing composting (used in our garden), making sure all our events are as “green” as possible by using our recycling bins, water coolers and having compostable cups and plates available when needed.

Coin Catcher

The Coin Catcher event is an effort to get the kids involved in donating to the school.  A wonderfully designed ATM machine will be moved from classroom to classroom each week.  A parent needs to coordinate this effort, arrange the winning class prize of pizza for their classroom as well as counting the money at the end of the event. 

Safety Valet (Year round)  

In order to protect our kids and ease the considerable traffic problem around Ivanhoe at drop-off, Ivanhoe, with the L.A. Department of Transportation, has instituted a highly regarded safety valet program.  Parents volunteer to open car doors for children being dropped off.  The program has successfully been implemented at Franklin Elementary School as well as other schools in the district.  We need 4 volunteers each morning.  20 volunteers would mean each parent works 1 day a week; 80 volunteers, one day a month.  Please consider volunteering this few minutes of your time in the morning.

Website (Year round) 

We have two websites that are managed by volunteer parents www.ivanhoeschool.org and www.friendsofivanhoe.org.  If you are a web designer, software engineer or database guru we need you!  If you like to write are in touch with what is happening daily at school we need your help to update information directly on the website.  You don’t need prior computer skills, just being comfortable with word processing.

Banner Program

Co-Chair of Community Partnership Banner Program, which raises $10,000-$15,000 annually.  Spearhead and execute overall program, which includes: outreach for banner sales to community members, coordination between customer and art designer, delivery to printer, hanging banners on fence, creating invoices and collection of monies due.  Sales begin in early January.  Banners are hung May 1. We have a parent doing the art design.  You will be trained by the parent who has been handling the banners for the past several years.

Communications (Year round)

We need parents with a Graphics background to help with communications for all FOI events through out the year.  Needs include: designing the image for a FOI event, posters and sign designs, hand painting signs for the front of the school, and graphic layouts for website logos as needed.

Writer’s Workshop Guitar Club(Any time)

FOI runs two exciting and successful after school programs: guitar club and a writing workshop.  Both were greeted with wild enthusiasm from Ivanhoe’s children and brought free enrichment to our kids.  We are looking for more parent volunteers to support existing enrichment programs (such as writing mentors) or to develop new enrichment opportunities for the upcoming school year.

Merchandising

We need parents who would like to organize and sell Ivanhoe gear.  Water bottles, T-shirts, caps, bags will be sold at community events throughout the year.

Homework Club (Year Round)

Volunteer once a week (or schedule your time otherwise) and spend time with great kids at Ivanhoe’s most productive club.  The library remains open after school and the parent volunteer is available to help kids with their homework­­.  The club works best when there are two parents each afternoon.  If you speak a second language, that helps too.  Club is from Monday-Thursday and from 2:30-4:00.