Who is the PSO?

The PSO strives to promote and improve educational opportunities for all children in our school. The PSO Board provides a communication line between parents, staff, students, and our community. The board consists of ten members, including a treasurer, teacher representative and our school principal. Open board meetings occur the second Monday of each month and general membership meetings are held three times a year. The PSO will post meeting dates at school and on our website.

The Westgate PSO helps to support and fund the following:

Assemblies
Classroom and Library books and supplies
Enrichment Programs

            Field Trips
            Playground Equipment
            Purchase Musical Instruments
            Scholarship Funds
            Science and Art Kits
            Technical Equipment

Yearbooks

Our Mission is to:

promote and improve educational and enrichment opportunities for all children in our school
enhance understanding, relationships and communication between parents, staff, students and community
create and enhance our partnerships with the community to provide and promote quality education for all students
cooperate fully with Edmond's School District policies and procedures

**BECOME A PSO MEMBER

MEET THE NON-ELECTED PSO BOARD MEMBERS

Facilitator: Katrina Day

· Chair monthly board meetings to make sure that meetings progress in a timely manner.

· Set up childcare for General PSO meetings (Boys and Girls club, grad students or Girl Scouts)

· Make arrangements for snacks & coffee for meetings if wanted

· Have nametags & sign in sheet at General PSO meetings, greet guests.

· Organize / collect prizes for attendance at General PSO door prize drawings.

CPC Contact: Dayna Tolman

· Attend monthly meetings.

· Report back to PSO board of events

Secretary: Jessica Adams

· Gather agenda items via whatever media and take minutes.

· Be the contact person: Staff contact you if wanting to be on agenda & this info will be on the web.

· Pass on important dates/info to Sari White for e-mail distribution

· Keep notes in binder located in PSO box, post on PSO Boards in each flex space, and send to Danielle Boyle to be posted on website.

Committee Coordinator: Karen Orstad & Jenifer Venema

· Gather volunteers using the sign up process to various committees.

· Put together packets for committee contact person, send out via e-mail or link to website.

· Communicates who the final chair people are to the board.

· Supplies

· Come up with a standardize list and purchase replacement supplies as necessary.

· Organize supply closet and have checklist for committee contacts to notify when supply is needed.

Fundraising Coordinator: Karen Wolfe Fritz & Danielle Boyle

· Danielle is working on Innisbrook 2011/12

· Contact for all fundraising events.

· Works with subcommittees for the different fundraising events; Escript, Wwalk, Innisbrook,Grocery

· Procurement tracking: a list of gift cards and how & when they are used.

Marketing Coordinator: Lori Scobie & Stacie Murphy

· Make flyers for PSO information that needs to go out (General meetings, Supt. Visits etc.)

· Send flyers out & via e-mail through Sari White

· PSO packet; What is PSO? Membership, Comm/ Spec. Events, Directory.

· PSO Newsletter

Web Coordinator: Danielle Boyle

· Keep the PSO web site updated

Membership Coordinator: Karen Orstand

· Organize and keep track of PSO membership by sending flyer or via email distribution.

· Collecting payment, make deposit and make personal calls or send out welcome cards and invite to the next PSO board meeting or PSO general meeting.

Sunshine Coordinator: Gretchen Campion

· Recognize parent volunteers, staff and PSO board members leaving school.

· Send card/flowers/other for parents, students and staff in the case of births, illness, death or retire.

Staff Contact: Julia Andrews & Jesse Asp

· Keeps communication between the PSO board and the WG staff.

Emergency Preparedness Coordinator: Jessica Adams & Roy Smith

· Set up donation or purchase and delivery of new snacks and water each year. (work with QFC, Edmonds)

· Ensure that students have sufficient and up to date supplies in the schools Emergency Shed.

· Use the rotations system so Westgate students have the food & water needed in case of an emergency.

· Work with Westgate E. P. committee in making sure there are comfort kits for all students.

Reader Board: Gretchen Campion

· Twice monthly gathering of event dates and posting on the PSO reader board.

· This is done to keep information updated for parents & community.

· Will need to work with office staff about the information to be put up. Need to be comfortable on ladder.

· When ready let custodian Kevin McCoy #3778 know the day before and he will bring the ladder and letters out.

ELECTED PSO BOARD POSITIONS & DUTIES

Treasurer: Michelle Nye

· Oversee finances for the PSO Organization.

· Writes up approval / disapproval of Teacher grants, send with Rob to staff.

· Task include completing deposits for the account, writing checks in accordance with budget set by the board, reconciling bank statements, completing periodic reports for the board(and general membership as needed) regarding financial status, completing submission of annual corporate licensing with the state and annual IRS filing.

Printable Copy of Board Positions & Duties

This site created and maintained by Westgate parent: Danielle Boyle