There are so many ways to be involved.
Your leadership is needed!
Committees
The committee name and a brief description of duties is listed below. Some committees are for on-going learning enrichment programs, some are for community events, others support teachers and staff; there are in-school and after school opportunities.
Committee work is fun and rewarding, especially when you work with a team.
To request more information or to join a committee, click the star in the description box.
Active committee with leadership
Active committee looking for additional leadership
Active committee without leadership
Inactive committee. Contact BSCO.
ART LITERACY: Learning Enrichment
This in-school program provides district-created art content to students, who are exposed to different art styles and media, and create an original art project. Administrative work can be done outside of school hours.
For volunteer and lesson information, visit the Bonny Slope Art Literacy website.
Lessons run from October - May.
BOOK FAIR: Community Event
The Scholastic Book Fair is an annual hit with students and families. Kids have time to shop during the school day and the week ends with a Family Night to shop together.
Committee leads organize administrative tasks outside of school hours, such as working with Scholastic to ship the Book Fair infrastructure and coordinate volunteers to help with set up and sales. Some in-school time is needed to run the event.
This event may be hosted once or twice per year.
COMMUNITY GARDEN: Learning Enrichment
Teachers make use of the garden space to help students learn various lessons, like life cycles of plants and basic gardening skills.
Committee leads help maintain the garden area, purchase plants, and coordinate learning experiences with students. There is both in-school and after-school support needed.
The garden is active from March - October.
BOBCAT TRAIL CLUB: Student Enrichment
This program, in partnership with Marathon Kids, takes place twice a week before school. Students can drop in, no sign-up required, to run laps around the school track.
Nearly all the time for committee leads will be spent during school hours.
The program begins shortly after the start of the school year
and runs the whole year; rain or shine.
CARNIVAL: Community Event
The BSE Carnival is a FREE event hosted by BSCO and open to all students and families. We even welcome the following years' incoming Kindergarten families! There are lots of things to keep the whole family entertained: music, games, inflatables, and more. Food is available for purchase.
Committee leads will need several months of behind-the-
scenes planning before the big day.
This event takes place in May.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH: Student Enrichment
Help students become better citizens of the world by creating and facilitating service projects. Committee leads could organize student volunteers to help sort clothes at the BSD Clothes for Kids program, or help at the Oregon Food Bank.
This is a great committee lead role for individuals who have limited in-school availability and who are passionate about community service.
Timing is flexible over the course of the school year.
CULTURAL ENRICHMENT: Student Enrichment/Community Event
We are a diverse community with so much to offer each other. The Cultural Enrichment committee highlights different elements like music, activities, history and more throughout the school year. Committee leads also organize our Culture Night, where families are encouraged to showcase their heritage and share it with our community.
This committee is active all school year and Culture Night
takes place in April.
EARTH WEEK/SUSTAINABILITY: Learning Enrichment
Share your passion for the Earth, sustainability, and going GREEN with our students. Historically the committee has accomplished this through organizing school-wide events such as International Walk to School Day in October, Halloween Candy Take Back in November, and Earth Week in April.
Committee leads will need a mix of in-school and after-school availability.
Timing is flexible over the course of the school year.
GEOGRAPHY CLUB: Learning Enrichment
Lovingly known as GeoClub, committee leads support the learning of countries around the world. Students from 1st - 5th grade are encouraged to get a study map and practice learning the lay of the land. Monthly checks let students show what they have learned. Maps are available in the school office and on the GeoClub hub. Committee leads organize volunteers to help with the student check days.
Checks run from September - June.
DIRECTORY: Support
Want to plan a play-date or birthday party? Need to figure out how to coordinate with another parent? Enter the BSE Student Directory - the place where you can find the contact information for the whole school.
The committee lead gathers and organizes the contact information from the school and formats it into usable information for our community.
The directory is made available in Oct/Nov.
FIFTH GRADE ACTIVITIES: Student Enrichment
We celebrate and empower our students as they finish their last year at Bonny Slope. Committee leads organize activities and events for the fifth graders such as the end-of-year party, the family Clap Out, a school gift, and more.
Committee leads will work with fifth grade parents and teachers to craft meaningful experiences for the kids. A mix of in-school and after-school availability is needed to run this committee.
Most events happen at the end of the year.
MONSTER MASH: Community Event
This event celebrates fall and the spooky season. Past events have included a scavenger hunt, trunk-or-treat, treat stations in the neighborhoods around BSE, photo stations, music, a haunted house, and more. Costumes are welcome, but leave the gory stuff and prop-weapons at home.
Committee leads organize activities and events and coordinate volunteers. See the Monster Mash Website for details.
This event takes place in October.
MOVIE/FAMILY NIGHT: Community Event
These events offer a place for our students and families to come together for a movie or games and offer a chance for our community to socialize and get to know each other. Event details can be found on their website.
Committee leads are needed with evening availability to plan and host events.
Timing is flexible over the course of the school year.
PANCAKE BREAKFAST: Community Event
Help organize breakfast for our community, hosted by BSCO and run by our fifth graders and their families. Students take orders and deliver food, parents work the kitchen and manage the dining room.
Committee leads will purchase food, take reservations, organize volunteers, and set up the space. They will also facilitate an engagement contest between the fifth-grade classrooms.
This event takes place in February.
PRODUCTION TEAM: Support
The teachers need YOU! Production Team supports all the copying, laminating, binding, cutting, sorting, booklet making, and general paper management generated by the classrooms.
Committee leads will manage teacher requests, organize volunteers, and lead trainings on how to use the office equipment. In-school availability is needed.
The committee runs all school year.
OREGON BATTLE OF THE BOOKS: Learning Enrichment
Students read from a list of 16 titles chosen by the Oregon Association of School Libraries and compete in team battles to demonstrate their knowledge. There are school, regional, and state battles. Learn more on the Bonny Slope OBOB website.
Committee leads will need time in-and-after-school to coordinate logistics, trainings, and schedule battles.
OBOB runs August - April.
PANTRY PROVISIONS: Support
Keep our community fed! The committee manages the school food pantry, which supplies families at BSE. Committee leads keep the pantry stocked, organize volunteers, plan food boxes for families over the school breaks, and maintain classroom snacks for students.
Committee leads need a mix of in-school and after-school availability.
The committee runs all school year.
SCIENCE NIGHT: Community Event
The Bonny Slope Science Night promotes science in a fun, non-competitive atmosphere where every participant is a winner. Students can choose to do experiments or presentations, or to attend to see what their friends and classmates have learned.
Committee leads organize activities, support student experiments and coordinate volunteers. After hours availability is needed.
This event takes place in March.
STAFF APPRECIATION: Support
Our teachers give our kids their all, everyday. Staff Appreciation is the communities opportunity to give back: keep the staff room stocked with snacks and drinks, cater a meal on those long conference or in-service days, support staff with little goodies around the holidays.
Committee leads can work mostly after school hours.
Timing is flexible over the course of the school year.
YEARBOOK: Support
The Bonny Slope Yearbook is published each June and is available for purchase. The yearbook committee leads design, photograph, layout class pictures and edit the pages of the yearbook. See the Bonny Slope Yearbook website for details.
Committee leads will need after-hours availability.
The committee will work all school year to gather photos
and the yearbook will be available in June.
WELCOME COMMITTEE: Community Event(s)
Start school right! Join the BSE community at BSCO sponsored play dates in August to meet or reacquaint yourself with school friends and classmates. Meet your Teacher and then enjoy a Picnic with the students and families. Meet other parents at the Welcome Coffee.
Committee leads plan events and organize volunteers. Availability is needed both in and after school hours.
The committee is active from July - September
DID WE MISS SOMETHING?
Do you have an idea for a committee that you would like to lead? Do you have a passion or expertise you want to share with our students or community?
Let us know! We are always happy to add new enrichment or events. We need leaders like you!
Click the star and tell us what you would like to do. We will
meet with the school to see if we are able to add it as an
official committee!
What does the commitment of leading a committee look like over the course of a year?
While all volunteer leadership is valued equally, the time commitments for committee leads can be very different.
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Some committees are active all year, but at a very limited or passive capacity.
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Some committees require an intense burst of commitment over the space of a few weeks.
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Some are challenging all year long due to planning, resourcing, and volunteer management.
The chart below is intended to show what a year in any committee might looks like.
The darker colors in a line indicate the most active periods.
The lighter colors indicate that the committee is still active but with limited to no work needed, or to indicate a stretch of time needed for planning.
Committees listed as "undefined" mean that the leads craft what they do throughout the year and there is no preset schedule that they need to follow.
Ultimately, when you take on the leadership of a committee, you have some degree of control over how much work you want to do. You have the ability to shape your hours depending on the impact you want your committee to have. If you are interested in pursuing leadership and want to talk through logistics, contact committees@bonnyslopebsco.org.
