Duniway Elementary School

Here's a list of our committees and committee chairperson(s). Click on the links for more information.
Event dates are available on Duniway's online calendar.  

2011-2012 Programs and Activities

• Advocacy Kathleen Taylor
• Applied Arts Diane Avenoso and Monica Harding
  
• Audit Committee Nick Van Vleet
• Fall and Spring Book Fair Stephanie Shanley
  Check out this year's Book Fair Page here and the online book fair here.Help to provide our students, staff, families and neighbors with quality reading materials and help encourage literacy! Our Book Fair events also provides a "donate your loose change" fund jar to purchase new books for our own library; thus refreshing and keeping an updated stock available to all students! 
• Box Tops  (open)
  Collect Box Tops for Education labels and redeem them for cash for Duniway
• Chinook Books Rossana Wong
  The sale will start on Sept 20 and go through Oct 15th. Order forms will be in the office, hallway across from the auditorium and sent home with all students. Completed orders go in the office mailbox marked "Chinook Books" with checks made out to "Duniway PTA". Please include your child's teacher/room number, so books can be sent home with them. Contact Rossana for questions.
• Classroom Representatives PTA VPs
  Each classroom representative coordinates communication within their classroom.
• Clothing Closet & Community Service (open)
  The PTA Clothing Center is located at Marshall High School and distributes clothing, shoes, backpacks, etc., to families in need whose children attend Portland Public Schools. Each school in the district participates by donating items (from Lost and Found) and by providing volunteers twice a year to assist on site with the organization and disbursement of clothing to families.
• Community Giving Dena Stock-Marquez (denasm@stmaryspdx.org) / Jenny Dempsey Stein
  Coordinate, gather and assist the Duniway faculty/staff with food and gifts for Duniway families that are in need of some help during the December holidays.  The Duniway community helps with purchasing food and gifts.  The faculty and staff deliver the boxes of food and gifts right before the holiday break in December.
• Dining for Dollars Nikki Metcalf
• Directory Christine Morita-McVey
• eScrip Holly Waud
  
• Fifth Grade Activities Sue Walsh / Molly Reed
  Visit the Holiday Home Tour Boutique and enjoy a few tasty treats baked and sold by the fifth grade students.  Parents and teachers coordinate a celebration for the 5th graders.
• Fund Run (open)
  This is the opportunity to connect physical activity with charitable involvement. Sponsor your children as they run to raise money for Duniway
• Green Team Christine Morita-McVey
• Home Tour Michele Delaney
  Be a part of a neighborhood holiday tradition that is 31 years strong! This year's event takes place on Friday, December 3rd and features six lovely homes in Eastmoreland and its surrounding neighborhoods. Plenty of hands make this event possible. Sign up to be a tour "Angel" who guides visitors through the home, assist in ticket sales or help coordinate the Holiday Boutique. Contact Kristin Cole at coleducks@comcast.net for more information.
• Home Tour Boutique Coordinator
  The Boutique is a component of the Holiday Home Tour, offering a wide range of creative gift items from local artists and artisans. The coordinator selects vendors based on their merchandise, coordinates contracts and volunteers, and manages the financial aspects of the sale.
• Hospitality  (open)
  The Hospitality committee hosts the First Day of School "Meet and Greet" for Kindergarten parents, organizes and provides dinners for teachers during November conferences, and may also help with food/drink at the Art Faire and end of the school year celebrations.
• Ice Cream Social Elise Christman
  A celebration/fundraiser held in winter/spring featuring an ice cream treat.  Typically held in conjunction with the talent show (February) or with the spring book fair (March).
• Free Movie Nights Lisa Waddick
  Free movies in the auditorium.
• One Day Events Joanne Cheechov
  Help with school pictures, vision, hearing, and dental screenings.
• PTA Membership Kathy Hart
• Recess Supervision - Signup form is here.
• Safer Routes to School & Walk & Bike to School Days Lisa Waddick
• Spring Carnival Amy Light
  Fun, games, food, prizes and more are at the annual Spring Carnival at Duniway. Families volunteer to host each game and attraction, contributing to the "fun" in this fundraising event.
• Spring Dance Monica Harding
  Free dance in the cafeteria!
• Spring Parade Michelle Alberts 
  Planning spring parade at end of school year. Involves obtaining permits, arranging for 5th grade band and Sellwood band, notifying teachers and DAS staff, purchasing popsicles (often can get donation from Safeway), and informing neighbors along parade route (via flyers), and setting up day of parade (with help from janitor)
• Talent Show (open)
  The Talent Show Committee organizes and promotes Duniway's Got Talent, which will be held Feb. 18th, 2011. After school rehearsals will begin January 10th.
• Teacher Appreciation Jennifer Bamer & Katie Clem
  Coordinate efforts to provide something special for the Duniway teachers and staff during the designated week to let them how much they are appreciated.  This typically takes the form of lunches or treats, but can be anything mutually agreed upon by the committee chairs and the Duniway teachers and staff.
  
• Website Communications Ken Avenoso
• Yearbook Holly Nelson 
  Help organize the many elements that go into the creation and distribution of the Duniway Yearbook.  Committee member responsibilities include taking and organizing pictures, collecting orders, class parent liaisons, content proofing, and distribution.