Each summer three volunteers audit the financial records of the previous year. Verifying deposits and disbursements made by the Treasurer. Contact the Treasurer if you are interested in serving on this committee.

Skano’s After School Fun program enhances student’s education by offering fun mini-courses not included in their existing curriculum. Classes will meet once a week for five (5) weeks during the winter months. We need lots and lots of volunteers to make this program a success. The kids love it!!

Come celebrate the beginning of another fun school year at our back-to-school picnics. Held in our playground, we grill hamburgers and hotdogs, and ask our families to contribute salads, chips, and desserts. It’s a great way to get reacquainted with old friends and to start some new friendships!

Children can deposit money once a week in the morning into their own account at a great interest rate. Volunteers are needed to help with this process one morning, before school each week, on a rotational basis.

Do you love to read? Do you have 15 minutes to spare weekly? Book Buddy parents read with students K-2 to give them that boost for better reading appreciation. Share your love of reading with a child today! We need many volunteers to support this program!

The annual Book Fairs are held twice a year-in the fall and spring. They provide students and parents with the opportunity to purchase books at school. The Fall Book Fair is held during the Parent/Teacher conference times, and the following two days during school. The Spring Book Fair is held during the Ice Cream Social. Volunteers are needed to help the children with their purchases.

With Starburst Roller Rink closing, we had to find a social event to replace rollerskating! We will try to reserve some bowling dates for this school year. We will need volunteers at the event to help things run efficiently!

Teachers help us collect Campbell’s soup labels and General Mills box tops in the classroom all year long. At the end of the school year, we redeem them to obtain free audio/visual equipment for Skano, along with monies to use toward Skano activities. So, start saving those labels! Volunteers are needed to trim and bundle labels. It can be done at home!

Celebrate special occasions for your child or for a Skano staff member with the gift of a book to the Skano Library. This is a great way to remember someone that will be enjoyed by Skano readers for many years to come.

Cultural Arts introduces children to cultural activities in the Albany area. Programs are designed to enhance children’s education by relating in-school studies with real-life events either by taking the children to performances outside of Skano or by bringing performances to Skano. Volunteers are needed during school hours to supervise and usher the children to and from the performances. Not only do you get to see the children’s excitement as they watch the performances, but you get to watch the performances as well!

Dolphin Readers is a reading program that encourages children to read, independently or with others, for 15 minutes per day for 20 days each month. This program runs from October through March. Students can also participate in a variety of reading-oriented activities--such as celebrating Dr. Suess’ birthday/Read Across America Day, Dolphin Reader Read-ins, Pajama Story Times, Poster Presentations of favorite authors, and other surprises--throughout the year. Parent volunteers are greatly needed to help support these activities throughout the year!

The Family Craft Night is an eventful afternoon out for our Skano families. Craft booths are set up where the children can create their own holiday gifts. It’s an opportunity for the children to explore their creative side while encouraging fun, quality family time. There are food booths and a bake sale also. We need volunteers to help out at the event.

Field Day is a fun event enc-ouraging students to participate in outside track events. Parent volunteers are needed to walk students between the school and track field, time the participants, and assist in supervision.

The Skano PTA Halloween Party was extremely popular last year- its first year! We had food, a DJ, and spooky story-telling! We need volunteers to help as chaperones and servers.

Throughout the year the Hospitality Committee provides refreshments for parent functions and staff events. Parent functions include Open House refreshments. Staff events include a Staff Welcome-Back Breakfast, Holiday Cookie Trays, a February Soup Day, and an End-of-Year Luncheon. Volunteers are needed for baking and serving. Work at home or at school to help make each event a memorable one. Hospitality is a FUN way to be involved in making Skano a warm and friendly place to visit and work.

The Ice Cream Social is an annual event enjoyed by students, families, and faculty. Along with eating ice cream sundaes, parents and students may enjoy the Spring Book Fair, held at the same time. Volunteers are needed to set-up, serve, and clean-up.

Our fundraisers support the many programs PTA sponsors. There will be several fundraisers throughout the year, beginning with the Joe Corgi "Family Fun Night" in October.

The Landscaping committee works to make the outside of our school look warm and inviting. We plant flowers and shrubs, we weed and mulch, and we trim our shrubs. Please join us in the fall and spring for our clean-up days. This is a fun way to help and the hours are very flexible.

Are you creative? Skano PTA needs you! We need people to help maintain the bulletin boards and showcase in the Skano Lobby! We are looking fresh ideas to welcome parents and be educational to the students. We generally use themes for the PTA event that month (i.e., we work with Book Fair, Dolphin Readers, etc.) Help one time only or all year!

Joining PTA means supporting your children and our terrific programs. It is a means of financial support for the many wonderful programs PTA provides throughout the year. You volunteer to help the PTA only if you desire by completing the Call for Help form.

The Membership committee needs volunteers to help enroll members and create the membership directory. Volunteers can work at home, completing membership cards and/or typing the membership directory. These responsibilities take place during the fall. Your help is always appreciated.

Last winter’s movie night was such a success; we will have to have another! Please help volunteer that night to help things run smoothly!

This committee consists of the PTA President, Principal and 3 other members at large to review lifetime membership award nominations.

During teacher appreciation week, which occurs the first week of May, this committee finds ways, both big and small, to say thanks for making the Skano experience fun and rewarding for the students. Help out by baking or set up/clean up.

The award-winning Skano PTA Newsletter is designed to keep parents informed about what their PTA and their children are doing. We’ll keep you informed about PTA and school events, upcoming activities, and what’s happening at the district, state and/or national levels. So watch for our blue Skanning Skano newsletter throughout the school year!

There shall be a nominating committee consisting of 5 members, 2 of whom shall be elected by the executive board from its body, and 3 who shall not be members of the executive board. The nominating committee shall nominate one person for each office to be filled. This committee will be formed in February. Contact the President if you are interested in serving on this committee.

These programs both start in the fall. Price Chopper gives points for purchases with the Advantage card that the school can use to get school supplies. Hannaford gives School Dollar Certificates that can be redeemed for cash for PTA sponsored programs. The Chairperson is in charge of distributing flyers for both and collecting and submitting the certificates for Hannaford.

For any school event, activity, achievement, or program you would like "publicized," call or email with two weeks advance notice. Skano’s students love to see their pictures and stories in the newspapers. You can submit photos and write-ups after the event. Drop the photo, with the names of the people pictured and a brief description of the "event," into the PTA Publicity mail folder in the school office.

The Publishing Center provides an opportunity for students’ creative works to be bound into individual books. Parent volunteers are needed to type, make covers, and bind the books in either wallpaper-covered bindings or spiral binders. All jobs can be done conveniently at your home. This is a very worthwhile activity that parents enjoy. Your efforts encourage self-esteem and creativity, and improve writing skills in our children.

Reflections is an arts program sponsored by the National PTA. It is a theme-based program that encourages students to use their creativity in creating drawings, taking photographs, composing music, and writing poetry and stories. Every student is eligible to enter, and entries are judged to qualify for regional competition. Information is sent home in November.

Skano PTA awards scholarships to two deserving members of the Shenendehowa High School senior class who formerly attended Skano and meet specific criteria. A committee of Skano parents and teachers selects recipients.

School pictures are a rewarding experience for everyone. The children love to have their pictures taken and all who help enjoy themselves. Notices are sent home prior to picture day with helpful hints for achieving great photos. On picture day, we need volunteers to assist children to and from their classes, fix hair, straighten clothes, and make sure student have a great smile. If you’d like to help during picture day, please sign up on the Call For Help form.

Shen Inventors get noticed! In the past, several students were selected by the Jay Leno Show to display and discuss their inventions on national television! The students participating in this program come from all elementary and middle schools in the Shen district. First, students are introduced to the art and science of invention. Then, students, individually or in teams, identify a problem, brainstorm all possible solutions, and create a model of their invention. We display all models at Clifton Common. The models are judged based on creativity, novelty, usefulness, and presentation. Everybody wins!

Two PTA members are elected to be delegates to represent Skano at all Shenendehowa PTA Council meetings. Four meetings are held each year. These delegates report back to Skano PTA.

This small committee recognizes significant staff days throughout the year with tokens of appreciation.

T-shirts, sweatshirts, and sweatpants are sold in the fall and in the spring as a PTA fundraiser. Purchase a sweatshirt with our dolphin logo on it in the fall and a tye-dye t-shirt in the spring to get the most out of our offerings!

This committee helps with the Kindergarten Registration in the spring, the orientation in May, and the screening of the new kindergarten students in September. We are also here to help any new families transferring to Skano have a smooth transition. We need a volunteer to coordinate and make phone calls and well as those to help out.

Your child’s very own artwork is turned into professionally reproduced full color products, such as magnets, mugs, and t-shirts for keepsakes. This is always a favorite fundraiser!