Welcome! The Volunteer Online Sign-Up is now available for 2008-2009. So, go ahead and sign up now! You can always update your responses throughout the year. All parents are invited to volunteer at GDS -- whether you have only a few minutes or a few days, whether you can be at the school or prefer to volunteer from a computer or phone, days, evenings or weekends: all parent volunteers are welcome. This quick and easy survey/questionnaire helps coordinate volunteers for PSA activities and other school-wide events. Please indicate the activities that interest you. Once you've signed up, you will be contacted during the school year.

Every current parent is a welcome member of the PSA, and we hope everyone will participate. Should you have any additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact PSA Chair Pamela Reeves at PamelaReeves@hotmail.com. You can find more helpful names in the front of the 2008-09 GDS Parent/Student directory, which you will receive in September.

We look forward to working with you this coming year!

For 2008-2009 Academic Year

Please fill out the survey below and click Submit Survey at the bottom of the page.

If you have already filled out this form and would like to make changes, please enter your email address here and click Update Only to retrieve your previous entries before proceeding with the survey.

Click here for more information about the events and committees listed below.

PSA Communications:  Please contact me about PSA Updates and Announcements
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*Students' Names and Grades (in 2008-2009):	Name Grade Select grade PK K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Select grade PK K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Select grade PK K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Select grade PK K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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Click here for more information about the events and committees listed below. By clicking on this link, you will not leave the survey, as the information will open in a new browser window.
PSA (Parent Service Association)
	1. Coordinate or chair a PSA event or committee
	2. Help Communications Committee (write PSA updates, announcements, editing, other)
	3. Help Treasurer (Budget and Reimbursement duties)
	4. Help with L/MS Parent Education events
	5. Help with PSA-sponsored List Serve
PSA Community Service
	6. Help with Community Service projects
	7. Help with Holiday Family Giving Project (Dec.)
PSA Support for Development and Special Events
	8. Help with Country Market Day (Sept./Oct.)
	9. Help with Alumni events (Oct./Nov.)
	10. Make calls for Annual Giving Parent Phonathon (Oct./Nov.)
	11. Help with Financial Aid Auction (Jan. - May)
	12. Help with Grandparents' & Special Friends' Day (May)
Help with Organization and Activities of Parent Groups
	13. Help with organization and activities of Parent Diversity Groups:
	14. Help with Parent Gay Straight Alliance (PGSA)
	15. Help with Parents of Students of Color (POSC)
	16. Help with Diversity Communications, Speakers and Meetings
	17. Help with Board Diversity Committee
Lower and Middle School
	18. Work in library once a week, scheduled 2-3 hour shift, shelving and checking books in-out, 1st and/or 2nd semester
	19. Work in library with occasional projects (cutting, pasting, covering, labeling)
	20. Work on L/MS Book Fair (March)
	21. Help with L/MS Teacher/Staff Monthly Breakfasts (by grade, 1 per year)
	22. Help with L/MS Teacher/Staff Appreciation Luncheon (Feb.)
	23. Help with L/MS New Students/New Families events and activities
	24. I'm interested in being a "Buddy Family" to a new student/family (spring/summer)
	25. Help with L/MS Field Day (June)
	26. Help with L/MS Social Activities
	27. Help with or coordinate Lost and Found
Lower School
	28. Be a LS Room Parent
	29. Be a LS Grade Coordinator
	30. Coordinate or chair a LS event or committee
	31. Help with Curriculum Night Supper for LS Teachers (fall)
	32. 4th Grade Parents: Coordinate or host in-home 4th grade parent potluck dinners
Middle School
	33. Be a MS Advisory Parent
	34. Be a MS Grade Coordinator
	35. Coordinate or chair a MS event or committee
	36. Help with Curriculum Night Supper for MS Teachers (fall)
	37. Help with or coordinate MS Community Service Projects (by grade)
	38. 6th Grade Parents: Coordinate or host in-home 6th grade parent potluck dinners
	39. Help plan/organize MS dances (7th and 8th grades) (fall/spring)
	40. Help chaperone MS dances (fall/ spring)
	41. Help with MS Chorus Concert Reception (May)
	42. Help with MS Band Concert Receptions (Jan./ May)
	43. Help with MS Global Awareness Day (Nov.)
	44. 7th Grade Parents: Help with 8th grade Closing Ceremony activities (spring)
	45. 8th Grade Parents: Help with 8th grade Closing Ceremony activities (spring)
	46. 8th Grade Parents: Help with New Students/Families for 9th Grade Entrants
High School
	47. Coordinate or Chair a HS event or committee
	48. Work on the HS Parent Newsletter In the Hopper (ITH)
	49. Help with HS Community Service projects
	50. Help update Community Service Handbook
	51. Help with In-School Potlucks/Parent Gatherings (by grade: 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, winter)
	52. Help with In-Home Potlucks (by grade: 9th, 10th and 11th, winter)
	53. Help with HS Monthly Teacher/Staff Breakfasts (by grade, 2 times per year)
	54. Help with HS Teacher/Staff Appreciation Luncheon (Feb.)
	55. Help with Curriculum Night Supper for HS Teachers (fall)
	56. Help with Sports Saturday (fall)
	57. Help with Sports Banquets (fall, winter and/or spring)
	58. Help with refreshments for evening HS music and band performances (fall, spring)
	59. Help with HS drama cast parties
	60. Help with After-Prom (spring)
	61. Help with Senior Class Gift
	62. Help with Senior Banquet and Celebration
	63. Help with welcoming New HS Students/Families and New Families Open House
	64. Help with HS Library and other school reference materials
GDS Board
The PSA supports the board in recruiting parents for Board Committees, and we seek your input into Mission-oriented activities.
	65. Diversity: Suggest Topics you would like addressed in an evening diversity forum. These forums are sponsored by GDS as part of its long-standing commitment to diversity. They allow the parent community to explore issues relating to ability, age ethnicity, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, and socio-economic status.
	66. Be considered for service as a non-Trustee on a Board Committee. Some committees have limited spaces for non-Board members with particular expertise; many more people volunteer for these spaces than can be accommodated. Please indicate the committees that interest you and your area(s) of expertise. Buildings and Grounds Curriculum and Student Life Development Diversity Investment Nominating Technology Task Force
Special Volunteer Interests   I am willing to give a lecture to students. (Please specify LS, MS, or HS.) Description:   I am interested in being a substitute teacher in the following grade and/or subject.       I would like to work on the GDS archives Special Interests or Talents:   I can provide a High School student summer internship. Description:
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