Committee Descriptions and Openings A to Z for the 2025-2026 School Year

 

A great way to get involved with the Dunwoody Elementary PTO is to join a committee that interests you. So, if you have a passion for a particular committee's responsibility, or feel that a given responsibility is not being properly addressed by a committee, then we want your help.

 

Please review the brief descriptions of each volunteer area and reach out to Erin O'Brien, Volunteer Ambassador (erinobrien.despto@gmail.com) or one of the committee leads listed below with your interest. The full list of committee members and highlighted openings can be found here. 

Book Fair - committee volunteers Needed

This committee will organize two Scholastic Book Fairs – fall and spring – helping the school to raise funds and books for the Media Center. These multi-day events offer a wonderful assortment of books hand-selected by book experts at Scholastic. By generating excitement about literacy, the Book Fair committee helps to build our school, classroom, and home libraries – connecting our children with books they love to read.

  • Committee Lead: OPEN

creative design - committee volunteers needed

The Creative Design Committee utilizes Canva and imagination to create logos, flyers, banners, signage, social media graphics, communications assets and more to get the word out about all that DES has to offer. If you have an eye for detail and want to utilize your skills for the school's benefit, please join us!

Community Business support - committee volunteers needed

The CBS committee oversees the sponsorship and partnership programs with local businesses. Businesses that are committed to enriching the educational opportunities for our students may partner with DES through the Sponsorship program. DES Sponsors are businesses that provide monetary contributions or in-kind donations to the school in exchange for publicity to our school community. As a DES parent, when you see a business with a DES Sponsor sticker in their window, they'd love your support in return.

family events - committee volunteers needed

The members of this committee will plan, organize and execute after-school events during the school year in which families can gather and socialize. The tasks involve hiring entertainment, securing a caterer, collecting and tracking money as well as set up and clean up duties.

field day

The members of this committee will plan, organize and execute DES' annual Field Day games in May. The tasks include hiring entertainment, creating and communicating the schedule of events, organizing and educating volunteers to run stations, as well as set up and clean up duties. 

fifth grade celebration

The members of this committee will plan, organize and execute the 5th Grade Celebration at the end of the school year. 

grant writer

This committee will work with PTO and School Staff to help secure grants to fund projects around the school. 

Grounds - committee volunteers needed

This committee works with the Principal to develop and maintain the landscaping around the school. This team will help spruce up the outside of Dunwoody Elementary School getting it ready for the first day of school in August and maintaining it throughout the school year. Duties will include weeding, planting, general trash clean up, maintaining outside gardens, etc.

hospitality - committee lead needed

This committee handles food and beverage needs for any PTO/DES related functions held at the school (i.e., lunch for the Open House volunteers, Principal’s Coffees, etc.). 

  • Committee Lead: OPEN

international night

Help make families of diverse backgrounds feel welcome and at home at DES. Develop special international and heritage observances throughout the school year. Encourage families to connect with the school's communication channels. Plan 1-2 events per school year to celebrate our differences.

lost and found

The Lost and Found committee will work to get items back to their owner. There is a station next to the cafeteria for lost lunch boxes, water bottles, and clothing. After a specified amount of time the items will be donated and this committee will coordinate the donation efforts.

kindergarten roundup - committee lead needed

This committee will coordinate, execute and oversee all efforts related to the Kindergarten Round Up event in the spring. DES Administration educates parents of rising Kindergarteners on DES while their children meet their future classmates and visit a Kindergarten classroom.

  • Committee Lead: OPEN

Lunch bunch

The Lunch Bunch committee will coordinate volunteers that are scheduled during the daily student lunch times to assist students with dining needs (e.g., opening yogurt cups and ketchup packets, providing extra napkins, etc.).

open house 

Work with the Principal, front office staff and PTO Co-Presidents to organize Open House the week before school starts.

organic gardening - volunteers needed for 2nd and 4th grade

Share your love of gardening with students. Help them learn how to plant seeds and nurture them for a successful and satisfying harvest. 

outside publicity / social media - committee volunteers needed

This committee manages the PTO's Facebook and Instagram pages, ensuring important events are publicized throughout the community. This committee will also submit press releases and photos to the local newspapers and websites to get coverage of the numerous events and activities happening at DES. The PTO's goal is to have our social media content and messaging reflect the diverse culture of our student body.

picture day - committee volunteers needed

This committee is responsible for coordinating individual student photos and class photos with a professional photographer. The committee will work with school administration to select a morning for photos to be taken. A schedule will be established that will cause minimal disruption to the instructional day and lunch. Photos will be sold to student families as a PTO fundraiser and will be used in the school’s Yearbook. The committee will need volunteers during the actual photo shoots, a spreadsheet coordinator and a picture order coordinator.

PTO Bulletin board

This committee is responsible for keeping the PTO bulletin board updated.

room parent coordinators

This committee will consist of room parents for each class who, in turn, will organize parents to assist with class specific needs (e.g., field trips, classroom parties, copying, cutting, etc.) and PTO-related needs (e.g., volunteers for Field Day, Staff Appreciation events, Book Fairs, etc.).

school supplies

This committee will work with an internet-based company to provide home delivery of school supplies.

school tours / new families - committee volunteers needed

This committee is responsible for showing prospective or current DES families our school campus and answering any general questions that they may have. Work with the front office staff to make sure new families have the information and tools they need for an easy transition. Keep the new parent fact sheet and web site information updated and relevant. Send e-mails to new families to welcome them to the DES family.

spirit wear - committee lead and volunteers needed

The Spirit Wear committee provides DES students the opportunity to purchase a variety of school spirit clothing and accessories while supporting the fund raising efforts of the PTO. Volunteers will be needed to staff the Spirit Table at major school events and to help sort and deliver pre-ordered items to the appropriate student.

  • Committee Lead: OPEN

staff appreciation

This committee will coordinate all staff recognitions including Teacher Appreciation Week events and various celebrations throughout the year so our staff knows how much they are valued. The committee will provide a welcome back gift and Holiday and End of School Year gifts for each staff member.

tiger fund - committee volunteers needed

This committee will collect, monitor and oversee the major fundraiser for DES – the Tiger Fund. This fund committee will encourage 100% participation from the families represented at DES and will solicit matching funds from these parents’ respective places of employment if available.

tiger talk

Tiger Talk is the weekly electronic newsletter that is prepared and produced by this committee on behalf of the school and PTO. It is emailed to those families that have provided their email address to the school for the purpose of receiving the e-newsletter. The newsletter includes important calendar information, school information, and other PTO-related news and events.

volunteer ambassadors - committee volunteers needed

This committee is responsible for gathering volunteer information (name, email address, phone number, etc.) including any committees that potential volunteers might be interested in, passing along volunteer information to committee chairs, educating families on events/opportunities as they come up during the year, and recognizing Volunteer Excellence.

website

The members of this committee will continue to build and maintain the PTO website for Dunwoody Elementary School.

yearbook - committee lead and volunteers needed

The Yearbook committee produces, publishes and distributes the school’s annual Yearbook. The committee will make sure that all major events at the school are photographed, including as many pictures of the student body as possible; it will track Yearbook orders from Open House as well as online orders throughout the school year; and the committee will assist in the distribution of the books to the appropriate students during the last week of school. Photographers, layout and design volunteer, and page coordinator for each grade will be needed positions for this committee.

  • Committee Lead: OPEN