1. Sign up for the PTA here!
Grab an envelope, fill it out, and put in $4 per person that you sign up. Hand it back to any PTA Board member at any PTA meeting! Thank you and we look forward to seeing you at the meetings!

2. Mosaic Committee Are you interested in:
Helping to plan McK community-wide events and celebrations of our families
Sharing ideas and make recommendations about how we can enhance our outreach and communication to our community
Working with Principal Sousa to develop plans, strategies and initiatives to encourage our community members to increase participation in existing McK activities
Committee Leads: Allison Brown & Yashica Crawford
Description: The Mosaic Committee (previously Diversity Committee) has a goal of supporting our school with opportunities that celebrate the rich diversity of our community.  

3. Recruitment Committee
What to expect:
Participation in the SFUSD Fall Enrollment Fair
Campus tours on Wednesday and Friday mornings from 8:15 - 9:15 am during the enrollment season (Oct – Jan).
Participation in community events, presentations
Outreach to adjacent and outlying neighborhoods to inform families of our school.
Committee Leads: Leonie Patrick & Yashica Crawford
Description: We are a group of current McKinley parents that provide school tours and informational sessions to prospective parents.  

4. Hospitality Committee
What to expect:
Organizing various parties throughout the year:
Welcome Back BBQ (August)
Welcome Back Breakfast
Teacher Appreciation Week breakfast
Make it your own!
Committee Leads: OPEN
Description: What’s up party people! Are you a super party planner? Want to take a lead role on this great committee?

5. Science Committee We are looking for parents that can: What to expect:
engage with kids with age appropriate science concepts
connect us with resources that we can bring into to the school to teach our kids about fundamental and new and exciting developments 
plan events through the school year.
What to expect: 
We meet once a month to check in and plan ahead. Come help plan the whole science year at your child's school. If that's too overwhelming, help us pull together one li'l project for our kids. 
Committee Leads: Jeff Dubois Jagadha Sivan
Description: We working on making Science fun and engaging at McK. We work with Principal Sousa and her team to ensure that our kids have Science integrated into their daily learning. That they have access to the right tools, infrastructure and resources. 

6. Garden Committee What to expect: Garden work days
Online communications
Coordinating with building efforts
Day to day care-taking
Working with teachers, to bring the gardening into class
Watering
Our native garden by the bungalow
Our herb garden in kinder-corner
Our veggie garden in the upper yard
Painting
Woodworking
and of course – Planting!
Committee Leads: OPEN
Description: No gardening experience is necessary!  The garden committee is the most *fun* committee for parents and kids to spend time together building a school we're all happy to come to.  The *easiest* committee to be involved in outside of working hours.  And a great opportunity to learn about gardening.

7. Building Committee Can you help us to:
Organize and clean the hallways?
De-clutter tables and cabinets?
Look for an from the committee leads on projects and plans!
Committee Leads: Keri Fishman & Molly Sterkel
Description: Hallways and cabinets and cupboards, oh my!

8. Communications/Technology Committee
Can you help to:
Transition McK Yahoo! to Google Groups
Research and make recommendations on website replacement options
Set up and manage lists
Create printed school directory (or online once login site is available)
Transition to Paperless Wednesday Folders
Communications/Technology Committee
Committee Leads: Tricia Vastine
Description: The Communications/Tech Committee helps to identify new and improved ways to communicate with the families, staff and McK community.

9. Arts Committee
Can you help to:
Research and problem solve with regards to scheduling, space issues for events and to look for other viable venues
Write grants to help keep our program funded without impacting or counting on the PTA for the bulk of our revenue.  
Survey teachers to see how VAPA and SFArtsEd classes are going from their perspective.
Meet with VAPA and SFArtsEd teachers periodically to make sure they get the support from McKinley they need and to provide feedback from teachers.
Ask teachers if they would like volunteers and then recruit them from the parent community.  
Help to curate and hang exhibitions of student art along with VAPA and SFArtsEd teachers.
Committee Leads: Rachael Nusbaum & Vikki Azaria
Description: The Arts Committee is a group of parents who are trying to help diversify the art program.  We need forward thinking folks who understand how to integrate arts into the core curriculum.