ELC School Hours

John I. Dawes ELC Committees

Below you will find a description of each event that takes place throughout the year. These descriptions are helpful for anyone who wishes to become a Chair or Co-Chair for an event. If there is a TBD, we are in need of a Chair person. All descriptions are brief and you will be given more information if you get chosen 

This page is NOT to sign up and volunteer for an event.

Each calendar event where volunteers are needed on the Main page will have a sign up button.

We all love to shop on Amazon.  Now we can make money for our school by joining Amazon Smile.  Eveytime you make a purchase a percentage of your purchase goes toward our school.  This committee will be in charge of promoting Amazon Smile throughout the year.  This is a fundraiser for ELC PTA.  

Throughout the school year the ELC PTA gives each student a book for their birthday.  Throughout the month the ELC PTA distributes books to all the students who have had a birthday within the month.  In September we celebrate August and September and in June we celebrate June and July, as to not miss anyone's big day.  This is a service provided by the ELC PTA.

This committee coordinates the set-up and running of the book fair twice a year. This is a great way to help your child develop a love for books and encourages a lifetime of reading enjoyment. This is a fundraiser for the ELC PTA.

Box Tops are collected throughout the year. They are exchanged for cash donations to our school. This is a Fundraiser for ELC.

Children will participate in a virtual dance-athon to raise money for our school. This committee coordinates the logistics of the dance-athon. This is a fundraiser provided for the ELC PTA.

This year at the ELC we have a mix of in school students and virtual students.  We would like to offer the same services to our virtual students as we do the students in school.  With that, we will need the help from our families to get these items to those virtual students.  This would include delivering grams, snack sales, birthday books and any other events we do throughout the school year.  This is a service provided by the ELC PTA

Throughout the school year, the committee will book various dates at local restaurants, play places or art places where we have a chance to earn money based on how many people dine there.  Everyone likes to go out eat, so enjoy a fun night out and support your school at the same time.  This is an ELC PTA fundraiser.

For just $20, purchase the Route 9 Commutiy discount card.  There are all sorts of discounts listed on the back of the card, but that's not all.  Click here to access a full list of all the businesses that particpate.  This is a an ELC PTA fundraiser.

This committee is responsible for overseeing the success of our fundraising programs.

Throughout the year we offer a variety of grams to purchase for your child at school.  The gram will be delivered to your child along with a note.   This is a fundraiser for the ELC PTA.

Each child is given a heart to decorate and donations collected for the American Heart Association. The co-chairs will be responsible for collecting the hearts and putting them up throughout the hallways to decorate for Valentine’s Day and AHA month. This is a fundraiser.

The Holiday Fair provides the opportunity for your child to go shopping for family members for the holiday.  We offer a variety of small items for your child to purchase. An outside vendor supplies the gift items and volunteers assist the children with their “shopping” experience. Most items range from $2-$8. This is a fundraiser for the ELC PTA.

Our plant sale will be held in May just in time for Mother's Day.  In addition to a variety of flowers, herbs and plants, we will also have items for sale for the Dads and Grandpas.  This is an ELC PTA fundraiser.

This committee organizes our imaginary “pumpkin patch” grown overnight in our school yard for the kids to pick from and bring home for a Fall Fundraiser.  This a ELC PTA sponsored event.

Gift card fundraising is the right way to raise money. Buy gift cards from your favorite brands to earn on your daily purchases—like grabbing your morning coffee or buying groceries. It’s the easy way to create opportunities for what matters most to you. No extra money spent. No extra time wasted.  Throughout the school year, this committee will advertise sales of gift cards on ShopwithScrip. They will help with informing parents on how the program works.  his is an ELC PTA fundraiser.

This committee coordinates the sale of snacks.  This is a pre-sale event at the beginning of the year.  All snacks will be bagged individually and sorted by teacher.  They will be delivered to the front office where they will distribute to each classroom to be distributed by their teacher on each designated day.  This is a ELC PTA fundraiser.

Help support the ELC PTA while promoting your business! Chair person(s) will be responsible for selling sponsorships to ELC parents and will obtain advertising information to be featured.  This is a fundraiser for ELC PTA.

This committee coordinates the distribution of food/gifts to thank the teachers and staff at ELC.  Teacher Appreciation week occurs in May, and we plan something special for each day of the week.  In addition, there are other times throughout the school year that we do special things to show them how much we care and how thankful we are for all that they do.  This is a service provided by the ELC PTA.

Duties include organizing ticket sales, trunk decorating, games to play and food to sell at one of our very enjoyable Halloween events. It takes place in our ELC parking lot where families come, decorate their trunks, trunk or treat and have fun! This is an ELC PTA fundraiser.

This committee formats and compiles a yearbook of the entire school with School Annuals help. There will be opportunity for you to purchase booster ads that will appear in the yearbook.  Yearbooks are distributed at the end of the year, and are available for purchase. This is a service and a fundraiser for ELC PTA.