Thirty years of research and 100 years of practice proves beyond dispute that parent involvement in school increases student success.  We urge all parents, grandparents, and others interested in the welfare of children to get involved and volunteer in any of the areas listed below.  Whether you are able to help a little or a lot, volunteers provide a valuable service to our great school.  We need you!! 

A volunteer sign-in book is located on the PTSA worktable in the Workroom/Teacher’s Lounge.  Volunteers should sign the book and record their volunteer hours.   Once a month, the number of volunteers and hours worked are tabulated and a report form is submitted to the St. Tammany Parish School Board.

Please click and download the form at the right. Complete form and return to Clearwood as soon as possible. PDF

Cougar Fest

Cougar Fest is the PTSA's biggest fundraiser of the year. Proceeds from this event fund the mini-grant program either all or in-part. This is a day of food, games, and entertainment for students and families. The event is great fun for all involved. This year's festival will be held on a Saturday in the Spring for 11AM to 3PM. Planning usually begins in January after students return from the winter break. Committee meetings are usually held every 2-3 weeks depending on need. Volunteers are needed to help create flyers to go home with the kids, distribute envelopes for the pre-sale ticket orders, collect pre-sale ticket orders and distribute tickets, recruit volunteers to help the day of the event, coordinate the games, work the games on the day of the event, choose, orde,r and sort prizes, coordinate inflatables, donate cakes for the cake walk or items for the raffles, set up the day of the event, clean up after the event, work with the Dad's Club at the concession stand, go on a shopping trip for food for the event, work the jail, coordinate volunteers before and during the event, work the ticket booth at the event, or be an overall Chair or Co-chair.

Clearwood 8th Grade Reception

Clearwood PTSA sponsors the 8th Grade Reception held after Awards Night in May. This event is relatively short and EASY, EASY, EASY!  It is traditionally chaired by a 7th grade parent. Volunteers are needed to set up tables prior to the event, order 3 cakes, purchase soft drinks and necessary paper products,slice cakes and pour drinks, and clean up (throw everything away) after the event.

PTSA Game Night

Game Night is for the 4th, 5th, and 6th graders. These events are usually held at least once a semester.  The events usually begin at 6:30 and last until 9:00 PM.  Students are able to play board games, dance, eat, play games in the gym, and just visit with their friends for the evening.  Volunteers are needed for set up and clean up, to supervise activities, work the food table, sell candy, work the ticket booth/sign-in/out, recruite volunteers, and co-chair the event with Mrs. LaCoste.

PTSA Newsletter

Clearwood PTSA is GOING GREEN!!! We issue a Newsletter usually twice a semester.  Articles are provided usually by the board members and compiled by one person.  That person will email the newsletter for review to the President & Mr. Bennett.  The newsletter will then be posted to our website for review.  There will be a note on the monthly "News Flash" when this is done. We will also have an archive of past newsletters in case you are in need of them or missed one.

Skate & Bowling Nights

Skate Night is usually held at least once a semester from 6:30-8:00PM.  Bowling Nights may be held as often as once per month on Fridays from 4:30-6:30 PM.    The events usually begin at 6:30 and last until 9:00 PM.  Volunteers are needed for each of these events to chaperone the kids and work the doors (student sign-in/out).  For Skate Night, an overall coordinator is needed to work with the Skating Rink.

PTSA Staff Appreciation

Clearwood PTSA annually expresses appreciation for our teachers and staff during National Teacher Appreciation Week.
Each day during the week-long event, the PTSA recognizes Clearwood’s staff.  Staff Appreciation is held, usually, the second week of May.  Planning usually begins in March.  Committee meetings are usually held every 3-4 weeks depending on need.  Some of the past recognition included breakfasts, luncheons, dessert days, raffles, and token appreciation gifts.  Volunteers are needed throughout the week to donate food and/or raffle items, assist with serving, and setup and cleanup.  Volunteers are needed during the planning stages to choose and order a gift, sort and distribute gifts to staff, recruit volunteers, plan the overall week, coordinate decorations and invitations.

Box Tops/Community Coffee

Volunteers are needed to collect and clip all the Boxtops and UPCs that are turned in, decide about incentives (ie: ice-cream rewards at the end) and distribute, count in groups of 50 and secure with rubber band (and place plastic ones in small jewelry bags), Mail off to GM or Community by due date.

Talent Show

This is a night for our students to show what they can do.This fun and entertaining night needs several volunteers to make it successful. If you volunteer you will still get to see your child’s act.

Volunteers are needed for the following:

Master of Ceremonies: announces all acts and any other announcements that need to be made

Publicity: decorating posters to advertise the Talent Show

Stage Coordinators: work with the participants at tryouts, rehearsal and the night of the talent show
Stage Coordinators help with placement of props, instruments, microphones ect…..

Stage decorations and set up: help with, coordinating and setting up stage decorations and lighting, and the set up of seating

Refreshments: set up, sales and cleaning up concessions

Ticket Sales: selling tickets at the door for talent show

If you are interested in volunteering Please email Jennifer Little @ jennifer.little@stpsb.org

DAD’S CLUB

The Dad’s Club had ten new volunteers sign up to help this year at Open House.  Our first big project will be putting down $5000 worth of landscape timbers and mulch made available through a Lowe’s Toolbox for Education grant received by the PTSA.  The material will be delivered to the school, but we will need everyone’s help in putting it in place.    A work day will be scheduled on a Saturday after the weather cools off in late October or early November.

Also, the Dad’s Club will be running the concession stand at Cougar Fest in the spring.  We will be calling on volunteers to help barbeque hamburgers and hot dogs and help sell sodas, candy, and snacks.

The Dad’s Club may also be calling on volunteers to help hang projector screens in classrooms and supervise gym activities on Game Nights.

Contact Chris Pericone @ 640-0620 or at pericone@bellsouth.net  if you are willing to help with any of these projects.