NBJH PTO Committees

Volunteering at Northbrook Junior High School will enrich your student's education experience and connect you to your school, and to your community. 

There are many ways to participate. 

Under the "Volunteer" tab, you can

• volunteer for events

• volunteer for committees

Committees usually fill up in the Spring, Events are available for volunteering throughout the school year. 

NBJH 2020-21 Committees:

Helps organize, and coordinate the volunteers for, the 6th Grade Dance Assembly. Open to all 6th graders. Saturday Evenings, begins in January and ends in March.

To Volunteer as a Chaperone, click on the "Volunteer" tab.

In charge of setting up refreshments — cookies and beverages — for after the 8th Grade Graduation Cerermony, June 4, 2018

8th grade Grad party will be held on the Friday before graduation at NBJH. We will need many volunteers to be on committees for decorations, entertainment, food, photo montage and more. We would love to have new families who never done 8th grade grad party before to sign up to volunteer, and of course we can't do it without those of you who have done this before. All volunteers welcome.

Markets the District 28 Gift Card Plus fundraising program, before major holidays. Promotes the program, distributes order forms, collects payment and distributes the gift cards to District 28 families after purchase.

Attend HOH 5K District meetings and help plan and facilitate the annual Homer O. Harvey 5K walk/run to raise money for the HOH scholarship Fund.

LIFT (Looking Into the Future Together) Day began in 2001 as way to introduce NBJH students to a variety of skills necessary for college and future careers. It is held biannually in the spring of even numbered years. 

The Music Parents Club is comprised of music directors, district administrators, and parents of music students.
Our mission is to promote and maintain an enthusiastic interest in, and provide financial enhancement to, the music curriculum established and managed by the administrators and music faculty of District 28. Find out how we accomplish this.

Assist Mark Hay, the NBJH Art Teacher, in setting up the NBJH Spring Art Show. Committee heads must organize a volunteer group - about 10 people - to hang artwork in the main lobby of NBJH. Committee also works with Hospitality Committee to arrange for refreshments.

The NBJH PTO strives to promote and encourage communication between parents, teachers, administrators, and the NBJH community. The PTO organizes fundraising and school events to strengthen our community spirit and enrich the student's experience at NBJH.

Jennifer Beban and Nicole Woods, Co-Presidents

Monique Howard, VP Membership

Cari Raymond, Treasurer

Priya Patel, Website Coordinator

Dorie Gaty, Recording Secretary

Erin Cooper, Corresponding Secretary

Responsible for welcoming new families to NBJH and helping to ease their transition.

Collect and manage PTO dues, and Free Will Campaign contributions.

Upload information, collect and create content, and manage all aspects of the PTO website. Coordinate with other PTO website coordiators in District 28 to unify content, messaging, etc. Coordinate with PTO Executive Board and Committees to manage content, events, calendar items, volunteering, custom page and forms.

We supply the products and arrange for the volunteer sign-up for the NBJH School Store which is open on Tuesdays and Fridays throughout the school year.

The "Volunteer Sign-up Link" is sent out to each family at NBJH in early September of each school year. It fills up within a day or two for the entire year. Each family can volunteer 1 time per year.

The Sister School Committee raises money for the Fred Outa Foundation through events and fundraising. The money is used to build and run schools in Kenya for orphans. This effort has been going on for 12 years and we have helped to build a girl's high school outside of Kisumu, Kenya.

The Spirit Wear committee manages the NBJH Spirit Wear, from selection to delivery.

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