Your 2024-25 PTA Board
The board meets monthly for planning and decision making that drives action.
We manage the budget, voting, and PTA General Meetings.
All Board members except for Executive Committee also serve on a Committee themselves and provide support to their Committee members.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE - Alex Wallace (he/him) Works with staff and parents to lead PTA, |
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE - 1ST YEAR CO-PRESIDENT Jennifer Walken (she/her) Assists 2nd year president, takes over as 2nd year Co-President the following year |
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE -SECRETARY Remy Nixon (they/them) Takes minutes at all meetings, Secretary@greenlakedragons.org
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE - Karin Aebersold (she/her) Writes checks, keeps books, gives financial reports and reimbursements Treasurer@greenlakedragons.org
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE - 1ST YEAR TREASURER Leah Reddecliffe (she/her) Assists 2nd year treasurer, takes over as 2nd year treasurer the following year |
BUILDING LEADERSHIP TEAM REP Jessie Alan (she/her) Typically filled by a former PTA President or other Board member. Invited by school leadership to attend meetings as a
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TEACHER SUPPORT Laura Love (she/her) Oversees room parent recruitment and onboarding. Supports room parent emails and activities |
ADVOCACY COMMITTEE Kelli Refer (she/her) Monitors activities and legislative developments at the District, State, and Federal level to represent our community and make calls for action |
ADVOCACY COMMITTEE Heather Baglien (she/her)
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SOCIAL JUSTICE & OPEN POSITION! |
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS COMMITTEE CHAIR Jen Koch (she/her) Supports Committee members as needed, plans and organizes fun and meaningful events that bring families together |
Frances Chu (she/her) Supports and welcomes new families and students by guiding tours, answering questions, sending communications, maintaining FAQs, and more NewFamilies@greenlakedragons.org |
DEVELOPMENT CHAIR & WALK N ROLLATHON / DRAGON HUNT COORDINATOR Kat Johnson (she/her) Supports all fundraising activities |
TEACHER REP Rachel Nash (she/her) Liaison and advocate for
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TEACHER REP John Leahy (he/him) Liaison and advocate for
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Committee members
Committee members are the ones doing the actual work of
making our events and programs happen. Some serve year round, others seasonally.
PTA MEMBERSHIP COORDINATOR Amy Lovik (she/her) Recruits parents, teachers, staff for PTA membership, responsible for PT Avenue adherence, creates and distributes school directory |
STEM FAIR Kim Decker (she/her) Works with volunteers to organize a display of student-run experiments in Science, Technology, |
SPIRIT WEAR Jen Seibert (she/her) Responsible for spiritwear sales, maintains inventory spiritwear@greenlakedragons.org
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AFTER SCHOOL CLASS COORDINATOR Arranges after school class schedule, communicates with outside vendors, reserves rooms (schooldude) and publicizes classes enrichment@greenlakedragons.org
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SWIM PROGRAM COORDINATOR Matt Rutishauser (he/him) Works with the staff and lifeguards to create swim program schedule, coordinates CPR and lifeguard
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GLES FACILITIES Kadie Bell-Sata (she/her) Serves on the school safety committee, liaison between SPS and PTA regarding safety and building issues Facilities@greenlakedragons.org
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TREE SALE Garett Slettebak (he/him) & Phil Decker (he/him) Coordinates tree ordering, tree deliveries, necessary permits, and helps recruit volunteers |
AUCTION CO-CHAIRS Gina Dutzar (she/her) & Jillian Russell (she/her): Coordinate all committee volunteers and party details for our legendary grown-ups only fundraiser |
READER BOARD Jillian Russell (she/her) Regularly updates reader board and ensures information is current and accurate and fun. |
TEACHER APPRECIATION Javila Creer (she/her) Shows our staff and teachers some love throughout the year with thoughtfully catered meals, potlucks, and appreciation activities. |
WEEKLY GROCERY PROGRAM Jessica Baxter (she/her) Manages grant money for students (to cover expenses such as new coats, class pictures, books, graduation, and school events), organize gift card collections Contact Jessica: thebaxter@gmail.com |
WEEKLY GROCERY PROGRAM APPRENTICE OPEN POSITION! Jessica will be leaving our school soon, and the role she has so selflessly filled for years can NOT go vacant. We need food security for our students and their families. Please connect with Jessica if you are interested in helping, both now and in the future. Many hands make for light work so we hope to have a few folks on board! |
GARDEN COORDINATORS Paul Rogers & Marcy Bowers Maintain Olallie Garden and encourage its use by students, families and staff OlallieGarden@greenlakedragons.org
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PLAYGROUND STEWARD OPEN POSITION! Coordinates summer watering and seasonal weeding work parties. Proposes and coordinates DIY projects for maintenance and enhancement, and notifies the District with requests for maintenance under their purview. Contact: ptaboard@greenlakedragons.org
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YEARBOOK COORDINATOR OPEN POSITION! Coordinates picture collection from GLES community, creates and distributes yearbook Contact: ptaboard@greenlakedragons.org |
FIELD DAY COORDINATOR
OPEN POSITION! A brief but critical role: April-May, support our PE teacher Mr. Johnson with volunteer recruitment and event planning/organizing for our traditional once yearly outdoor day of fun for the whole school! Contact: ptaboard@greenlakedragons.org
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FACEBOOK ADMINISTRATOR OPEN POSITION! Gatekeeper for all new member requests, to ensure we're letting in real people not bots. Pin/unpin key announcements to ensure they are seen. Transcribe community events from the PTA website to Facebook and invite all members. Contact: ptaboard@greenlakedragons.org |
MULTI-ARTS CHAIR OPEN POSITION! This position is given a budget for planning and bringing special arts programs and projects into our school. Past chairs have done things like work with our PE teacher for "PE takeover" movement arts, Reflections program submissions, visiting artists, and more. Contact: ptaboard@greenlakedragons.org |
Upcoming Events
- Monday, November 11
- Wednesday, November 13
- Thursday, November 14
- Wednesday, November 20
- Friday, November 22
- Monday, November 25
- Tuesday, November 26
- Wednesday, November 27