Room Parents

Room Parents organize activities, coordinate volunteers and provide academic support for classrooms at the 3/4, 5/6 and 7/8 grade levels. Each grade level has two Room Parent Coordinators that organize monthly meetings to provide room parent guidance and support. Each classroom typically has two room parents, one to represent each grade level. 

We are always looking for room parents particularly at the 5/6 and 7/8 grade levels. Interested parents should contact your grade level Room Parent Coordinators for more information.

2011-2012 Room Parent Coordinators

3/4 - Meredith Frenkel and Julie Karmanos

5/6 - Theresa Valentine and Michelle Reiter-Miller

7/8 - Therese Fortney and Kim Wiggins

2011-2012 8th Grade Farewell Coordinators

Elizabeth Weidner and Laura Dabaldo

Room Parent Activities Include

3/4 Parents

Room parents at this level plan parties, organize volunteers for activities, field trips and swimming, and provide additional teacher support as needed. There are many ways to help available and opportunities to fit all schedules. Being a 3/4 room parent is a great way to get involved! The 3/4 room parents meet monthly - date and time to be announced.

5/6 Parents

The room parent role at the 5/6 level offers a great opportunity to get to know your teacher team and other parents and to connect with BCS with a small time commitment. The 5/6 room parents meet on the first Wednesday of the month at 9:15am in the Media Center.

7/8 Parents

The 7/8 room parents function as a team, not by individual homeroom. All 7/8 activities are team-wide events planned with direction provided by the 7/8 teaching team. Each room parent is asked to coordinate one activity or party. Communications to 7/8 parents requesting food donations for parties, financial donations for Blast auction items, and volunteers are distributed via a single email to all 7/8 parents. Our 7/8 room parents meet 3 to 4 times a year (or as needed). Being a room parent at the 7/8 grade level offers a lot of fun with very little time commitment!