PTO

  • Parents and Caregivers:

    Thank you for your interest in running for our PTO officers here at Ames VPA Elementary School. We will hold our annual Officer Election on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024.  We will meet in person in Room 102 and on ZOOM.Us.  Our member id is: 593 220 7484 and our password is: 8k7eZ9.  You can download their app from an Apple store or go to their website: Zoom.us.

    Please read over the Ames VPA PTO Bylaws and take special note of the job descriptions of the four officers; President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer. Let me know which office you are interested in running for and we can look at that job and talk about it. I would also like for all the candidates to write a short biography which will include:

    1. Why do you want the position you are running for and your relationship with Ames VPA School?
    2. Who are your children enrolled at Ames VPA Elementary?
    3. How have you helped our school or any other school where your children have attended?
    4. What would you like to see happen to the PTO while you are an officer?

    We would also like a picture of you so the voters will be able to recognize you and if you do not have a recent photo, we are able to take one.

    As the Family Support Specialist, I will ensure that you are trained and the meetings go well. It will ultimately be the PTO’s choice of how you want to support the staff and students, but we will look to duplicate some of the events that we have had this year to start the next school year. Special Events and Donations are just some of the things a PTO can do to support Ames VPA Elementary.

    If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reply or call or even stop by my office. I am at Ames VPA Monday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

    Thanks again for your interest in making a difference at Ames VPA Elementary!

    Robert LaPlante

Volunteer Application

  • We will host Parent Workshops starting on Tuesday Oct. 22, 2024 at 4:30 p.m. We will call it: 'In The Know".  We will meet for about 30 minutes as we get into our topic for the day.  The Ames Dispatch Newsletter will feature our Discussion Topics, so you will have knowledge of it in advance. We want the Parent Workshop to be more of a discussion than a lecture. It will feature hot topics that deal with educating and raising your children.  We will have guest moderators and related activities so we can put what we learn to good use. To start, we will be on the Zoom App and you can download it from an Apple Store or from their website, zoom.us.  
     
    Our member id:  593 220 7484
    Password: 8k7eZ9
     
    We look forward to seeing you then!
     
    Robert LaPlante
     
    Future workshops will always look to be held on the 3rd Tuesday of the month.  If that date is unavailable, we will post a new date.