Welcome to Day TEN of
I Support My School... My Way, VolunteerSpot's back-to-school campaign and Sweepstakes celebrating parent involvement in schools!
We are wrapping up the last week of this amazing blogger-extravaganza with Five bloggers and five amazing stories! All sharing their stories THEIR way today.
(And a whole lot more from the previous three weeks!)
Please Meet:
Lolli managing editor for 5MinutesForMom
Lolli has 5 kids and is a former school teacher as well! She found after her first kiddo went to kindergarten that she really missed being in the classroom and found a mom to share babysitting of younger sibs in order to volunteer and get her classroom 'fix'!
"I found that the teachers gave me insights into my kids’ strengths and struggles as I spent time in their class – insight that I would have missed had I waited for the twice-a-year parent-teacher conferences." —Lolli tells how rewarding simply helping in the classroom can be.
Read about what Lolli thinks is the bests reward for volunteering in her kid's classroom.
Follow Lolli on Twitter @1Momof5 and follow @5minutesformom.
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Loralee of LoraleesLooneyTunes.com
Loralee is a mother to 4 boys. And she spent many years on parent organization boards. But soon came to find out:
"After so many years and gazillion hours of serving as PO President, when I was done I had to take a major step back for several years from EVERYTHING volunteering." Plus her whole family went through the horror of losing a small infant.
And now she keeps it real in her family by figuring out what works for each individual. Some in charter school, some homeschooled, some in public school!
What she has to say about the guilt of stepping down for a while: "And, while I do feel guilt about it, I am also fine with it because right now, it is what works best for us all."
Read more about how Loralee describes the 'beauty of it' and figuring out what her next round of elementary school will bring!
Follow Loralee on Twitter: @LooneyTunes
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April of TheMentalClutterCoach.com
What could be better than a whole program to help your middle schooler get more organized?!
Our own Tidy Thursday author and Mental Clutter Coach—April Welch has helped create exactly that. It's called the Organizing Fundamentals Curriculum and April has offered to help any parent group implement this program in your school!
She describes details about how the program works: Qualifying, Assemblies and Volunteering, plus a whole lot of fun.
Helping kids overcome their own organizing problems is a huge reward. April describes one student in the program: "I’m proud to report now, as a high school student, she immediately beams with pride every time she sees me. Usually she is pulling out her binder to show me how she still is using the techniques we worked on. Our conversations quickly lead to her plans for college and how her grades are staying up."
Read more about this program and the way April Supports Her School.
Follow April on Twitter @Mental_Clutter
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Whitney of MommiesWithStyle.com
The art of walking a fine line seems to be a recurring theme in our My School My Way series. Whitney finds herself dividing her time between her work and her volunteer wishes.
"It’s a busy schedule and it’s often tough to juggle all the various volunteer schedules!"
She does her best to give of her time when she can and understands the importance of mom 'face' time for her kids.
Read more about how Whitney Supports Her School.
Follow Whitney on Twitter @WhitneyMWS
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Julie of AngryJulieMonday.com
Julie is also known as AngryJulie and she has one angry child as well as one angry husband.
She volunteered at her school's 'jogathon' last year by being the photographer. Which has turned into being the Chair of the 'jogathon' this year! Good luck Julie...! (But who will take the photos?)
She also spends several hours in AngryKid's classroom each week.
Read more about why she thinks it's important to Support Her School.
Follow Julie on Twitter @AngryJulie
Click to see all the {awesome} Parent Voices in the I Support My School... My Way series!
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