Board Members

The PTO Board of Directors is made up of the CMES Principal, 5 Elected Officers, and several Committee Chairpersons

5 Elected Officers

PTO Board Officers are elected positions with a term limit of 2 years[SB1] .  Elections are typically held in May with the newly elected official beginning their term in July.  The 5 elected positions are:

President

The president is an administrative lead for the PTO Board and members. This position partners closely with CMES administration to deliver the mission of the PTO.

Vice President, Fundraising

The fundraising positions assists in building relationships within the community. These relationships are partnerships that provide support through fundraising events, monetary support, donations, and more. This position assists in some of our biggest events such as the Apex Fun Run, holiday shop, Skate Zone, and Marco’s Pizza spirit nights.

Vice President, Membership and Volunteers

The Vice President of Membership is responsible for gaining new members, managing member information and payment, working closely with the guidance counselor to manage volunteers, solicit volunteers for PTO events/activities, communicate to volunteers and members about important issues, and create the PTO Board Directory.

Secretary

The secretary attends all PTO meetings, and takes detailed notes to create minutes. This position also keeps an up-to-date calendar of our PTO happenings.

Treasurer

The treasurer keeps records of all the money that comes into and gets paid out by the PTO. This position  ensures that the PTO stay within the budget that is approve in June, as well as providing a report on the final inflow and outflow at the end of our fiscal year. 

Appointed Chairpersons of Several Committees

Committees can be created as deemed necessary to further the mission of the PTO.  These committees have a Standing Chairperson that is appointed by a majority quorum of the Executive Committee (i.e., PTO Board Officers).  Committee Chairs serve terms of 1 year, typically a school year, and have no term limits.  The current PTO Committees are:

Communications

The communications committee helps convey important messages to CMES parents through various vehicles including the Weekly Wrap Up, Facebook, CMES PTO website, and fliers. This position partners closely with the president and other committees to develop messages and imagery that share the PTO activities and promote our mission.

Cultural Arts & Special Programs

The Cultural Arts and Special Programs Committee researches, schedules, and oversees all PTO cultural arts assemblies for CMES students. An example of a cultural arts event would be having an artist come in to teach about their culture, share a dance or song performance, and the students also learn how to perform it as well. This position finds resources and grants to supplement the annual committee budget, as well as provides materials to instructors related to cultural arts instruction.  Additionally, this committee partners with school leadership and teachers to bring students unique learning opportunities such as Career Day. This is a fun job with many elements—teacher partnership, volunteer support, event planning and all its details, organizing, and more. This committee also has the ability to change and customize their offerings from year-to-year.

Hospitality

The Hospitality Committee gets the pleasure of showing appreciation to our teachers and CMES staff by enlisting parents to provide snacks for professional development days. The committee also organizes special treats for holidays and special life events. This committee may shop for food and set-up and clean up from events.

Outdoor Enrichment

The Outdoor Enrichment committee works hard to ensure the school grounds are beautiful, safe and clean. They are partnering with the school and county to provide an outside classroom. They ensure that the kids have fun activities to play while at recess.

School Spirit

This committee organizes school spirit activities throughout the year, like 100 days of school, spirit week, and more! They work closely with the other board committees, especially the social committee. The committee also coordinates spirit wear sales in the fall and spring semesters—including working with vendors, merchandise look and sales.

Social

 Social Committee coordinates family fun events throughout the year. This includes planning of the event, coordinating details with the school/building facilities, staffing, promoting, set-up, and clean-up.