Events & Committees

Here are some opportunities for you to be involved and help make your child's time at Karigon a memorable, enriched and fun experience!

We partner with the Regional Food Bank of NENY to meet the needs of children who may have food insecurities over the weekend.  The program provides backpacks filled with food that is child-friendly, non-perishable, and easily consumed.  Bags are packed each week and discreetly distributed by school staff to participating children every Friday afternoon.

You will see communication about this program throughout the year that will provide information on how you can help.  #ittakesavillage.

Committee Chair: Mrs. Reinisch (ReinDebr@shenet.org)

We sponsor a wide variety of arts in education programs to supplement and enhance your children's academic education. In fact, this is where we spend more than half of our fundraising dollars each year! School-wide programs have included storytellers, puppeteers, plays and authors. We also provide grade-level in-classroom programs throughout the year. The committee Chair works with school faculty to book events that compliment curriculum.

Committee Chair: Taryn Maloney (karigonPTA.CulturalArts@gmail.com)

Help us continue to evolve and stay "current" by exploring new ideas! Research options, budget, interest, and feasibility of possible new events and/or fundraisers, including but not limited to a Bingo Night, Bowling Night, Movie Night, etc.

Committee Chair: OPEN

Have a green thumb? The gardening committee needs you for: 

• fall cleanup, 

• spring spruce-up, 

• landscape design, 

• watering new plantings, 

• weeding, and 

• creation of outdoor seasonal displays. 

Committee Chairs: Tiffany Waligora (tiffany.waligora@gmail.com)

We appreciate all those that make Karigon what it is all day, every day!  However, there are two times in the year that we show some extra appreciation.

• Staff Holiday Luncheon - December

• Staff Appreciation Luncheon - May

To make these events happen volunteers are needed to bake/donate sweet treats, set up, serve, and clean up. 

In addition, there are baked goods and refreshments offered during school and family events throughout the year. Volunteers are needed to provide baked goods and work the tables for these sales. 

Be on the lookout for Sign-Ups to assist with these events throughout the year.

Committee Chair: Tracy McCarthy (tracy.mccarthy@aol.com)

Each Spring we offer students an opportunity to participate in activities they already enjoy and/or try something new, at a low cost with only a few week commitment!

We offer options for all types interests (Ex: Legos, crafts, painting, Arts & Glass, Tae Kwon Do, Fun with Frosting, dance, science, magic, cheerleading, etc.).  Actual classes offered each year depend on volunteers. If you have a special interest or talent you'd like to teach please contact us!

Volunteers are also needed for registration and assisting/chaperoning classes.

Committee Chair: Silver Blackman (silver.d.blackman@gmail.com)

Membership committee volunteers collect completed membership forms and process memberships. Volunteers also organize activities and competitions in the fall intended to recruit new members.

Click here to Become a Member 

Parents volunteer their time on a regular basis to help the librarian with various tasks in the library.

Dine with us once a month and earn money for our kids!

Each month we will coordinate a night with a local restaurant where all Karigon families can go to eat and a certain percentage of the sales will come back to us!

Previous restaurants have included:

• Chipotle

• Panera

• Blaze Pizza

Committee Chair: Bridgette MacLagger trueblue81@hotmail.com  

Katie Mokay  mokayfamily@gmail.com 

Dates: TBD

Students work as a team to solve open-ended problems they select from several posed annually by the national Odyssey of the Mind Organization. 

Volunteers are needed to coach the students.

Committee Chair: OPEN

2024-2025 theme:

“Accepting Imperfections”

Click here for Reflections Information 

Two - Four $750 scholarships are competitively awarded to graduating seniors who attended Karigon Elementary School and are attending college the following fall. Volunteers are needed to distribute applications, review applicants, and select recipients.

Dates: Fall/Winter

This program encourages students to come up with an invention that solves a problem of their choosing and provides a forum for displaying the inventions. 

Volunteers are needed to help make copies and distribute information.

Committee Chair: OPEN 

NEW! Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math enrichment program.

2020 Date: TBD

Will initially include a teacher-led STEAM night in January and Student Project Presentation Night in May.

Committee Chair: OPEN

What is STEAM?

Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathmematics.

STEAM is an educational approach to learning that uses Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics as access points for guiding student inquiry, dialogue, and critical thinking. The end results are students who take thoughtful risks, engage in experiential learning, persist in problem-solving, embrace collaboration, and work through the creative process. These are the innovators, educators, leaders, and learners of the 21st century! 

STEAM is a way to take the benefits of STEM and complete the package by integrating these principles in and through the arts.  STEAM takes STEM to the next level: it allows students to connect their learning in these critical areas together with arts practices, elements, design principles, and standards to provide the whole pallet of learning at their disposal.  

Chair: Megan Coville