FOM is made up of various teams working together to help in various areas at Magnolia. The FOM board manages and makes sure that all areas below
Community Events - Works to create events at our school that promotes a sense of community, a school culture that is safe, caring and inclusive, where families are not anonymous, but known. The Community Events Chair leads various community building events include Movie Night, The FOM Camping Trip, and the Cultural Heritage Festival (in conjunction with Family Support).
Financials & Grants - Manages and organizes the treasury, reimburses expenses in a timely manner, and logs incoming payments and donations. Grants are mainly given to our wonderful staff who reaches out when they have specific items and needs in their classrooms or for campus. Grants have included books for classrooms, picnic tables, Montessori materials, training, and more.
Fundraising - Oversees and organizes all events and initiatives that involve raising money for FOM, including our largest fundraiser, the annual fund. Other important fundraisers include t-shirt sales, Phil & Amy’s Meetup, and Book Fair, amongst others. Work with the Community building & events team when it’s a community event.
Communications - Facilitates clear communication between school and home: ensures that ALL families are getting the information they need in a timely and relevant fashion. Helps families feel knowledgeable and supported. Oversees creation and dissemination of all communication to families. Analyzes problems in systems and works to improve them.
Staff Appreciation - Helps sustain staff’s morale through gifts of love, appreciation and encouragement. Provides snacks to staff, organizes teacher appreciation week initiatives, organizes staff appreciation lunches, and collects staff favorites info.
Family Support - Connects families to resources in order for all families to be well-engaged in their child’s development and success. Maintains the uniform closet, lost and found, maintains a list of information and critical resources, and works with Spanish liaisons, low income liaisons to assess needs and work towards connecting them with resource
Staff Relief - Oversees peripheral tasks so that staff can focus their time and energy on teaching. Maintains the Consumables Closet that has all sorts of supplies for the staff, helps with things like copying, laminating and other time consuming jobs, and runs errands.
