Book Fair
Volunteers for this wonderful event help transform the EBS library into a magical bookstore. Children and their families are welcome to browse a vast selection of books and purchase their favorites. This event is held in association with Scholastic Books and benefits our classrooms by helping provide them with much-needed reading materials. Volunteers help with setting up various stations, categorizing books for each grade, setting up the décor to welcome students into this bookstore, replenishing books during the event and operating the cash register.
Current Volunteer - Ben Bloom
Birthday Book Club
At the end of each month volunteers will invite students whose birthday falls in that month to visit the library to sign a book of their choosing. Students will buy the book and sign it with their message. The book will then be placed inside the library, for other students to enjoy for years to come. Books are approved by the San Diego Unified School District.
Current Volunteers - Della Causee and Miss Kitty
Celebration of the Arts
To celebrate our visual and performing arts programs as part of our fundraising efforts, the AFP partners with Barnes and Noble bookstore to host an art display and a music concert. We raise money through book sales at Barnes and Noble and a restaurant fundraiser that evening. Your family eats at a designated restaurant and the restaurant will return a portion of the proceeds from those sales to our school. We need someone to choose the restaurants, schedule and coordinate the fundraiser.
Current Volunteers - Holly Berberich and Tiffany Hong
Chess Tournament
AFP volunteers will partner with the After School Chess Club to put on informal chess tournament(s) which are open to all Scripps Ranch students grades K-6. The competition is structured so that as soon as one game ends, another begins. There are no eliminations, no long waits, no pressure. Volunteers also team up with Spirit & Events committee to provide
concessions for the evening.
Current Volunteer - Looking for a volunteer
Costume BOO-tique
This is a great way to ensure that all of our EBS friends can participate in the fun that the Halloween season brings. Parents donate previously- enjoyed, gently-used costumes to the AFP, and then we re-sell them at nominal prices to our EBS community. All proceeds support EBS. Committee members organize donation collection as well as the Costume Boo-tique sale.
Current Volunteers - Tiffany Hong and Suresh Menon
EBS Talent Showcase
Do you love a good show? The EBS Talent Showcase is an exciting spectacle featuring our very own EBS students! This showcase is an extraordinary event that brings out the STAR in everyone. Tickets are so sought-after that one can expect standing-room-only. Volunteers are needed to support the chair of Talent Showcase committee to help schedule the performances, usher the participants, setup audio system and support the participants in arranging the backdrop and stage props.
Current Volunteers - Blake Miller and Meg Grable
Everyone A Reader (EAR)
Volunteers read one-on-one with teacher-selected 1st- through 3rd-grade students who need reading support to reach grade-level proficiency. The commitment is for one-and-a-half hours per week throughout the school year. The San Diego County Office of Education (SDCOE) provides free training to all volunteers.
Current Volunteer - Cindy Thomas
Fifth-Grade Promotion
Elementary school is the longest your child will ever spend in any one place of learning. After six (or seven) years, EBS has become a part of them and they are part of EBS. The committee members will attend the Fifth Grade Promotion meetings and the chair will report back to the AFP Board regarding planning for the Fifth Grade Promotion Ceremony.
Current Volunteer - Traci Johnson
Fine Artists
This unique program encourages students to express their creativity and develop individual talents and problem-solving skills through six art lessons throughout the school year each inspired by the work of a famous artist. Volunteers will attend workshops via Zoom® where they will be trained by a professional artist, Kathleen Kane-Murrell, before facilitating the lessons for students. All supplies are provided, and no art background is necessary. This activity is directly communicated between FA classroom representative and FA chair.
Current Volunteer - Dani Powell
Food Drive
Every year we hold a food drive. Volunteers work with the San Diego Food Bank to host an on-site and online food drive to help our neighbors in need. Empty drum to receive the donations is to be kept near front gate beginning of the day. Volunteers will coordinate with EBS front office staff to keep the food inside school at the end of each day. The food drive spans only a few days.
Current Volunteer - Scripps Ranch Girl Scouts
Hair and Spa Day
Organize stylists and parent volunteers for a fun-filled day so our students can start the new school year with a fresh look! Kids, parents, teachers, friends and the whole family can treat themselves to:
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a professional haircut
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massage
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fresh nail color
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face painting
This event takes place in August before school starts so the work takes place in summer.
Current Volunteer - Josette from California Hair Extensions
Halloween Carnival
This is one of the most anticipated family events of the year! It’s a fun evening filled with games, face painting, riding a train, a silent auction, a candy-cake game, enjoy games organized by each grade, ticket raffles to Dr. Seuss How the Grinch Stole Christmas show at the Old Globe theatre in Balboa Park, a costume parade, and delicious food!
This committee plans and coordinates the event. This committee must also recruit a league of volunteers to assist with the festival.
Will you be a part of this exciting fundraiser?
Current Volunteers - Suresh Menon, Ken Aung, Milind Parelkar, Carmen Mirabella, Ben Lo, Tammy Babin, Christina Anderson,
Sharon Troeger, Meg Grable, Sara Lau-Ramey, Stephanie Lowe,
Lilie Lo, and Traci Johnson
International Night
At EBS, we are a diverse community. International Night is an opportunity for students and their families to share their diverse cultural backgrounds. It’s an evening to hear stories and legends, sample new dishes, listen to international music, witness traditional dances, and see traditional attire. Students and family members design their own booths displaying foods, culture, artifacts, and games important to their heritage.
Enjoy interactive activities to keep the kids engaged and take this opportunity to fill up your “passport!”
Parent volunteers are needed to setup booths to share about their country or culture.
Current Volunteers - Looking for volunteers
Jog-A-Thon
This is one of the most anticipated events of the year! Will you be a part of this energetic team that runs this event every Spring? Volunteers will work with sponsors, assist with tracking donations, work with classroom reps to coordinate tracking and tallying of laps, and other administrative tasks. Volunteers will help source and sort the different color shirts for each grade.
Current Volunteers - Suresh Menon and Justin Rubin
Math Related
AFP supports Noetic Math, Math Olympiad for Middle and Elementary School, MathCon and other math related programs. Volunteers are needed to organize the various tests, help teachers to select teams representing EBS, post practice tests online to help students, and finally grade the papers submitted.
Current Volunteer - Snehal Katre
Music & Arts
The school coordinates with the district in ensuring students learn vocals and instruments. Orchestra and Band programs are introduced early on to the students in 4th and 5th grades to help transition to middle school. Volunteers will support before, during and/or after school programs. Support may also be in the form of an enrichment program where you may teach an instrument. Volunteers are also sought to initiate after school performing arts classes such as theatre, drama, which may result in students performing on stage during various events at school.
Current Volunteers - Looking for a volunteer
Penguin Waddle
Nothing will bring a bigger smile to a child's face than finding several EBS Penguins and a "Happy Birthday—You've Been Waddled" sign in their yard on the morning of their birthday! As part of the Operation Penguin team you will sneak in after dark to set up these festive decorations and then return a few days later to remove the display. Set-up and tear-down takes only a few minutes and no travel outside Scripps Ranch is required.
Current Volunteers - Latha Vedachallam, Sarita Gonsalves
Pizza Sales and Delivery
Many of EBS-AFP events require selling pizza to take care of EBS families. This activity requires purchasing the pizza using AFP funds, deliver to the event site and sell pizza at the event. The AFP volunteers have been doing this for many years. We can train volunteers in different aspect of this initiative.
Current Volunteers - Liza and Mike D'Ercole
Photographer
Capture all the wonderful memories our children, teachers, faculty, and EBS families make throughout the school year. Volunteer to assist EBS and the AFP in snapping every spectacular moment. We need one (or more) photographers with equipment to take candid, action, photojournalistic and portraiture (i.e., the art
of capturing peoples’ moods and expressions) style photos at various events throughout the year. The photos will be used for the Yearbook.
Current Volunteer - Stephanie Lowe
Run Club
The Before-School Run Club is held on the field adjacent to the school every morning from 8:15 to 8:35. Parents attend with their children and
are welcome to join the fun and walk or run with their children. Volunteers
will assist with tracking and tallying of laps, and any other administrative work.
Current Volunteers - Hiroko Oda and Hiroshi Akiyama
Science Night
Science Night incorporates hands-on exploration and encourages investigation and inquiry, appropriately tailored for each grade level. Activities will expand and enrich the curriculum taught during the school year. An adult
will lead hand-selected fifth grade volunteers in setting up and running stations for younger grades.
Current Volunteer - Ken Clapp
Silent Auction
Volunteers are sought to gather all the Silent Auction baskets put together by each classroom, outside vendors and corporations. These baskets contain priceless items put together by EBS families which are auctioned online to raise money for school. Volunteers will help setup the baskets for online sale. At the end of auction, volunteer will give the basket to the winning bidder.
Current Volunteers - Ara Farnam and Justin Rubin
Social Media
Support AFP by getting the word out to our members and staff about relevant news and events on Facebook and Instagram. The volunteer will be responsible for creating and posting shareable videos and images as well as strategizing and executing the AFP’s digital marketing campaigns.
Current Volunteers - Isha Sardana and Olga Kubrak
Spelling Bee
Volunteers to support lead coordinator with distributing the tests, grading, participate in setting up the competition both written tests and live, engage in helping students and committee to review requirements online, inform school staff and support the live Spelling Bee competition.
Current Volunteer - Snehal Katre
Spirit & Events
Volunteer to help with breakfast and lunch coordination and décor to welcome teachers back to school, organize coffee and pastries for various events such as Grandperson’s Day, manage pizza sourcing and sale/source food for various events such as International Night, Halloween, EBS Dance and so on and arrange themes for an entire week and food for Staff Appreciation Day.
Current Volunteers - Liza D'Ercole and Geetika Mahajan
Spirit Wear
Nothing shows school spirit like proudly wearing your EBS gear. Spirit Wear is sold at several events during the year. EBS gear is also available for purchase throughout the year via order forms and online. We need volunteers to help fulfill orders and to help sell spirit wear at various events during the year.
Current Volunteers - Jason Patel and Emilee Patel
Spring Open House
The Open House held during Spring welcomes all families to meet their children’s teachers, visit the classroom to find out firsthand from teachers what projects students are involved in, where they sit, and how they are doing in the classroom. Volunteers organize a comprehensive display of artwork made by students throughout the year in the MPR, supervise food service providers, arrange DJ for music and other activities.
Current Volunteer - Suresh Menon
Super Pledge
To maintain enrichment programs and supplement school supplies and training, volunteers work to raise funds beyond what is provided by the district budget yearly. Super Pledge donations help cover essential programs, library support, computer software licenses, and other occurrences to ensure a smooth and enriching learning environment for our children. Volunteers help in gift distribution to students in each classroom as per funding pledge levels.
Current Volunteer - Ben Lo
Winter Dance
This is a treasured event at the school! Volunteers transform the MPR into a fantastic dance hall, organize refreshments, set up a photo booth, hire a DJ and other activities, and complete any other planning that is required to make it a memorable event for all attendees.
Current Volunteers - Meg Grable, Ara Farnam, and Sara Lau-Ramey
UTK/Kinder Playgroup
Committee members coordinate three to four playgroups throughout the summer for incoming TK/Kindergarteners. These playgroups are a great opportunity for kids to meet some of their future classmates and for parents to meet other parents, EBS staff and AFP committee members.
Current Volunteers - Suresh Menon and Traci Johnson
Yearbook
Every year, the students look forward to poring over this year’s edition of the school yearbook! Our team always puts together a fantastic memory book, full of beautiful photos. Be a part of the team that will work on putting together a theme, organize photographs, and compile a memorable yearbook for EBS families to treasure for years to come! Each classroom has a parent volunteer who puts together a 1-page photo collage for the class.
Current Volunteers - Azadeh Zekri and Omid Rajaee