This PTA sponsored program provides docents, who are trained by different selected artists at a workshop, to provide art experiences during the year for students. These hands-on opportunities are uniquely designed and are rooted in different cultures and media.

“Reflections" is an arts recognition and achievement program sponsored by the National, State and Local PTAs. Students in preschool through grade 12 participate in the arts areas of literature, musical composition, photography, and visual arts, dance choreography, and film/video production. Age divisions are preschool through grade 2, grades 3-5, grades 6-8, and grades 9-12. The Reflections Program provides a venue for students to create and be recognized for original works of art based on pre-selected theme, while increasing community awareness on the importance of the arts in education.

Every year, Seaside puts on a Variety Show where students audition for a chance to show off their special talent to school.

Scrip: It’s simple. You purchase gift cards through scrip’s participating retailers for full face value. In return, each retailer gives a specific percentage back to Seaside. The list of retailers on the back of your order sheet shows how much each retailer gives back to our school.

We sell high quality t-shirts and sweatshirts with our school colors and logo. Parents can purchase these items at the beginning of the and kids can wear them on spirit days.

We need a Chair to assemble of team of volunteers to organize Seaside's annual Father/Daughter Dance. This includes securing the venue, organizing food, decorations, ticket collection, etc.

Each fall and spring, families come together for a fun Saturday to help make Seaside beautiful. Some jobs include cleaning classrooms, gardening, mural painting, light carpentry and much more. Our Super Saturday committee works with the principal and teachers to determine what jobs need to be done and then assign the jobs to volunteers.

Each February, the PTA presents Honorary Service Awards to individuals who have given many hours of their time serving our school and community. Nominations will be solicited in early January.

This committee handles the PTA membership drive at the beginning of the year. We are striving for 100% membership!

Assisting with class pages, grade level collages, special event pages, taking class pictures for year book.

Time Commitment: Sporadic throughout the year. You can take the pictures on your own schedule. You can assist
with just the class page or just assist your room parent with taking pictures. Your time commitment depends on
what aspect of the Yearbook you are assisting with.

Duties: Take pictures of class individually and as a group throughout the year at special class and school events. If
you are assisting with the class page, you need to design (through Lifetouch) your page for submission around late
March or April.

On Friday’s following the 8:59am bell all of the children go to the black top for our weekly spirit assembly. This is a great time for everyone to wear their Seaside spirit wear. If they don’t have spirit wear please have your child wear blue. At the assembly the kids sit with their class where the Principal and PTA President touch base on the six characters (Trustworthy, Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Caring, Citizenship) upcoming events/activities and hand out any certificates or awards that were earned. Occasionally we will have a fun assembly in place of a spirit assembly. Please see the calendar for specific dates.

The Bike Rodeo is an annual event held after school in the spring. The Bike Rodeo emphasizes safe riding and safe equipment and is open to all 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students (with parent/guardian permission).

Parents visit classrooms to present on their career!

CHAIR: No nutrition expertise necessary. Attend 4 workshops a year. Coordinate class docents (for all other
classrooms), lesson material as need per lesson (4 throughout the school year and snack to go along with lesson.
Material is provided by Torrance Memorial and TUSD Coordinate snack delivery when needed with
Sherrie/Cafeteria Personnel and TUSD nutritionist. Send emails/reminders to Docents re: Lessons.

Time Commitment for CHAIR: Approximately 15-20 hours over the whole school year.

dWe want to enrich the experience of our students by providing them with diverse cultural experiences. At Multi-Cultural Day, students come to the cafeteria with a ‘passport’ that is stamped each time they visit a country’s booth. Parents present information and/ or activities at their country’s booth. We have had many creative presentations including henna tattoos, name writing in another language, playing culture games, playing with common toys from different countries, jewelry making, art projects, music, sharing objects and artifacts, dance, photos and videos. Sometimes parents come dressed in the clothing of their country adding to the rich experience.

Seaside’s very own music enrichment and appreciation program which is similar to Adventures-in-Art and is dependent on volunteers. No teaching or musical training is needed. The Docent will attend two trainings (early fall and early spring) to gather the tools necessary to present Musical Moments. There will be a minimum of four teaching times in the classroom.

School Newspaper, run by our 5th grade students

Need approximately 2 volunteers (if more, you can alternate days/times with each other). Assist teachers in the office with making copies for their classes. This is a Tuesday and Thursday commitment for about 1 hour (approximately 9:15-10:15 or 10:30) each day.

Every class at Seaside would like to have a Room Parent(s) who would assist with PTA sponsored events, coordinate and recruit additional volunteers and to provide support to your child/children’s teacher.

Our modernized library and reading room is staffed entirely by dedicated PTA volunteers. In collaboration with the teachers, a weekly checkout program is used for enjoyment of literature and research for class projects. The weekly library schedule permits the student to check out a different book each week providing he or she returns the book checked out the previous week. Lost or damaged books are to be paid for before students can check out another book. To volunteer to help in the library, contact the PTA Library Chairperson.