Ellis D. Parker Elementary PTA

05/14/2026

🌟 CALLING ALL GLOW PARTY HEROES 🌟

We need volunteers on May 19th & 20th to help us throw the most epic, glowiest, slightly-chaotic-in-the-best-way party ever! ✨

🛠️ May 19th – Setup Day
Come help us turn the gym from “regular school gym” into “neon nightclub for tiny humans.” Duties include:
• Building a glow dance floor 💃
• Setting up glow games 🎯
• Preparing tattoo stations 😎
• Hanging streamers, stars, and enough decorations to make the gym visible from space 🚀

🎉 May 20th – Glow Party Day
We need amazing volunteers to:
• Help keep the Glow Party running smoothly
• Run tattoo tables like the temporary tattoo professionals you were born to be
• Assist with activities
• Dance with your kiddos under glowing lights 🕺✨

Whether you can spare 30 minutes or a few hours, we’d LOVE the help! Together we can send these kiddos into summer hyped up on glow sticks, music, and unforgettable memories! 🌈

05/13/2026

Hey! We need 15 paid members to hold Elections. Please consider coming to the school cafeteria.

05/13/2026

Calling on the Future President, Secretaries, Popcorn Chair and volunteers! Please come out and join our wonderful organization.

05/13/2026

✨ Ever wished you had more say in your kid's school life? ✨

PTA Elections are happening in the Cafeteria TODAY — and we're looking for our next President (plus 2 Secretaries & a Popcorn Chair).

Here's what's in it for you:
💡 A real voice in the events, traditions, and experiences your kids will remember
🤝 Built-in community with parents who actually show up for each other
🎉 A front-row seat to the magic — Glow Party, Polar Express, Spring Dance, Field Day, Book Fairs, Fall Fest & more
👀 Insight into your school you just can't get from the sidelines 💜 The chance to leave your fingerprint on a year your kids will never forget

The reality: Most of our board works full-time or is in school themselves. It's a team — you don't carry it alone. Miss a meeting? No big deal. Need to bring the kids? Bring 'em!
(Heads up: the President role cannot be filled by a DoDEA employee.)

Come for the vote, stay for the community. Cafeteria. TODAY. 3:30. We'd love to meet you.

Send a message to learn more

05/12/2026

05/12/2026

Head to the Cafeteria tomorrow at 3:30 for PTA Elections!
📣We need a President, two secretaries and a popcorn chair‼️
The position of President cannot be a DOWEA employee.
We MUST have a President to continue having a PTA. All official roles must be elected and our current President is PCSing, so we need you in order to keep going for the 2026-2027 school year.

Don't have childcare? Thats fine, come as a family. 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

Please know that almost all PTA board members as well as its volunteers are currently employed or full time in school so don't let that deter you from joining! 💛💙

If you are worried you can't make every single thing, that is okay too. Its a team effort, and we need new members to join the team!

Without a President, the program is at risk.
Without a PTA, these are all of the functions funded by the PTA outside of what is budgeted to teacher fund requests:

Popcorn Friday- once a month (position will be open)

Spirit Wear- be in charge of designing selling merchandise such as school and purple up!

Spring Dance- choose a theme, coordinate, set up, decorate and tear down.

Field Day- responsible for the cost of vendors such as dunk tank, inflatables, and misc. supplies

Teacher Appreciation Week- choose and coordinate all events for Teachers Appreciation Week.

End of Year Ceremonies- decorate, maintain

Glow Party- decorate, purchase supplies, clean up

Spring & Fall Book Fair- set up, plan, work registers, and tear down.

Open House- decorate

Fall Fest- choose a theme, coordinate, set up, decorate and tear down.

Polar Express- set up, decorate, tear down

All of these events will be canceled without you!

Please come to vote or to join so we can make every year a great year for our students! 💙💛

05/07/2026

📚🌱 Plant a seed. Read. Grow. 🌱📚

The Army MWR Library’s 2026 Summer Reading Program is here!

From June 4 – July 28, kids, teens, and families can track their reading minutes and earn fun prizes along the way:
✨ Weekly events
🎨 Hands-on activities
🐝 Special guests (hello, beekeepers & zoo visits!)
🎲 Teen-only events like D&D + Escape Room

Whether your reader is just getting started or can’t put books down, there’s something for everyone.

📍 Stop by the library to sign up and join the fun!
📖 Let’s make this a summer of stories, imagination, and adventure!!!

04/29/2026

Thank you for your support!

04/29/2026

Good Morning & Happy Wednesday! Tonight is family night! Sensory time is from 3:30-4 and then parents night is from 4-6 in the gym! We wanted to post a friendly reminder and to ask that families have patience with us tonight. Our WiFi routers are typically slower in the gym and so we ask that you please be patient with us as we try our hardest to check everyone out tonight in a timely manner! If you have cash or have an e-wallet those potentially can get you checked out quicker. Please also remember the PTA, soldiers, and volunteers have taken time out of their busy schedules, jobs, and family time to be here tonight and all week during the book fair.