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PTSA Committees (We are always in need of volunteers). As you can see we have several areas that will need volunteers next year. Please check the area you are interested in. If you would be willing to chair a committee please put a C next to that committee. We will be offering training on all committees shortly. If you would like more details on the committee please email us at daculahs_pta@yahoo.com.

  Baccalaureate Service - To sponsor the Baccalaureate Service, including securing a facility, speaker, local clergy, and music and to insure that the PTSA Baccalaureate guidelines are followed. 

  Dacula Dream Team -Sponsor and mentor students at Dacula High School during volunteer projects that are available throughout the year. Maintain Dacula High School Website Navigational Bar with upcoming volunteer projects, meeting locations and instructions.

  Environmental -

  Fundraising -

  Great Days of Service - Gwinnett's Great Day of Service is the largest volunteer initiative in the county. The event addresses specific needs in the county through volunteers who complete much-needed service projects for local nonprofits and schools. This is a two day event and a great opportunity for our students, teachers and parents to work side by side to make a difference in our community!

  Health -

  Hospitality - To provide hospitality for PTSA events, teacher luncheons, Teacher Appreciation Week, Custodian  & School Bus Driver Appreciation Weeks, School Nurse Day, Cafeteria Appreciation Day, Secretaries and Bosses Day.

  Legislation and Advocacy - Be an Advocate for Children!  Are you ready to take action on behalf of PTA issues of concern to you? Would you like to receive additional legislative information from National PTA? If you answered "yes" and are not already a member of the National PTA Member-to-Member Network, sign up online today!  Simply visit the Issues and Action section of the National PTA website to complete and submit an online application. You will be added to the network and in a matter of weeks will begin to receive Legislative Action Alerts, as well as the legislative newsletter This Week in Washington, via e-mail.
(If you receive more than one copy of alerts or of this weekly e-newsletter, please contact the National PTA public policy staff at ogr_office@pta.org.)

  Membership -To encourage and promote 100% family, faculty and student membership in the PTSA, to print & distribute membership cards and information, and to maintain records of Dacula’s PTSA membership from year to year.

  Miss Dacula Pageants - The principal fundraising activity of the PTSA, including the preparation, registration nights, ticket sales, competition books, judges hostess, behind the scenes,, coordination activities of the contestants, program book, secure business sponsors, set up, clean up, etc ...

  Parent Empowerment - Schedule speakers and programs that equip parents with needed information for them to make the best choices in regards to their student.  Programs to include but not limited to:

• "Ignorance Is NO Defense:  A Teenagers Guide To Georgia Law" is a book written by Former Distract Attorney for DeKalb County, J. Tom Morgan.  J.Tom has first-hand knowledge of how teenagers can find themselves in trouble with Georgia's criminal statutes.  J.Tom speaks openly and candidly about Georgia's criminal laws regarding sex, alcohol, drugs and theft.  We will be scheduling J. Tom Morgan to speak at Dacula High School for a Dacula Cluster Wide Program.
  
• Parents Only Night:  Special Speakers come in to share top things students don't want their parents to know about. This will be a closed door night to students ... only parents allowed to attend this event.
•     Internet Safety:  What every parent should know about their students online activity.
•     Underage Drinking:  What's happening in the culture and how you can help your student make healthy choices and avoid risky behavior.
•     Teen Driving Awareness:  Programs to make sure your student is completely prepared to be behind the wheel of a car and devices to insure driver safety that notify parent at home when teen is speeding, driving out of "allowed" area and if an accident occurs.  See Teen Alive Program*
•    Financially Prepared for College:  Bringing in financial advisers to discuss ways to save and invest so parents are prepared financially to send student to college along with Hope Scholarship Specialist to help parents make the best choices for their student.
•    How to get my student to make the grade:  Speakers to come in and empower parents with tools that help students with their study skills and test taking.
•    Understanding My Teen:  Speakers to address the developmental mind of the teen.  Recent studies show that the brain of the teenager is not developed to maturity until after age 20!  If you have every wondered or said "What were you thinking?" to your teenager ... this night would be for you ... which is oft times ... all of us.

  Special Services -This committee addresses the needs of diverse learners in the school population by fostering communication and awareness of special education between the district, school, parents, and children. Exceptional children include the gifted and talented, as well as students with mental retardation; physically disabilities; chronic illnesses; visual disabilities; hearing disabilities; speech disabilities; social and emotional disabilities; learning disabilities; and in some instances, disadvantaged and deprived students. Each local unit is strongly encouraged to have this committee. This committee recognizes and promotes each child's abilities rather than disabilities. 

  Student Support and Recognition - To plan and support the Honors luncheon as well as other areas of student recognition.

  Teacher Support Team - It is our desire to provide each teacher with a 2 person support team to help with whatever they have need of during the year. From copying materials to organizing work, our teachers deserve to have caring parents who want to free their time from the “extra work” to focusing on our students. Be at teacher’s dream come true.

  Volunteer Coordinator - To maintain records of volunteers who have expressed an interest in participating in PTSA activities, to report to the Committee chairs the names and contact information for such individuals, and to recruit volunteers for other areas as needed.

  Volunteer Where Needed - If you are unsure of what committee you wish to serve in but have a heart to help where needed please let us know. We would love to talk with you to find your perfect fit. There are many opportunities during the day when our teachers need assistance in their classrooms.  If you would like to be on the list of volunteers to call when a need arrives, please let us know and we will contact you on behalf of that teacher.

  Website/Technology - To maintain and update the PTSA website, to input PTSA member email addresses, and inform parents and students of upcoming events.

Youth Services - Sponsor and coordinate activities that relate to Red Ribbon Week, Teen Driving Safety and Awareness,  Prom Promise, etc.. Address areas of underage drinking, healthy relationships, internet safety, understressing your overstressed life, bullying, self destructive behavior of cutting, eating disorders, etc... Promote communication between students, parents, and the Dacula faculty and to sponsor activities and events of interest to the student body. To sponsor and coordinate activities that relate to Red Ribbon Week, Teen Driving Expo & Prom Promise, etc..