All School Opportunities

The OES Auction is our annual fundraising event held in March each year. It is an event that brings the entire OES community together. The Chairs work in cooperation with the Development staff to oversee all aspects of the auction, including providing input on the theme and format of the auction, procurement, recruiting volunteers for committee chair positions, and meeting with and providing support to each chair to work towards the event goal. Time commitment includes monthly committee meetings September-March, and various other auction specific meetings leading up to the event. Time commitment will increase significantly January up until the event date in March.

Typically, the auction Co-Chair assumes the Chair responsibilities the following year.

• Current Chair: Lexie Williams (2023-2024)
• Co-Chair: Jordan Pace (2024-2025)
• Staff Contact: Mary Beth Muscarella 

Pre-event planning, including opportunities to assist with procurement, publicity, decorations, and class projects. Time commitment involves attending monthly auction meetings (as needed), and then varies based on position. Volunteers can expect to meet and work with other OES parents & staff from all three divisions.

• A wide variety of positions available.
• Staff Contact: Mary Beth Muscarella 

Leads the effort to coordinate this All-School Alumni/Community sports event, which is  usually held in late September or early October. Works in partnership with a cross-Division volunteer committee, Alumni, Advancement, Athletics and Communications departments, as well as US student and community support teams.

• Current Chair: Tbd

Serve as ambassadors for the OES Fund and support the Fund by educating other parents in your grade about the impact of their philanthropic gifts. Parent involvement is an important part of OES fundraising, and OES Fund Reps are essential partners in helping parents understand the “how” and “why” of supporting our school beyond tuition.

• Current Chair:   Kate Fox (2023-2024)
• 2022-23 Grade Representatives:

1. PreK: Fahad Al-Wetaid

2. Kindergarten: Delaram Safarpour

3. Primary: Joe Leslie-Hurd

4. 1st Grade: Sara Russell

5. 2nd Grade: Melissa Ohm

6. 3rd Grade: Devin Holmes

7. 4th Grade: Ben Vaughn

8. 5th Grade: Amy Remick & Wendy Wray

9. 6th Grade: Allison Lyneham

10. 7th Grade: Amy Remick & Wendy Wray

11. 8th Grade: Kristin Gaston

12. 9th Grade: Liatt Braun

13. 10th Grade: Ellie Korngold

14. 11th Grade: Brandie Ettinger

15. 12th Grade: 

Manage financial records for Parent Partnership, including oversight of divisional budgets. Includes working with OES business office to process reimbursement requests and communicate event budgets, to provide status reports to the ASPP Leadership Team and event chairs, and to assist in the creation of future event budgets.

• Current Chair: tbd

Train all GLRs, Room Parents and event coordinators in SignUp.com - the primary repository for event and classroom specific jobs. Provide support to division level coordinators in recruitment of volunteers. Primary contact with the SignUp vendor, and works with the Business Office to ensure the OES account is renewed and paid annually.

• Current Coordinator: Lubna Qureshi

Research, plan, and coordinate educational opportunities for the OES parent community. May include engagement opportunities including book groups, Salons, workshops, or speaker events.

Current Coordinator: Hillary Day

Create & maintain resource directory for parent socials, and assist hosts with event planning and logistics.

Current Coordinator: Tracy Bryant

Families host an Upper School dorm student that is unable to return home during the Thanksgiving, Winter and/or Spring break dorm closures.  Adult hosts must have completed an approved DHS background check (OES can help facilitate this).

• Contact: Pete Buonincontro

Judge Upper School science projects at the annual Aardvark Science Expo in a variety of disciplines. Judges must have a science degree, work experience, or extensive knowledge in any of the scientific disciplines, and may not have children attending OES Upper School.

• Contact: Bettina Gregg (Upper School Science Lab Director, Aardvark Science Exposition Co-Director)

 

Interview students participating in the non-judged project division of the Aardvark Science Expo. Interviewers should have a science degree, work experience, or extensive knowledge in any of the scientific disciplines. 

• Contact: Bettina Gregg (Science Faculty, Research Lab Coordinator, Aardvark Science Exposition Co-Director)

Meet and greet attendees perusing the Expo projects, and monitor  the exhibits at SPARC the day before the event.