About Us
The Pleasant Grove High Band Boosters was founded in August 2005 with the opening of the new combined campuses of Pleasant Grove High School and Katherine Albiani Middle School in East Elk Grove. These schools serve the communities of East Elk Grove, Sheldon, Wilton, Sloughouse, Rancho Murieta, and Sunrise/Douglas. Our band takes pride in representing its communties and neighborhoods and are grateful for the outpouring of local support.
Our music director, Jay DeWald, comes to us as an Elk Grove native with a long history in the Elk Grove Unified School District. In addition to teaching many years at Elk Grove High School, he is the music director for the Strauss Festival and a frequent performer with his own jazz quartet.
District-wide financial cutbacks in education have made community support necessary to continue providing materials and opportunities to our music students. The Booster Club exists to provide moral and financial support to the instrumental and related programs of Pleasant Grove High School and Albiani Middle School; we are a major source of the fundraising revenues that provide for band equipment purchase and repair, music purchases, competition fees, cost for special instruction, and performance travel by band students.
The Boosters are incorporated as a nonprofit corporation in the State of California.
Our Officers: 2010/2011 academic year President: Giselle Koford The duties of the president include presiding at all meetings, acting as a liaison between the Booster club and the school district, and directing and coordinating the general activities of the association. Vice-President: Heather Reinitz The vice president performs the duties of the president in her absence, is responsible for the completion of the annual audit, and provides assistance to the treasurer upon request. Treasurer: Am Nguyen The treasurer(s) receive and are custodian of all the monies paid into the club and pay all bills of the club upon proper approval. The treasurer reports the financial status of the clubs and prepares the club budgets, financial statements and annual reports, and prepares the club tax returns. Secretary: Michele O'Donnell The secretary records the meeting minutes and is responsible for written and e-mail correspondence to club membership and drafts general correspondence on behalf of the club as required. The secretary maintains the parent roster and the physical and electronic records of the club. Fundraising Coordinator: Liz Boulos The fundraising coordinator solicits donations from businesses and individuals for the club and acts as the liaison between the club and its donors and sponsors. The Fundraising coordinator plans and coordinates fundraising events and solicits and organizes the parent volunteers for those events. Publicity Coordinator: Carol Tomko The publicity coordinator notifies the media and school personnel of upcoming band performances and events and provides support to the Fundraising Coordinator and event committees as they are formed to plan and coordinate band functions and events and provide food supplies as needed. Equipment Coordinator: Open The equipment coordinator is in charge of transporting or arranging for the transportation of band equipment to and from performances not held on the Pleasant Grove High School campus. The equipment coordinator maintains the inventory records of Booster property and oversees either personally or by designee the assignment, return, and maintenance of band uniforms. Uniform Coordinator: Laura Abe The uniform coordinator will oversee the distribution, return, and maintenance of band uniforms and will coordinate with the Treasurer regarding any record keeping and money collection. Webmaster: Joseph Jacobs The webmaster maintains the band boosters website and School Loop, with particular attention to maintaining the band performance calendar.
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