PARENTS' ASSOCIATION EVENTS

All-School Picnic - Family style school picnic with fun had by all. Held at the beginning of the year, the picnic gives new parents a chance to meet returning parents and the rest of the Bement community. Everyone who comes brings a tasty food item for the picnic. Bring an appetite.

Bake Sales – Volunteers who signed up are needed to work behind the baked goods table and assist with sales throughout the year, and various events.  Flyers will be sent out before events to let all the parents prepare their baked goods - everything from a brownie/cookies to a cake. YUM!

Bazaar and Fall Festival - Bring on the fall festivities. This fall fundraiser features quality items at tag sale prices, and more.  Clean out your attics, basements and closets.  Helpers can assist with the tagging and arranging of the items and get a sneak preview of the items for sale.

Bement School Store - Kids love the items and this is a very exciting and rewarding place to volunteer.  Helpers can assist with the sales of items.  The School Store is open several times during each month with lots of flexible shifts throughout the day.  Many helpers make for light work here.

Boarder Guest Buddies – We ask Bement families to welcome a boarding student into their home for visits.  This is done on a one to one basis and happens on weekends/holidays. The get together can be for dinner, an afternoon together, an evening get together or even a weekend get together.

Book Sales - On campus book sales are scheduled throughout the year for students (and parents) to expand their personal libraries while supporting the school library. Helpers are needed for assisting with the cash sales of books, setting up and taking down the book displays.

Faculty Appreciation Lunch – a fun tea held at the end of the year to THANK our hard-working faculty and staff for all the incredible work they give of themselves. Just come and show your appreciation. 

Food bank collection – During the holiday season, we will be collecting donations of nonperishable food.  Volunteers are needed to bag and box the donations as well as make deliveries to the food bank.

Library support – If you have some time on your hands, the Bement library is a great place to be.  Rich Winnick, the librarian, and his assistant, Xiaomo Hong, are looking for folks interested in volunteering in the library on a regular basis.  Tasks include assisting at the circulation desk (check in/check out books),  re-shelving books and book processing

Parents' Day - This fall school tradition is a day bringing together boarding and day parents to meet and mingle. The format of the day includes class visits, upper and lower school meetings and the Parents' Association introductions and much more.

Skating/Basketball Party - Free fun for all sponsored by the Parents' Association. This mid-winter (January) event warms everyone up. Soup, sandwiches and drinks for all. Spring Fling Dinner Auction - Food, bidding and fun (big people only). Spring Fling Saturday Fair - Kids Fair Fun! Great school spirit event.

Spring Fling Dinner Auction - Friday evening event for the big people of Bement. Help is needed with the set up of the auction items and set up of the theme related decorations of the tent. Much of the help is needed before the event.

Spring Fling Saturday Fair - Kids Fair Fun! Great school spirit event. Helpers help with arranging the prize table, selling of the games/food tickets and supervising the events table and sports/game event. You may even get to talk in a megaphone. Fun had by big and small.

Welcome The New Family - This program welcomes new students and their families to Bement by pairing them with current Bement families. Host families touch base with a phone call or get together before school starts to answer questions and help everyone feel part of the Bement community.