Our PTO Volunteer Program is one of the best ways parents can support the students and staff at Mann. 

Whether it's 2 hours for the year, each month, or weekly, PTO has a spot for you! Please share your talents, interests, passion with our students and school. 

The PTO would love more people to join the PTO as committee members for those that don't have as much time or desire to participate year round. Please check out the Mann PTO website volunteer page for descriptions of the committees.

Email president@mannpto.org if you are interested or want more info!

 How to become a volunteer: 

We are excited to welcome families back to Mann very soon to volunteer inside of classrooms and chaperone for field trips. 

In order for individuals to volunteer and chaperone, they must complete a background check and be cleared by our District Office. Scheduling a time to be fingerprinted and getting the results from background checks takes a little bit of time. As families are eagerly anticipating potential opportunities to get back into the school/classrooms, we wanted to proactively share the process so you can be cleared to assist. Currently, the turnaround time to be cleared by the FBI is about two weeks.

Families can schedule background checks via the link below. If they have any questions, please have them reach out to Autesha Latimer (alatimer@op97.org). She oversees the fingerprinting process.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c48aaa628aaf8c43-background

Also, please contact the front office if you're unsure if you've been cleared to volunteer or chaperone.

 Join DIVCO

 The Mann Diversity Committee is part of a broader network of DivCo chairs across all D97 schools. DivCo’s mission is to center racial justice and equity in our schools. It is a learning community that promotes equal justice, honesty, opportunity, and compassion. We work towards creating and implementing initiatives that support an education system that is inclusive, reflects our diversity, and facilitates an equitable future. Projects and initiative include:
 

• Organizing diverse programming. Recent examples: Dima Ali presented about Arab American culture for National Arab Heritage Month. 
• Assist with community-wide events such as  the Oak Park Multicultural Festival in May.
• Compiling resources for teachers and staff, especially for cultural heritage months or when a difficult topic is in the news (such as the recent spike of anti-Asian violence).
• Decorating informative and engaging monthly bulletin boards in the front lobby to raise awareness of diversity and inclusion topics.
• Advocacy for families around equity and inclusion issues/concerns within the school community and in the classroom.

 
Time commitment: In addition to the monthly exec board meetings, DivCo typically meets once a month (we got off this cadence during the pandemic but are hoping to get back to it!). 

Want to nominate a volunteer? Email president@mannpto.org.