PTCC

Our Lady of the Lake's PTCC

At Our Lady of the Lake, we extend a warm invitation to all parents to actively participate in our respected Parent-Teacher Cooperative Club (PTCC). Membership in the PTCC includes our dedicated OLL factuly, staff, students, and their families, fostering a sense of community and collaboration. This valued organization plays a vital role in supporting and enriching diverse OLL School activities throughout the year, while also ensuring seamless communication channels between parents, teachers, faculty, and staff.

Who We Are

There are many committees that perform a variety of functions for the school. As a member of the PTCC, parents are encouraged to become involved with, or chair, any committee that interests them. Room Parent responsibilities are also organized by the PTCC. The PTCC partners with the administration and faculty for all Room Parent activities. Please feel free to contact any member of the PTCC Board with questions, or to become involved.

Contact the PTCC Board

Our Mission

The PTCC's mission is to strengthen, enchance, and encourage the educational and social environemtn of Our Lady of the Lake Roamn Catholic School.

Volunteering

As PTCC members, parents are encouraged to actively engage in committees that interest them. Our volunteer programs are tailored to utilize individual talents and accommodate busy schedules, all to enrich the learning atmosphere and support the school's faculty and staff. Everyone is welcome to volunteer. If you're interested in contributing your time and talents, sign up below and we will reach out.

Our Lady of the Lake's PTCC Committee Descriptions

School Service
PTCC School Fundraising

School Service

Accelerated Reader/Library
Accelerated Reading is a program to encourage a love for reading and reading comprehension for the students. This committee will assist the AR faculty committee with recognition programs throughout the year for students and classes earning the most AR points in 2^nd through 7^th grades. Members will assist with coordinating and serving quarterly reward parties at lunchtime. Also, volunteers are needed weekly in the library to help shelve books, file, and process new books.

Birthday Brunch
Birthday brunch is a wonderful day for students and parents alike to celebrate their birthday at school and enjoy the fellowship of the Our Lady of the Lake community. This committee will assist with the set up and decorating of the cafeteria for our quarterly birthday brunch celebrations. Volunteers will also assist with serving brunch on that day.

Call Me If You Need Me
We often have an event that we need additional volunteers, and the “Call Me” committee is a list of volunteers who are available on an “on call” basis to fill in when needed. If you want to have the opportunity to be a small part of many things at school, this is a great committee to start with.

Colonial Day (5th Grade Parents)
This is a great opportunity for our 5th grade parents to coordinate and assist with activities that celebrate our heritage. Colonial Day is an entire day of fun and learning unique to fifth grade. The fifth grade students are immersed in the life of a child is the Colonial Times as they work through various station with activities pertaining to the times. The committee will volunteer planning time as well as time the day of the event to oversee the activities. This event is held in May.

Decorating/Hospitality
Share your Cardinal Spirit by providing and serving refreshments to our OLL families at various events. You would serve as the welcoming face of Our Lady of the Lake to current and new families throughout the year! Volunteer time differs for each event, and since this committee hosts events before and during the school day as well as in the evening, this committee is great for working parents.

Grandparents' Day
One of the most special days of the year is the day in which students get to parade their grandparents around their school, showing off what makes Our Lady of the Lake so special. Grandparents are treated to refreshments, a prayer service, and a tour of their grand children’s classrooms. This committee plans and coordinates a special day for grandparents and special guests. Volunteers are also needed to work the day of the event.

Honor Roll Prayer Service
Each quarter the school hosts a prayer service recognizing the academic achievements of our 4th-7th graders. Volunteers will set up and serve refreshments after quarterly honor roll prayer services.

Lost & Found
Assist with organizing and distribution of items in the lost and found bin. Volunteers will need to come to school for one hour shifts as needed.

Louisiana Day
This is a great opportunity for our 4th grade parents to coordinate and assist with activities that celebrate our Louisiana history. This event is the highlight of the school year for our fourth graders. Students spend the day learning about famous Louisianans, eating local food, and learning about plants and animals that are indigenous to the area. Volunteers will be needed in the planning stages as well as overseeing activities the day of the event.

School Supply Program
Volunteers help deliver the supply packs to the classrooms in July, prior to the opening of school in one to four hour shifts.

Teacher Appreciation
This committee coordinates activities to show our appreciation to the teachers and staff during Teacher Appreciation Week. Volunteers provide and/or serve food for events honoring our teachers. Volunteers will be needed during the week to assist with various special events for the teachers. Time will vary depending on the day and events planned.

Trunk or Treat Social
This night is a great opportunity for fellowship and to enjoy the spirit of Halloween in a safe environment. This committee plans and organizes the event, including recruiting people to host trunks. Volunteers will be needed to assist in planning the event as well as the night of the event for set up, overseeing event, judging of trunks and clean up! This is a great committee for everyone!

Uniform Swap
This committee organizes the collection and exchange of gently used uniforms at the end of the school year. Volunteers will meet to collect and sort uniforms prior to the swap, organize the swap, and work the night of the swap. You can volunteer a little or as much a you would like too! P.S.: Volunteers shop first!!

PTCC School Fundraising

Family Fun Night
This event is a fun filled family time to kick of the school year, designed for all ages! Volunteers will help to set up, work, and organize family fun night. This is a great opportunity for everyone. All parents, especially working parents, can volunteer. Volunteers can work in shifts throughout the night of the event, and it is an excellent opportunity for all to get involved and meet new people at the start of the school year!

Christmas Greens
As you prepare to decorate your homes this beautiful season, don’t forget about our special Christmas Greens fundraiser. This committee will assist in collecting, organizing, and distributing our family orders at school. Volunteers can do some of the work from home as well as at school on the days of delivery and distribution.

St. Nick’s Workshop
St Nick’s Workshop is a wonderful Christmas event that gives students the opportunity to purchase gifts for their parents and siblings at their very own school. It also serves as an exercise in budgeting and money handling. The children will embrace the spirit of giving as we celebrate the spirit of the Christmas season. Volunteers are needed to assist with set up, shopping, and wrapping of items purchased. Volunteers will be needed to package items at home before the event, as well as helping children shop and wrapping gifts during the three day workshop.

Ways and Means
This committee oversees several programs that offer great rewards, cash back, and incentives to OLL. Examples of some of the programs you will assist with are: Box Tops for Education, Community Coffee, Papa John’s Pizza, and many more. This is a great committee for working parents almost all volunteer time is done at home.

Ollie Yard Signs/Celebrate a Cardinal
Help spread our Cardinal School Spirit through the Celebrate a Cardinal Committee! Volunteers are needed to volunteer at your convenience! Sign up for one shift a week, month, or quarter to place the OLLie yard signs in a school family’s yard and spread Cardinal Cheer!

School Fundraising
Community Service

School Fundraising

Auction Art Projects
Grade level coordinators are needed to create a grade level art project. Coordinators will assist students as they create the art projects that are auctioned as the kickoff for the Taste of Tammany event held each spring. The Room Parents will assist the grade level coordinators to bring the projects to completion. The Committee Chairperson will oversee the grade level coordinators.

Book Fair
The i55 Bookfair held once a year, offers students the opportunity to shop for books and other educational material with their classes during an assigned time. The Book Fair is designed to encourage reading and raise funds for our School Library. Parent volunteers are needed to help plan, set up, and manage the Book Fair, as well as to provide shopping guidance for students during the event.

Cardinal Fun Run
Assist in the coordination and execution of the BoosterThon Fun Run! Help set up as
needed the day prior or morning of the event, assist the BoosterThon Hype Team in
encouraging and cheering on our students the day of the Fun Run! This is a great
opportunity for parents who want to volunteer and are able to commit to assisting in a single day event!

Community Service

Christmas Adoption Program
As a school family, let’s embrace the spirit of giving as we celebrate the birth of our Savior. This committee will assist in planning, collecting, and purchasing items for our adopted families. Committee members will meet for a day of collecting, wrapping, and delivering Christmas gifts for the adopted families to the Covington Food Bank.

Caring Cardinals Monthly School Drive
Each month the Our Lady of the Lake school family sponsors a different organization to support through our Caring Cardinals Committee. Volunteers coordinate and collect various items for our monthly school drives, which takes place in the morning before school and is a great volunteer opportunity for working parents.

OLL Service Committee
This committee works to give OLL students an opportunity to reach into themselves to give to others through service and/or sacrifice during each holiday season. Volunteers will assist in the distribution, collection, and display of the services performed by our OLL students during the Christmas and Lenten seasons. Volunteer time would be minimal but would be done at school.

OLL Veterans Day Committee
This committee works to give OLL students the opportunity to give to our Veterans. Volunteers will help collect and distribute supplies to all OLL students to produce Veterans Day cards to be distributed to our country’s Veterans. Volunteers will also assist in creating a display with pictures of Veterans from our OLL community. Volunteering for this committee is a reward within itself to be able to thank those who freely gave so much for us to live in freedom and practice our faith, and is very flexible in terms of time.

Thanksgiving Basket Project
Let’s be thankful for all of our blessings. Join this committee to coordinate and collect food items for Thanksgiving baskets to be donated to our adopted families. Committee members will meet one morning after school to assemble and deliver the baskets to the Samaritan Center.

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