STANHOPE HOME AND SCHOOL ASSOCIATION

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

 

Officers Elected for the 2007-2008 School Year

 

President:                           Sherry Caravano                  973-426-9092

Vice-President                   Robbin Kenny                      973-691-3479

Recording Secretary:         Karen Connelly                    973-691-7082

Corresponding Secretary:  Colleen Chaparro                 973-448-1725

Treasurer:                          Dawn Goula                         973-527-3391

 

COMMITTEES

 

WAYS & MEANS                                            SOCIAL ATTENDANCE

Carmela Berger       973-347-8747                Heather Constanza   973-448-7047

Charlotte Hand        973-347-3763                Rebecca Davies       973-691-9252

Dawn Heinen          973-347-7917                 Kelly Swiencki        973-691-1695

                                                                                                  Michelle McNeilly  973-347-8042

                                                                                                  Linda Stiner             973-426-0747

                                                                                                  Patti Vance              973-347-9177

 

HOMEROOM PARENTS                               PUBLICITY

Lauri  Trowbridge   973-448-0743                     Dawn Goula   973-527-3391

                                                                                                     Joelle Demasi          973-527-3380

 

PROGRAMS                                                    CAMPBELL SOUP LABELS

                                                                                                 Cathy Lamicella    973-448-9238                        Annie Ryan    973-426-1443

                                                                                                 Melissa Slahor       973-347-7051

                                                                                                 Rose Tucker           973-426-9237

                                                                                                 Rebecca Yanagi     973-347-5108

 

MEMBERSHIP                                        BOX TOPS

Stephanie McDonnell  973-347-1455        Stephanie McDonnell  973-347-1455

 

The Home and School Association (HSA), Stanhope’s parent-teacher organization, has been in existence in the Stanhope School system for over 30 -years.  Parents, teachers and administrators may support the association through a yearly membership fee.  Business is conducted and decisions are made by an Executive Committee of elected officers and volunteer parents who agree to work on the various committees that are formed each year.   The group encourages and solicits input from all parents who wish to become actively involved in this organization.  The goal of the Home and School Association is to benefit the children of Stanhope by enhancing and supplementing the educational process and by improving communication between parents, teachers and administrators.

 

The group serves as a liaison between the home and the school in the following ways:

 

v      Holds meetings each month, including an Annual Open House during     which time parents are encouraged to meet their child’s teachers, visit classrooms, and learn about the curriculum proposed for that year.  Sponsors various events such as the Spelling Bee and the Introduction of Board Candidates.

v      Sponsors annual programs and assemblies, such as a fall and spring Book Fair, a Holiday Boutique and a Mother’s Day flower sale.

v      Keeps parents informed of activities and special events, as well as regulations and procedures, through its newsletter, “News and Notes.”

v      Organizes fundraisers each year to accumulate the moneys necessary to fund the awards and grants it provides for the teachers and students.  Other yearly expenditures include publishing of the school calendar, graduation awards, sponsorships of the eighth grade dinner dance and the first grade Thanksgiving Feast.

v      Supplements the funding provided to teachers through grants for specific purchases (some past examples include a new laminating machine, a new stage curtain, contributions toward new playground equipment, basketball uniforms, new sound system and new choral risers) or through its Classroom Education Fund, which gives direct grants to each teacher.  In addition, its annual Campbell’s Soup label contest helps to supplement the school’s supply of audio/visual equipment.