2011/2012 Officers Elected

The Spring Parents’ Association Meeting was held Monday night, May 6th.  A new slate of officers for the Executive Committee of the PAwas uanimously voted into office and are as follows:  President – Patty Bright; Vice President – Anne Poole; Treasurer – Wendy Scammon; Secretary/Communications – Susan McLaughlin; US Volunteer Coordinator – Elizabeth Henderson; MS Volunteer Coordinator – Carrie Lonsdale; Special Events Coordinator – Holly Mitchell and Jane O’Halloran.

$5650 in grants announced — Spring 2011

Just before spring break, we announced the grants awarded for our second and final grant cycle of this academic year. The grant fund comes from our various fundraisers and is available to staff, academic departments, support functions, clubs, and all areas of extra curricular activity (e.g. arts, athletics, service) that support the mission of NYA.  Grant requests are entertained twice in each academic year (November and February) through formal request made to our Grants Committee, which then evaluates the requests for recommendation to the Executive Committee.  This round was particularly challenging as we had over $10,000 in grant requests but only $5650 to award!  Mimi Olins was awarded $450 for her clay program.  Abbie Sewall was awarded $584 to purchase a camera, cutter and for a guest instructor to conduct a Cyanotype Workshop.  Mike Dutton was awarded $750 for the MS athletic program to purchase balls, goals and floor hockey equipment. Peter Sillin was awarded $1615 to purchase maps and a map mounting rack for US History classes.  Barbara Farrell was awarded $800 to purchase a mimio for her classroom. Finally, the language department was awarded $1300 to purchase a document camera.    A big thank you to Susan Burns, Grants Committee Chair, and to her committee: Holly Mitchell, Kate McKelvy, Sheila Nappi, Julia Paige, Pat Thompson, and Mike Rayder for their collective work, and to all volunteers, donors and other participants who support our fundraisers that make these grants possible.

Grants — fall 2010 cycle

A total of $5650 was awarded in this round, with portions going to the purchase of a
laminator for the entire school, sponsoring of a presentation by
artist and motivational speaker Bren Bataclan, purchase of a robotics
kit for the new US Robotics’s Team, sponsorship of the
artist-in-residency visit by musician Marcus Santos, purchase of
supplies for the “Os Gemeos” exhibit at the MS Evening with the Arts,
and finally funding to support this year’s Winter Session programs.