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Parents and Friends

The Parents and Friends Committee are

  • Susanne Shapiro, Chair & Wreath Sale Coordinator 254.2570, shapirosh (at) aol.com
  • Julianne Mills, Treasurer, 254.0014, juliannemills (at) aol.com
  • Vanessa Redfield, Secretary, 348.9899, vredfield (at) hughes.net
  • Cathy Cunliffe, SugarBush Farms Fundraising Coordinator, 464.1153,cathy (at) soniccircus.com

Recent Postings from P&F can be found at this link.

P&F stands for Parents and Friends. P&F includes parents, teachers and other friends of the school.

P&F’s main purpose is to provide a means for parents to meet other parents and discuss issues of mutual concern.

P&F sponsors fundraisers throughout the year to raise money for special teacher/classroom/ program requests that are beyond the means of the regular school budget.

For the 2008-2009 school year, P&F provided funds for the following school-wide events, classroom projects/trips, parent evenings and social gatherings.

At a school-wide level and in the classrooms:

  • a Mad Science Assembly for grades K-6
  • the “Music in the Schools” program through the Brattleboro Music Center
  • a book donation to the MES Library
  • Math Bag sets for the Kindergarten classroom
  • a projector screen and fraction circles for the Primary classroom
  • a Grow Lab and garden tools for the 3rd/4th classroom’s garden project
  • contributions for the 5th/6th class’s Marlboro Community Interviewing project and trip to NYC
  • contribution for the Junior High class trip to Washington, DC

Pertinent learning opportunities and discussions for our school community:

  • an adults-only evening Internet Cyber Session with Pam Burke
  • an adults-only evening discussion about Social Health with Kim John Payne

Family social events:

  • The “New Year’s Eve”/Back to School potluck
  • Family Bingo Night with prizes and refreshments

    Every spring, P&F also recognizes our faculty during Teacher Appreciation Week through various tokens like food, small gifts and recognition.

    This year’s classroom parents are:

    • Kindergarten – Saint Ronser
    • 1st/2nd – Julianne Mills, Heather Sperling & Gretchen Webber
    • 3rd/4th – Sara Coffey, Heather Sperling
    • 5th/6th – Linda Morgan, Lisa Merton
    • 7th/8th – Suzanne Shapiro