Prerna Arora – Somerville Home and School Association

March 19, 2025homepageby Prerna Arora

HSA Minutes – March 2025 Meeting Minutes

HSA Board Meeting Agenda March 19, 2025 HSA Meeting March 19, 2025 Attendance: 11 in person, 5 online HSA Updates Staff Appreciation Breakfast (2&3 Grades) – 2/14. Thank you for everyone who volunteered! DIY Pizza – 2/21. Had 36 pizza orders. Wizards Game – 2/23. By Federated HAS. Raised 26K! Some goes to each school (per head). Science Fair …

February 22, 2025homepageby Prerna Arora

HSA Minutes – February 2025 Meeting Minutes

HSA Meeting February 21, 2025 Attendance: 14 in person, 9 online Teacher Presenter – Ms. Fabish, 3rd Grade Collaborative in 3F Presented on 3rd grade Social Study marketplace project. Kids sold and purchased products, learned to manage their own budget, keeping track of their purchases with a bank ledger. It was a great hands-on project and a good crossover of …

January 20, 2025homepageby Prerna Arora

HSA Minutes – January 2025 Meeting Minutes

HSA Board Meeting Agenda January 17, 2025 HSA Meeting January 17, 2024 Attendance: 12 in person, 4 online Guest Presenter – Ms. Onembo Presented on mathematics program and different pathways in grades 6-12. Presentation will be shared. https://ridgewood.ss10.sharpschool.com/cms/One.aspx?portalId=207600&pageId=27188064 Teacher Presenter – Ms. Kaplan Presented about Pixton, which is a program that students can …

November 18, 2024homepageby Prerna Arora

HSA Minutes – November 2024 Meeting Minutes

HSA Meeting November 15, 2024 Attendance: 13 in person, 9 online School Updates – Dr. Oates presented ESL teacher visit Ellen Ramido –We have a growing ESL population at Somerville. Ms. Ramido discussed how to best to support families with English Language needs, including translation of documents. Ms. Ramido is working on building conversational English with kids. School Theme – …

October 23, 2024homepageby Prerna Arora

HSA Minutes – October 2024 Meeting Minutes

HSA Meeting October 23, 2024 Attendance: 10 in person, 6 online Meeting called to order at 9:05am School Updates / Dr. Oates Continuing with School Theme. In October, the focus on safety – discussing volume inside, listening to directions the first time, and walking inside. Teacher Representative – K Bielicky. Discussed Heggerty program and instruction on phonemic awareness. Curriculum corner …

September 22, 2024homepageby Prerna Arora

HSA Minutes – September 2024 Meeting Minutes

HSA Meeting September 20, 2024, 9:00 Attendees: 25 in person, 12 online Meeting called to order at 9:03am School Updates (Dr. Oates) Total number of students Somerville – 285 families, 393 students in 2024-2025 year School Theme is Stay Gold – Activities have included focus on developing best learning behaviors, developing best interpersonal skills, signing of Golden Rule pledge Monthly …

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