top of page
Search

Chatham Park Elementary School - Home and School Association - Monthly Meeting, January 8, 2025

Writer's picture: Chatham Park HASAChatham Park HASA

Updated: Jan 15

Location: In-person at Chatham Park Library and Virtually on Zoom


In attendance:

In person: Lauren Perry, Beth Solomon, Stella Frederick , Stacey Tomaschik, Pete Freind, Dario Mescia

Virtually: Donna Trottonow, Eva Medez, Julia, Peg Olley, Matt LeVeque, Nicole Meehan, Dr. Jabari Whitehead, Elizabeth Corbett, Damira Caldwell, Charlotte McCracken


  • Presentation by Chatham Park School Counselors, Damira Caldwell and

    Elizabeth Corbett.

  • Principal remarks — Dr. Whitehead, School Principal

    • Class holiday parties went well. The Skatium (where the fifth grade

      party was held) is looking for more school outings to book for them —

      HASA to consider another event there this year.

    • Chatham Park’s choir is singing the National Anthem at the

      Haverford High School Girls basketball game on January 16 at 7pm.

      There are several Chatham Park alumni on the team.

    • A Principal and Teacher Read Aloud Evening at Moore Books is in the

      works. Moore books is owned by a Chatham Park family. The evening will

      likely be geared towards grades K-2.

    • Coming up in March is the school-wide reading incentive program.

      The lead teachers are Ms. Pivovarnik, Ms. DiValerio, and Ms. Ritchie. The

      theme is in the works. The program is being highlighted at a school board

      meeting in February. Parent volunteers may be asked to do class readings

      or in another way to support the incentive program.

    • Wit and Wisdom progress: Students are adjusting. It is very language

      heavy. There is a lot of responsibility on the kids. A district team is

      observing Chatham Park ELA classes on Jan 24 to determine the school’s

      progress and will provide feedback.

    • Family social media warning about a TikTok trend with dangerous

      consequences: Children are being challenged to freeze and microwave

      squishy balls. There was a local non-Chatham Park incident, where a child

      put a Nee Doh cube in the microwave — the burst and burned/scarred the

      child’s face. Please monitor what your children are consuming on the

      internet.

  • Construction updatesee full January 2025 update from Construction

    team

    • Update highlights: Next major shift will occur during spring break with

      some classrooms; construction workers have more access to the building;

      Library furniture is being decide week of January 13.

  • Event Updates

    • Completed Events

      • Monthly (Third Thursday) Quizzo Nights at Cuddy’s — next one is

        Jan 16

      • Pancake Breakfast — thank you Abigail Shapansky for chairing

        the event.

      • Young Authors Day — thank you to the authors and the volunteers

        for making the day possible

      • Staff Holiday Breakfast and gift

      • Class Holiday parties

    • Upcoming/Current Events

      • MLK Day of Service — We are working on organzing a food/supply

        drive. Details coming soon.

      • Anxious Generation Book Conversation — Charlotte McCracken

        and Vickie Sanders are organizing. Permit is pending for

        conversation to be held on Tuesday, January 28.

      • Winter Clubs — registration is closed. Look out for emails from your

        club teacher. Email your homeroom teacher about your child’s club.

        Remind your student the day of their club. There are 19 clubs,

        which is the most ever offered. Clubs begin the week of January 21

        or 28.

      • Sports Nights Out

        • 76ers — coming up on Monday, February 24.

        • Union — tickets on sale soon for spring game

        • Flyers — in the works

        • Phillies — in the works

      • Someone Special Dance - we are waiting on confirmation of the

        space available before releasing date. Targeted for one of the last

        Fridays in February. The plan is for this to be free for one student

        with one someone special

      • Science Fair - Ayfer Abdul is Chair — to get in touch with Dr.

        Whitehead to coordinate timing of fair. In years past, Ms DiValerio

        and Mr. Sherbinko were teacher leads. Lead time is needed to

        mentor the children. We need dates ASAP.

      • Talent Show — no dates yet — typically a spring event

      • Scholastic Book Fair — Week set for February 24-28. Evening sale

        likely Tuesday, February 25.

      • Maniac McGee — no date yet — typically a May event

      • Mayfair — no date yet — typically a May event

    • Chatham Families Together - communication going out this week

      • Culture Share Evening and Multicultural Day will be held on Friday,

        April 4

      • Book Club reading - Date in March TBD — Between the World and

        Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

    • IDC

      • Next meeting is on Monday, January 13. The topic is curriculum. Dr.

        Maureen Reutche and Jennifer Saska will be representing the

        district. Form emailed out for feedback and questions — see from

        here

      • There have been two meetings before January’s (one on

        transportation and one on High School Guidance) — summary of

        those meetings to come

    • Sponsorships — New chair is Kate Mereen. We have two new Field Day

      Sponsors and more coming.

    • Treasurer Report

      • Top three items paid for this past month: Teacher holiday breakfast

        and gift (approx $3k), Pancake Breakfast (approximately $850),

        and Young Author’s Day (approximately $1400)

      • To come: fifth grade bus trip, someone special dance

7 views0 comments

Recent Posts

See All

Comments


  • Facebook
  • Instagram

Contact Us

Address

400 Allston Road
Havertown, PA 19083

Contact

610-853-5900

© 2024 Chatham Park Elementary HASA.

Trouble with website? Contact the webmaster.

Questions or suggestions, please fill out the form:

Thanks for submitting!

MANY THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS:

Erica Logo_edited.jpg
PetersonInsurance_edited.png
Headlines by Renee_edited.jpg
KP-Learning-Academy-Logo HI-RES Color 6035x1141 1200 dpi PNG.png
Unknown-3.jpeg
hdc.jpg
centrellas-deli-logo.jpg

Special Event T-shirt Designs by Larsen Illustrations

bottom of page