PTA

Hopkinton Parent/Teacher Association

Our next meeting is Wednesday, January 4, 2012, 6:30 PM in the Preschool Room at HMS.

Click here for the latest PTA Newsletter: PTA Volume 7

January’s meeting will be held on January 11, 2012 at 6:30 pm. Please be sure to write it on your calendar! We will recap meeting minutes, ap- prove any funding and take care of business. “Your Child and Saving for College” is the topic for our January meeting.

We are pleased to have Bill Chapin present an overview and some simple strategies to saving for college. He has been a financial advisor since 2000, originally working with A.G. Edwards, now currently working with RBC Wealth Management. He spent some of his childhood in town as his family moved full time to Contoocook in 1986, and has been living on Gould Hill Rd. since 2004. Bill Chapin Sr., his father and business partner, still lives in the house he grew up in on Maple Street. He is married to Lissa, and has 4 kids, one of which is in Ms. Forgiel’s first grade class. He is a member of the Hopkinton Rotary.

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The Hopkinton PTA has adopted and pursues the following mission:

To support and speak on behalf of children and youth in schools, to assist parents in developing the skills they need to raise and protect their children, and to encourage parent and public involvement in schools.
What do we do?
Each year the PTA raises and distributes funds to support programs that enrich the school experience for children in our community.  Unlike many PTAs in other districts, the Hopkinton PTA addresses and supports all grades in its district, from Kindergarten through 12th Grade.

Last year, over $4,000 was distributed to a variety of programs including:

*   Destination Imagination
*   Book fairs
*   Enrichment programs
*   Candidate Night
*   Project Graduation
*   Honors and awards nights
*   Scholarships
*   Teacher Appreciation Day
*   Artist and Author-in-Residence

In addition the PTA organized such events as:

*   Annual Fun Fair
*   Halloween Parade and Social
*   Bike and ski helmet sales with significantly reduced prices
*   The Clay Works workshop
*   Family night & movie events
*   Back-to-School class parties held for Harold Martin students
*   Parenting Seminars

The PTA also donated approximately $2,000 that helped defray the cost of field trips district wide.

All members of the community are invited and encouraged to join our organization and to attend the PTA meetings.

PTA Officers:

President: Jean Tewksbury

Vice President: Lisa Thorne

Secretary: Nichole Thomas

Treasurer: Yoly Rinden.