Parents' Association Ends Year on a Positive Financial Note

The PA ended the 2007/08 school year on a very positive financial note. During the 9th Grade Orientation Night on June 3, the PA received $723 in dues donations from new parents. In addition, we sold $260 worth of school logo items such as the string closure gym bags and ballpoint pens. Many thanks to volunteers Oriel Sanchez, Maria Tejada, Latchman and Noemi Harrilal, Tara Joshua, and Nevis Almeida for helping welcome the new parents.

That success was followed on Saturday, June 7 when the PA hosted a table at the 116th Street Festival. The Festival was a wonderful chance to extend MCSM’s reach into the East Harlem Community, connect with former students, and even raise money by selling bottled water and sodas to the tune of $260. Thanks again to event organizer Deirdre Rose and volunteers Mark Davis, Adriana Martinez, and Noemi and Latchman Harrilal and their super-salesman son (and future MCSM student?) Matthew.

By the end of June, the PA had donated to the Senior Yearbook (a half-page ad for $175), awarded its two annual scholarships of $150 each, and made four mini-grants of $400 each to the Science Department, the Math Department, the Advanced Science Research Program, and the Library. Even after these donations back to the school, totaling nearly $2,100, the PA ended the year with over $2,500 in the bank. This is undoubtedly the PA’s best financial standing in a decade, but we’re looking for even more and better in 2008/09.