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PTAs report strong fundraising, scholarships and multiple summer events
Summary
Representatives from multiple PTAs reported fundraising totals, officer appointments, upcoming events and scholarships during the board’s public session.
PTA leaders from elementary and secondary schools reported fundraising results, officer appointments for 2025–26, scholarship awards and upcoming events at the May 20 board meeting.
Representatives said the Cottage Lane fundraiser and other efforts yielded broad support: one PTA reported $26,845 in donations and $2,385 in corporate-match contributions for a recent fun run campaign, with donors from 27 states and five countries; the online donation page was scheduled to close at midnight the day of the meeting.
SOMS PTA reported it had approved its 2025–26 budget and named officers: Amanda Levin, treasurer; Julie Pena, secretary; Gina Shalom Reyes, vice president; and Corinne (last name not specified in the excerpt) as president. The SOMS PTA noted rising national and state membership fees may affect local membership costs and thanked volunteers and event hosts for an Internet-safety panel that included Rockland County ADA Gerard Damiani, TZHS student Laura Esteban and district technology director George Brady.
The TZ PTSA reported progress on Project Graduation (ticketing and entertainment booked), scholarship awards — 11 students were each awarded $300 — and teacher grants. The PTSA awarded four $250 grants to teachers: Emily Cabrera, Patricia Iyer, Nicholas DeSantis and Kristen Driscoll. The PTSA also summarized teacher-appreciation events and sales fundraisers and requested volunteers for upcoming end-of-year activities.
PTA representatives listed several forthcoming events and dates: a kindergarten family meet-up scheduled for June 9 from 6–7 p.m. at the Shafer Pirate Ship Playground; a last-school-store day on June 5; an eighth-grade party on June 18; and tentative distribution of “flowers for families” in the second week of June. PTAs asked community members to consult school e-blasts and Facebook class pages for volunteer sign-ups and ticket purchase instructions.
These updates were delivered during the board’s public portion; no formal board action on PTA budgets or fund distributions is recorded in the provided excerpt.
