HSA Mission
The Albert M. Greenfield Home and School Association (the “Association”) serves as a partner to the School by engaging in activities and coordinating efforts between teachers and parents/guardians for growth, development and enrichment of students at Albert M. Greenfield School (the “School”), located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The Association also:
- Fosters community between the School and parents/guardians and
- works to raise funds to provide resources to support the academic mission of our School
The Association was incorporated under the Nonprofit Corporation Law of 1988 on April 22, 2008, and is exempt for income taxes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Supporting the School | Engaging the Community
Greenfield’s Home & School Association was formed to support the school and to engage parents, guardian, faculty and staff. Sign up for the newsletter to get the latest meeting schedule. Parents/guardians are welcome to attend. (Children are welcome too!)
Meet the HSA Board
This year’s HSA Board is excited for another great school year with the Greenfield community. Reach out! Share your ideas! Volunteer! We welcome your involvement. For every board member named here there are countless other active and involved parents lending a hand. PLEASE JOIN US!
Allison Holmes
Ann Micka
Arielle Kerstein
Aruni Jayatilleke
Beth Kane
Brandy Tobin
Carolyn Franco
Danni Figueroa
Elizabeth Klaproth
Eric Fox
Erica Intzekostas
Evelyn Garcia
Janet Alvarez
Jennifer Slobotkin
Jessica Rosenbloom
Joan Elsasser
Joanna Bisgaier
Kate & Oliver Mellet
Kate Wurges
Kim Jessum
Kimberly Tomas
Matt Thomas
Nora Bergsten
Paige Jaffe
Samantha Matlin
How the HSA Supports Greenfield
The HSA is a robust and active group. Below are some of the ways the HSA has supported Greenfield.
- Enrichment programs
- Career Day
- Teacher stipends for classroom supplies
- Teacher grants for special projects and purchases
- Books, materials and assistance for the school library
- Support for student performances: Drama, Musicals
- 8th Grade Promotion Ceremony
- Organization of classroom representatives
- Lost and Found
- Nurse’s closet
- Kindergarten and Middle School open houses & orientations
- Read more about our HSA Annual Fund
- Weekly Newsletter – each Sunday a weekly newsletter is emailed to parents about important school news. Click HERE to sign up to receive the newsletter!
- Facebook page – we constantly post news and photos on our school Facebook page. Follow our page to stay connected. Click HERE to follow us!
- Instagram – news, photos, and stories. Click HERE to follow us!
- HSA website
- Class parent rep email blasts – some classrooms have assigned parent reps that communicate class news from teachers
- Annual Fund
- Auction
- Box Tops for Education
- Dollar Dress Down Days
- Middle School Pretzel Sales
- Scholastic Book Fair
- Uniform T-Shirt Sales
- Chalk the Walk before the first day of school (Back to School)
- Dinner on the Green
- Fall Fest (Halloween)
- Spring Fair
- Bingo Night
- End of Year Food Truck event
- Greenfield Grownups – happy hours and fun events for parents, guardians, and grownups of Greenfield
- 2021-22 Bathrooms completely renovated
- 2021 Playground turf artwork and basketball hoop repainting
- 2021 Eleven new Chrome Carts — EVERY classroom now has a chrome cart to support virtual learning!
- 2020 Playground renovation and new playground equipment installation (main and kindergarten playground)
- 2016-2017 Auditorium Sound System; new musical instruments; iPads for Art class
- 2015-2016 Gym Lighting and Enrichment Programming
- 2014-2015 Laptops for Learning
- 2013-2014 Better lighting for the auditorium and stage
- 2011-2012 Technology improvements in classrooms
- 2010-2011 Renovation of the GREENFIELD AUDITORIUM, AUDITORIUM LOBBY, IMPROVED BATHROOMS, PAINTED the gym, kitchen, halls, bathrooms, and many classrooms
- 2009-2013 GREENING OF GREENFIELD project (a five-phase initiative that transformed the school’s building and grounds)
- 2008-2009 Purchase and installation of NEW BASKETBALL HOOP
- 2008 Addition of a CLIMBER to the schoolyard’s playground equipment.
- 2005 Renovation of the CAFETERIA (purchase of new floors and renovations)
- 2002-2003 Renovation of the SCHOOL LIBRARY (purchase of new furniture, bookshelves, etc.)
- 1998 PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT on the east side of the play yard and in the Kindergarten yard was purchased
To view the HSA Bylaws, click HERE.