Pine Hill Community School Association

Pine Hill Community School Association

What is the CSA?

CSA stands for Community School Association, and similar to a Parent Teacher Organization (PTO), our purpose is to maximize parental involvement in the school.

At Pine Hill, we also make explicit efforts to involve the broader Sherborn community, which is why we call our organization a “Community School Association.”


Weekly Newsletter

  • Ariana Delaney and Megha Kadiyala
    Presidents

    • Oversee all aspects of the Pine Hill CSA.

    • Prepare agenda and conduct meetings for the Board of Directors and general membership.

    • Act as liaisons between Pine Hill, the regional schools and the Sherborn and DS School Committees.

    • 2 year position where one year is spent as Vice President and the second year is spent as President.

    Contact: president@pinehillschoolcsa.org


    Irene Saranteas Bassalee and Kara McDermott
    Vice-Presidents

    • Support the role of President.

    • Assume the role of President if Co-Presidents are unable to perform duties.

    • Responsible for filling vacant Board positions.

    • 2 year position where one year is spent as Vice President and the second year is spent as President.


    Mark Williams*
    Treasurer

    • Prepares yearly budget.

    • Presents monthly statements and maintains financial records for the CSA.

    • Responsible for banking and disbursing funds.

    • Has signature authority for all expenditures.

    Contact: treasurer@pinehillschoolcsa.org


    Brecken Schneider
    Secretary

    • Records and distributes minutes of Board of Director meetings and general CSA meetings.

    • 2 year term

    Nicole Amato and Kara Fleming
    Event & Fundraising Co-Chairs

    • Plans and manages various fundraising events and activities throughout the year to support the CSA.

    • 2-year term

    Contact: events@pinehillschoolcsa.org

    Jen Sole-Robertson*
    Volunteer Chair

    • Works with Board and Event and Committee Chairs to recruit volunteers for CSA-sponsored events and activities.

    • Recruits room parents for all classrooms.

    • 2-year term

    Contact: volunteer@pinehillschoolcsa.org

    Rafaella Agostino, Kristin Kohn and Mary Lowder
    Enrichment Co-Chairs

    • Attends showcases to preview enrichment programs to bring to Pine Hill.

    • Collaborates with teachers, administration, and grade level enrichment coordinators to plan and organize educational activities for students- both school wide and grade specific.

    Contact: enrichment@pinehillschoolcsa.org

    Joyce Silvia, Courtney Williams, and Brooke Yarborough
    Communications Co-Chairs

    • Manage all aspects of the Pine Hill CSA Website.

    • Create and distribute CSA Newsletter.

    • Communicate Pine Hill news and events to relevant media outlets in the community.

    Contact: communications@pinehillschoolcsa.org

    Jane Branch* and Divya Molloy*
    Family Friend Co-Chairs

    • Manages METCO (Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity) Program for Pine Hill.

    • Liaison to regional schools for METCO

    * New to Pine Hill Board for 2023-2024 school year.

  • Event coordinators are volunteers who have expressed interested in managing an aspect of the CSA's volunteer or fundraising programs. For more information about these events or to get involved, visit the Get Involved section at the bottom of the home page.

    BROADMOOR SCIENCE PROGRAM COORDINATOR - RASHEL MASTERS

    Works with Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary, Pine Hill Administration and the CSA to plan grade level programs with Broadmoor staff (both at Pine Hill and onsite at Broadmoor).


    FUNDRAISING INITIATIVES COORDINATOR - CHRISTINE WALSH


    PINE HILL 5K COORDINATORS - KENDRA ANTHONY & EMILY THOMAS

    Plan and execute the Annual Pine Hill 5K and Fun Run (Fall).


    PINE HILL GARDEN COORDINATORS - JULIE DREYFUS & KATHERINE HEAD

    Plans and executes the Pine Hill Garden program.


    SCHOOL TOUR COORDINATORS - JULIETTE BENCH & LAMEES KELLEY


    RAFFLE BASKET COORDINATORS - CAROLINE BRANNAN & CARLY DONOHUE

    Manages the annual raffle basket fundraiser.
    Email volunteer@pinehillschoolcsa.org if you are interested in helping with this fundraiser.


    COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATORS - ROYALE ABRAMS & JOANNA SANBORN

    Organizes and publicizes charitable giving and community service opportunities throughout the school year.


    REWARDS COORDINATOR - LAURA PARADIS


    LIBRARY COORDINATOR - SARAH BENEDICT

    Manages the Pine Hill Library volunteer schedule and training.


    SPRING BOOK FAIR COORDINATORS - ALISSA ALBERS & ASHA STRAZZERO-WILD

    Plans, organizes and runs annual Pine Hill Book Fair.


    EVENTS COORDINATOR - OPEN

    HOSPITALITY COORDINATORS - SARA BATES (ALLERGY SPECIALIST) & LAUREN MORGAN

    5TH GRADE COORDINATOR - MICHELLE GOLDWYN


    NEW FAMILIES CO-CHAIRS - REBECCA ELSY & YUJIE ZHANG


    PINE HILL DIRECTORY COORDINATOR - ALISON BIHRLE

    This job is primarily performed late summer and early fall. The Coordinator compiles all Pine Hill Family data from Aspen with classroom and bus information into a standard printing format for the Annual Pine Hill Directory. Good Working knowledge of Excel is necessary.

    CHALLENGE SUCCESS LIASION - IRENE SARANTEAS BASSALEE

  • Kindergarten
    Connery - 2 Room Parents Needed
    Jeffries - Rachel Albertson, Jennifer Baker
    Sidman - Jen Halloran, Liz McBride

    First
    Fabri - Juliette Bench, 1 Room Parent Needed
    Gird - Kate Hayes, Deepti Shah
    Losch - Jamie Whalen, Colin Whalen

    Second
    Edelglass - Mary Lowder, Christine Walsh
    Jarboe - Alissa Caron, 1 Room Parent Needed
    Mealey - Alison Bihrle, Laura Lee Bujold
    Parker - Julianna Howland, 1 Room Parent Needed

    Third
    Custodio - Rachel Albertson, Michelle Goldwyn
    Ritchie - Shilpa Bhupathiraju , Trisha Toye
    Scobie - Jen Sole-Robertson, Carrie Spray

    Fourth
    Aguilar - Elizabeth Orvek
    Carter - Sara Bates, Usha Narayana
    Hilton/MacKay - Monika Archarya, Sarah Benedict
    Santiano - 2 Room Parents Needed

    Fifth
    Darrah - 2 Room Parents Needed
    MacKay - 2 Room Parents Needed
    Ross - Jessica Hartigan, Liz Sarhaddi-Blue
    Solomon - Michelle Goodwyn, 1 Room Parent Needed

Get Involved

 

There are many different ways to volunteer at Pine Hill and make an impact on our school.  Even if you only have a few hours, we need you!

Volunteering is a great way to meet other parents/guardians at Pine Hill and be involved in your child's education.   

BE A ROOM PARENT

Please consider being a Home Room Parent in your child’s class. It’s a great way to be involved with your child’s life at school and much of the work can be done by computer or phone!

HELP WITH EVENTS

We would love your help finding creative ways to engage parents and our students in our community. Please contact us if you are interested in helping with our events this year.

MAKE A DONATION

With many of our fundraising efforts halted in 2020, the CSA could use direct support to continue enrichment programs, teacher appreciation (they deserve it!), scholarships and grants.

 

Pine Hill Family Friend - Metco Program

The Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO) is a grant program funded annually by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts under the Racial Imbalance Act.  

This programs allows students residing in the Boston area to be matriculated into a participating school systems outside of Boston.   Placement is lottery based and the current wait list is 3-5 years.

The Dover-Sherborn school system has been a proud member of the METCO program since 1968 and currently has 40 students. Seven of these students are currently at Pine Hill.

How Can I  Get Involved?

At Pine Hill, the Family Friend program pairs families in Boston with families in Sherborn who have students in the same grade.  It provides connections for Boston families to the Dover-Sherborn community, allows Boston students to spend time in Sherborn, and Sherborn students to spend time in Boston outside of school.

The Family Friend program hosts several organized events for students and families throughout the year.  On early dismissal days, Boston students in elementary grades spend time with their Family Friends after school until the bus to Boston leaves Pine Hill at 2:45pm.  The goal is to form lasting and genuine relationships between students and families.

To learn more about how to get involved, contact :

Pine Hill METCO Family Friend Co-Chairs

Jane Branch: janeamberh@gmail.com
Divya Raghavan Molloy: divyaraghavan@gmail.com

Dover Sherborn METCO Director, Monique Marshall-Veale
508-785-0036 (ext. 7131)
vealem@doversherborn.org