What is the Greenfield Home & School Association?
We are parents and guardians of Greenfield students who wish to participate in our children’s education in a meaningful way.We aim to promote the partnership between home, school and community and work together to bring our great city’s resources to our school to enhance our children’s education.We welcome any parent or guardian to work with us to help us make Greenfield the best it can be!Plans for the Future:
How Home & School currently supports Greenfield:
Student Life & Academics:• Enrichment Of Academic Curriculum
• Career Day
• Teacher Stipends for Classroom Supplies
• Assistance For The School Library
• Student of the Month Breakfast
• 8th Grade Promotion Ceremony
• Organization Of Classroom Representatives
• The School Store and the Lost and Found
• Parents-In-The-Playground Program
• Middle School Open House & Orientation
• June Field Days
Communications:
• Greenfield Newsletter and Email
Communications
• Outreach to New Families
• H & S Website
Fundraising & planning for projects:
• Greening Greenfield
• Boxtops for Education and Target Red Card
• Candy and Gift Sale Fundraiser, Barnes & Noble Day
• Flower Power and Spring Fundraisers
• Scholastic Book Fair
• Auditorium Renovation
Beautification and Improvements:
Indoors and outdoors: Improvement of the school, grounds and facilities
Activities Planning:
• Bingo and Pizza, and Movie Night
• Piano Recital
• Spring Fair
• Providing hospitality for school events
Highlights of 2009-2010:
How Home & School puts your membership contributions and generous donations to work to enrich our children’s education during the school days:
Academic Enrichment:
• U of P Museum on the Go – Grades 4,5,6: Ancient Egypt program
• Author Visit – Liz Kessler visited with Grades 4 and 5
• Butterfly kits for K; chick hatching kids for 1st grade
Instrumental Music Assemblies:
• Dolce Suono for K,1,2 plus a master class for Mr. Dubin’s students
• Musicopia for grades 3-8
Dance:
• Ballet lesson from Philadelphia Dance Academy for K
• Hip Hop lesson from Koresh School of Dance for 1st grade
• Demonstration and dance class from Ballet X for grades 2-3
• Demonstration and performance by Pennsylvania Ballet II for K–5
• Demonstration and performance by Rock School of Ballet for 6-8
Theater:
• Three performances by Walnut Street Theater Company – all grades
• Spiral Q Puppet Theater demonstration for 7th grade
Art:
• Moore College of Art after school program for grades 4-6 creating
“Spelling Out Greenfield – A Mosaic Mural”: Thank you to our creative
students for brightening up the entrance!
Outreach:
Orientation, tours for prospective, new parents.
Fun Community-Building Events for Greenfield families:
Book fair, 2 Movie Nights, Greenfield on Ice Skate night, June Field Days, Earth Day, Bingo Night, Spring Fair, Career Day, Cookie Mondays, First Friday Coffees, MLK Day of Service.
Silent Auction and Social:
To benefit Greening Greenfield we raised $10,000 on a fun night out for Greenfield parents.
New H&S Website:
Our new and improved website updates on events and provides other resources for Greenfield parents (e.g. providing school supply lists, contact information etc).
Large Scale Accomplishments:
Over the years, the Greenfield H&S Association has successfully raised funds to complete a number of projects.
• 1998:
The PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT on the east side of the play yard and in the Kindergarten yard was purchased.
• 2002-2003:
Renovation of the SCHOOL LIBRARY (purchase of new furniture, bookshelves etc).
• 2005:
Renovation of the CAFETERIA (purchase of new floors and renovations)
• 2008:
Addition of a CLIMBER to the schoolyard’s playground equipment.
• 2008-2009:
Purchase and installation of NEW BASKETBALL HOOP.
• 2009-2010:
Completion of phases 1 and 2 of the GREENING OF GREENFIELD project (a five-phase initiative that will transform the school’s building and grounds, from impermeable urban heat island to an environmentally friendly building with self-sustaining green space).
• 2010-2011: Renovation of the GREENFIELD AUDITORIUM