Our next PTO meeting is on Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 7:00 pm in the guidance area (enter through the main entrance next to the office, then walk straight ahead to find guidance). We’ll also offer a Zoom link.
Jill Shulman, the Amherst-based author of College Admissions Cracked: Saving Your Kid (and Yourself) From the Madness, will be coming to our PTO meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 10. You can read more about her at: https://www.jillshulman.com
Mission
Welcome to the Northampton Parent Teacher Organization site! We are a volunteer organization that works to support and strengthen our high school community by:
- raising funds to support teachers and staff and the enrichment of our students’ educational experience
- enhancing communication between school and home
- sponsoring activities for students that are safe, fun, and inclusive
We meet in the Northampton High School Counseling area (just past the main entrance) on the second Tuesday of each month at 7:00pm. All are welcome!
NOTABLE UPCOMING DATES:
NEXT MEETING: Tuesday, Dec. 10th at 7:00pm in the Guidance Area. All are welcome, please join us! There will be snacks provided. This meeting will be in a hybrid format, the zoom link will be sent out via our newsletter the day before the meeting as well as via Parent Square.
Everyone who is a caregiver or staff member (or student!) is warmly welcome (you’re automatically a member of the PTO by being part of this school community). Come learn more about NHS, meet other caregivers, and share your ideas. We’ll send a reminder with a Zoom link the day before. And as always, reach out anytime at nohopto@gmail.com
Weds. Nov. 27: Half Day
Thurs. Nov. 28-Fri. Nov. 29: NO SCHOOL- Thanksgiving Break
Tues. Dec. 10: PTO Meeting 7pm
Thurs. Dec. 12: Half Day
Mon. Dec. 23-Tues. Dec. 31: NO SCHOOL-December Vacation
Tues Jan. 1: NO SCHOOL-Holiday
Mon. Jan. 20: NO SCHOOL-Holiday
UPCOMING PTO MEETINGS:
12/10, 1/14, 2/11
Booster Groups
Learn more about Booster Groups for everything from sports to theater at NHS and other ways to Volunteer in our School.
Give a little, it goes a long way!
In the 2023-2024 school year, the PTO funded:
- Monthly breakfasts/coffee hours for staff
- Staff lunch at start of school year
- Staff appreciation lunch (May 24)
- Busses for field trips to Grow Food Northampton
- Busses for art students to Northampton Center for the Arts
- Bus for Art History class trip to MOMA in NYC
- Honorariums for guest speakers to Genocide Studies classes
- Honorariums for college admissions officers for 11th Grade Caregivers Night
- Gift cards, snacks and supplies for GOALS program
- Gift cards for PACE program
- Field trip to David Ruggles Center
- Field trip to Historic Deerfield
- Retirement cakes and gifts for staff
- Gift cards for family needs
- Taiko drum workshop and drum rental for Band
- Art supplies for multiple art classes
- Snacks for students during MCAS tests
- Supplies for chemistry class
- Books for Multicultural Literature class
- Books for Genocide Studies and AP European History classes
- Footwear and gear for student athletes
- Support for Takeaways segment of The Transcript
- Fee for students’ participation in Powers of Truth Conference, April 2024
- Tickets for prom for free and reduced lunch students
- Funding towards senior breakfast
Guest speakers at PTO meetings in the 2023-2024 school year included:
- Karen Hidalgo, Guidance Dept. Chair
- Gwen Agna, School Committee member
- Rochelle Garfinkel, Librarian
- David Proulx, Athletic Director