Parent Association
AHA & Parents - A Partnership That Works
Getting involved at AHA is fun, rewarding, and sets great examples for our children and entire community! Consider being a part of the PA executive committee. The typcial commitment is a 2-year term, however, this can be adjusted as needed. The committee meets once a month for about 1.5-2 hours throughout the school year. The committee's mission is to support the AHA community and stay enthused while doing it!
Parent Association Executive Committee:
Executive Chair - Joan McCrory (has one 2024 graduate and two AHA alumni). Main Duties include:
- Prep the agenda for each monthly meeting
- Maintain as point of contact for AHA faculty for events that include the PA
- Attend 2-4 speaking engagements throughout the school year (Ninth Grade Orientation, Freshman Mixer, etc.)
- Lead the Freshman Parent Mixer Event, with help from the entire committee
- Be flexible to help advise on miscellaneous duties that come up throught the school year
- Weekly commitment is around 30-45 minutes of email communication
- Overall time committment - two to four dedicated hours per month
Volunteer Coordinator - Joanie Vollmers (has one 2022 graduate and one AHA alumni). Main Duties include:
- Recruit and secure Chairs or Co-Chairs for AHA Parent Association Sponsored Events, as well as securing point-people for AHA events that need help from parents
- Assist Chairs in their own recruiting efforts for committee members and/or general volunteers for the events
- Liaison with the Communications Director in order to post current needs through the school newsletter
- Spring season is busier than the rest of the year, during which personal recruitment happens and communcating volunteer needs for the next year's planning
- Weekly commitment is around 30-45 minutes of email communication
- Overall time committment - four to five dedicated hours per month
Treasurer - Becky Egan (has one 2023 graduate, one 2024 graduate and one AHA alumni). Main Duties include:
- Reconcile G/L to incoming deposits and monthly payments with an excel spreadsheet/google sheet
- Record and track event spending as reported by Chairs and/or receipts
- Forecast annual budget by partnering with AHA Administration/Finance Team and Executive PA committee
- Review/approve requests for reimbursement of expenses, by forwarding to AHA Finance Team for payment (ideally a 48 hour maximum response time)
- Weekly commitment is around 15-30 minutes of email communication
- Overall time committment - three to four dedicated hours per month
Communciations Director - Barb Cronin (has one 2023 graduate and two AHA alumni). Main Duties include:
- Maintain PA webpage content and Parent Volunteer Opportunities by partnering with AHA Webmaster
- Coordinate weekly Association and Event Chairs' posting needs in the weekly STARS Connections publication
- Update and maintain Parent Volunteer Resourse Guide
- Coordinate student daily bulletin and parent emails as needed
- Weekly commitment is around 30-45 minutes of email communication
- Overall time committment - one to two dedicated hours per month
Secretary - Lisa Hegard (has one 2022 graduate and one 2023 graduate). Main Duties include:
- Take notes of all agenda items during month PA meetings
- Recap notes from each meeting in the form of minutes and sends them to members of PA for approval
- Provide final draft to Webmaster for posting to the AHA website
- Weekly commitment is around 15 minutes of email communication
- Overall time committment - two to three dedicated hours per month
2021-22 Meeting Dates
Meetings take place at 5 pm in the Parlor.
- Tuesday, September 14
- Tuesday, October 12
- Tuesday, November 9
- Tuesday, December 14
- Tuesday, January 11
- Tuesday, February 8
- Tuesday, March 15
- Tuesday, April 12
- Tuesday, May 10
Resources
The AHA Parent Association coordinates the volunteer efforts of AHA parents in a wide range of projects.