Welcome to The Parkside School's Parent Association.

The Parkside Parent Association (PA) offers parents various ways to get involved in their child's school. The purpose of the PA is three-fold: to educate, to support and to fundraise.

First, in a unique collaboration with Parkside's Social Work Department, a portion of every PA meeting is devoted to an educational "mini-workshop" on topics such as: holiday anxiety and stress, relationships with typically-developing peers, transitions and new experiences, etc.

The PA also acts as a resource and support to the growing community of parents who have children with developmental differences.

And third, through fundraising, the PA helps to augment the dollars needed to provide arts and music specialty programs for every Parkside child.

The PA hosts meetings approximately eight times throughout the school year. Meetings are informal and begin at 8:45 a.m. with coffee and chat, followed by PA general business and a report from the School Directors and the Director of Development. The "mini-workshop" is held from 9.15 a.m. to 9.45 a.m. The PA also plans and sponsors numerous committees that offer parents many ways to become involved in school events and activities.

If you have any questions, e-mail us at papresident@parksideschool.org.