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General Meeting Minutes: October 2024

Updated: Oct 13

Lea Home & School Association

General Meeting 10.10.2024



  1. Introduction to HSA (Sam)

    1. We have a two-pronged mission 

      1. Make Lea a great place to learn and work and be; and

      2. Build Community in and around Lea 

    2. We do this through raising $$$, chipping in with ideas, labor, in-kind donations, and by staying RelentlessLea positive.


  1. Taking Lea’s Lead: Principal Snyder’s Priorities (Principal Snyder)

    1. Continues to be excited by the engagement and involvement of parents and the HSA, community schools should engage the community. 

    2. Priorities over the next 2 year: HSA Fundraising

      1. Fall into 4 buckets:

        1. Teacher Appreciation

        2. Field trips

        3. Community/Engagement

        4. Beautification


  1. HSA Plan for 2024-2025:

    1. See draft calendar of events  Lea HSA (Draft) Calendar of Events 2024-25

    2. See also Phila SD Academic Calendar: https://www.philasd.org/calendar/

    3. The goal is to have both fundraising events and community building events each month

      1. Ongoing Monthly Fundraisers

        1. School Store + Bake Sale every last Friday of instruction per month

      2. Ongoing Teacher support 

        1. Teacher treats, lounge and other space spruce ups, special occasions

        2. Special asks and events

      3. Specific fundraising asks in the Fall/Spring

        1. Giving Tuesday ask in December

        2. Double Good popcorn fundraiser in April

      4. Two Large fundraisers in the fall and Spring

        1. Community Dinner & ChilLea Cook Off  11/23

        2. Lea Madness Basketball Tournament 3/28


  2. Officer Reports 

    1. Treasurer Report (Denise)

      1. Current account balance: $5,357, not including pending reimbursements or deposits

      2. Recent event proceeds:

        1. Back to School Night: $274 

        2. Sept. Bake Sale/ Pop-Up store: $307 

    2. Bake Sale, School Store & Teacher Appreciation (Kathleen)

      1. We sold 52 shirts (most sales were from staff, who were very excited and had lots of ideas for future items)

      2. Future Plans

        1. For Oct. the long sleeve shirts and crew neck sweaters will be done as a preorder

          1. Design will say “Bulldogs” in an athletic font with a paw print

        2. Tote bag design in the works for Nov/December

      3. Exploring the possibilities of setting up a pre-order/online sale for the holidays

    3. Pretzels (Joanna)

      1. Pretzel funds are going to HSA, who will route it to the school activities fund

      2. The plan is to regularly order 150 pretzels/week

      3. Student council will help manage sales

        1. will be getting special passes for early dismissal to assist


  3. School Yard Painting & Spruce Up 10/19

    1. Please share flier and RSVP!

      1. Flier: https://photos.app.goo.gl/yRegKhWfE9qHa6tC8

      2. RSVP: https://forms.gle/ym9ZJcx7byhWtmoL6


  4. Volunteers (Sam)

    1. The school is enforcing requirements around volunteer clearances. All potential volunteers must also complete the volunteer training

    2. Volunteer Resources:

      1. Volunteer Registration Checklist: https://tinyurl.com/lea-volunteer-checklist-24-25 

      2. Lea Volunteer Survey: https://tinyurl.com/lea-volunteer-survey-24-25 

      3. RSVP Form for Lea Volunteer Orientation Trainings: https://tinyurl.com/lea-volunteer-rsvp-24-25 

      4. Flyer for Lea Volunteer Orientation Trainings 

    3. Upcoming volunteer opportunities

      1. Field Day

        1. HSA will be supplying snacks and other treats

        2. Looking for a few volunteers

      2. Fall Festival

        1. Class parties on Halloween (if teachers sign up for them)

        2. Volunteers can come in on that day for parties

      3. After School Hourly Volunteering

        1. Once a week to assist teachers with specific projects

        2. Working on final plan


  1. 47th Street Traffic Calming Project (Sam)

    1. The Streets Department will be repaving 47th St and will be making changes to the street with an eye towards improving safety.

    2. Additional background on the project: https://www.phila.gov/documents/48th-47th-project/ 

    3. Principal Snyder shared some safety priorities for Lea:

      1. Bike lane needs concrete barriers and consider bike lane on eastern side of 47th street

      2. Look at parking options on both sides of street (no parking on school side of 47th and Locust streets) 

      3. Look at direction 47th will travel in, N or S, as most parents pull up to curb of school and kids get in on passenger side. (preference would be traffic on 47th Street travels S only)

      4. Look at not allowing certain turns at intersections, depending on direction of 47th street so that it doesn't back-up traffic

      5. Look at updated traffic lights and signage to help with school safety

      6. Look at updated crosswalk accessibility and signage

      7. Interest in piloting shutting down the street during school admissions and dismissal

    4. The focus group for the neighborhood Lea is in, from Chestnut to Spruce Streets, is MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 6:30-8:00 pm, at the West Lofts (on 47th between Locust & Walnut). 

      1. If you share the above safety priorities for Lea and wish to attend as a Lea representative to amplify these priorities, you are welcome! Please let us know in the chat if you wish to attend. Note that there are different meetings for affected neighborhoods along 47th Street.


  1. New Initiatives

    1. We’ll be updating the website with several asks for specific initiatives

      1. Kindergarten snack-we will be piloting asking for donations to supply the snack for the kindergarten classes

      2. Coffee Fund- donations to supply the coffee for the teachers lounge

      3. Pre-order Merch-online store coming soon!

      4. Donations (Sam)

    2. This will also help us gauge parent interest in our projects


  1. Questions/Comments

    1. Kathleen asked for more details on Try Something Day

      1. Principal Snyder shared that this is a program for K-6 (hoping to expand to all grades for next year

      2. Students are offered new fresh foods to try on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursday

      3. Will share more in the next MonthLea update

    2. Bret suggests a long term project for school beautification- adding a mural to the blank wall in the big yard

      1. Suggested we potentially engage with Hagopian Arts: https://www.hagopianarts.com/ 


Meeting Adjourned: 8:25 pm



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