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Academic Affairs: This committee seeks to encourage and support academic integrity and equitable treatment of students. These and other issues relevant to the academic experience and environment may be reviewed and discussed with the membership.

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Appropriations: Every spring, this committee compiles a Wish List of funding requests from the teaching staff, academic departments and the school administration. The list is prioritized by the principal and the committee then reviews the requests within the confines of the PA budget. The committee makes a funding recommendation to the PA Executive Board and General Membership. The committee meets several times throughout the year, including during the summer.

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College: The College Committee works with the Stuyvesant Guidance Department and College Office to determine what assistance the PA can provide to the college counseling process at Stuyvesant. This committee helps to organize College Night in April, when representatives from 150 colleges throughout the country come to discuss their programs with Stuyvesant students. The PA provides dinner for the college representatives and needs volunteers to help organize and serve dinner. The PA also encourages parents to bring in desserts and other dishes. The College Night planning committee meets several times leading up to the event.

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Communications: This committee is responsible for publishing the monthly PA Bulletin and maintaining the PA website. Volunteers are needed to write articles and to work on production of the Bulletin, as well as to update and manage the website.

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Extracurricular Activities:

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Faculty Reception and Open School Week: The PA provides a buffet dinner for the faculty prior to the evening parent-teacher conferences in October and March. This reception is popular with the faculty and gives the PA an opportunity to show appreciation for its efforts. Volunteers are needed for the afternoons of the dinners. This committee also assists the administration in coordinating parent visits to classrooms during Open School Week and, if requested, assists in providing volunteers to proctor the Stuyvesant entrance examination.

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Family Orientation and Open House: This committee organizes the PA Family Orientation program for incoming Stuyvesant students and parents, which is held in June. This committee also assists the school with events for potential Stuyvesant students and their parents. Many volunteers are needed for the days of the events and to work on the planning committees. Freshman parents are especially encouraged to join this committee.

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Health and Safety: This committee is responsible for helping to ensure the health and safety of Stuyvesant students and all members of the Stuyvesant community. It addresses short-term and long-term concerns that may be brought to its attention by parents. One or more members of this committee may be designated to serve on the school-wide safety committee and to act as liaison(s) between that committee and the PA.

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Hospitality: The Hospitality Committee organizes the refreshments for each PA general meeting and Executive Board meetings. It is also responsible for the potluck dinner which is held at the first meeting and may organize other events such as a Food Drive.

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Independent Research: This committee organizes an afternoon reception to honor those students who entered independent research competitions such as the prestigious Intel Science Competition. The committee also works with Stuyvesant's Research Coordinator to provide our students with maximum research opportunities and mentoring support.

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Membership Outreach: The goal of this committee is to increase the level of parent participation in the PA and to find ways to make the PA responsive to the needs of our diverse parent body. Members of the committee greet parents and distribute materials at each PA general meeting. This committee organizes the "Parent Buddy" program, through which incoming parents are put in touch with more senior parents. This committee is also responsible for compiling and publishing the annual Stuyvesant PA Parent/Student Directory, which is available at PA meetings throughout the year. This committee currently has two subcommittees, the Chinese Outreach subcommittee and the Korean Outreach subcommittee.

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Phonathon and Fundraising: The Phonathon, the PA's major annual fundraising event, is held on three consecutive evenings in May. Every Stuyvesant family is contacted by telephone and asked to contribute to the school. The Phonathon raises substantial funds (sometimes exceeding $340,000) to use for school activities and programs which are not currently financed by the Department of Education. The committee needs volunteers to organize the event, to make Phonathon calls to parents in the languages of our various constituent group, and to process the pledges received. This committee also helps to develop new fundraising activities.

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Program and Presentations: This committee organizes the programs, including featured speakers, for the monthly PA meetings. It also arranges programs of special interest to specific groups of parents, such as financial planning for college. The PA appreciates suggestions for useful and interesting programs and speakers.

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Scholarship: Each June, the PA awards scholarships ranging from $500 to $1000, to Stuyvesant students based on written essays. The Scholarship Committee selects the subject for each essay and determines the guidelines for submission. Members of the committee read the essays and select recipients of the scholarship awards, which include:

• The Fred Bauer Award;
• The Murray Kahn Award; and
• individual Parents' Association Scholarships.