ABOUT THE PTA

• We fund enrichment programs like, music, arts, and science, and we fund continued support of our garden.

• We support teachers by providing them allocations to pay for classroom supplies and field trips (as permitted).

• We help support and coordinate the 5th grade overnight field trip to Pt. Bonita (when safety permits) and 6th grade commencement activities and events.

• We provide fun activities that also foster family involvement, such as Board Game Night, Family Fun Night, and Friendship Dances.

• We provide the school with educational events such as Family Reading Night and Family Math Night, as well as assemblies.

• We work to foster healthy habits among our students and families, including hosting events like Walk-to-School Day and the Spirit Race.

• We coordinate volunteers on campus to help support teachers in the classroom, to provide supervision and support at lunch and recess, and to help with the garden, the library, and anywhere we see a need.

• We help to improve the appearance of the school. We have transformed an unused plot of land into an edible garden.

• In Spring of 2009, we sponsored the creation of a mural in the kindergarten yard, titled “Growing Minds”.

Hello! My name is Jolie. I have 2 children at Fairmont; one in 2nd grade and the other kindergarten. This will be my second year on the PTA Board;  last year I was the PTA Volunteer Coordinator. I am excited to serve as the PTA President and my goal as President is to grow relationships between Fairmont families and staff, enhance our children's experience at Fairmont and build community relationships. Please feel free to reach out to me if you have any feedback about how we can enhance our children's education!

Hi! My name is Jen and I’m a first grade mom. My daughter JoJo loves Fairmont and my whole family is excited to help support Fairmont in any way we can. This last year I serviced on the School Site Committee and am excited to help the PTA to increase resources for our wonderful students!

Constance McCarney has lived in the East Bay since 2012 after growing up and attending college on the East Coast. She has two children at Fairmont in Kindergarten and 3rd grades. Constance is dedicated to public education, a value instilled in her by the public school teachers closest to her: her mother (a reading teacher) and aunt (a math teacher). She has spent her professional career in higher education focused on improving operational systems and information resources because she is most satisfied when people spend their valuable effort on things that move us forward.

My name is Gina Schembari. I am a Bay Area native and love it. I am a Mom of a 3rd grader. We’ve been part of the Fairmont community for the last four years and we have really enjoyed our time at Fairmont Elementary. Being part of Fairmont has been so rewarding. This is my second year on the PTA and I’m really excited to be part of such a great organization. I thrive to do my part in building community and bringing families from all backgrounds together at our school.

Hello, I'm Catherine, mother of a 3rd Grader. 

Christine and I are working on behalf of the PTA with Fairmont administration, teachers and staff, to help facilitate the arts and science enrichment curriculum at Fairmont. 

In my short time being a participant in the PTA, I have a first-hand account of all that the PTA provides. I am encouraged we can accomplish a lot this year under the guidance of this wonderful board and especially with (and not without!) the support of a giving community.

My professional background is architecture and engineering and I have volunteered for and led many programs in schools from elementary through high school - introducing young students to the world of design and construction. I aim to use this experience to find opportunities for enhance the Art and STEM programming at Fairmont.

Hi! My name is Christine and I’m mom to two Fairmont students. I look forward to collaborating with Fairmont teachers, administrators, community partners, PTA members, and parent volunteers to support academic enrichment opportunities for our students. Given the budget challenges facing our district, I think it’s more important now than ever for the PTA to work together with the whole Fairmont community to bring in resources to expand academic enrichment opportunities. In my day job, I’m a maternal, child and adolescent health researcher. My work involves talking with diverse groups of community and government stakeholders. Together we identify and prioritize needs, then collaboratively build strategies to address them. I’m deeply committed to equity and to promoting the well-being of all children both in California and here in our school community. 

Hi! My name is Sarah, and I'm the parent of a 2nd grader and 4th grader. I'm passionate about designing fun, community-forward, inclusive events that bring all the families at Fairmont together! In my spare time, I spend way too much time crafting and fancy myself an avid party-planner, dreaming up creative kids' parties on a shoestring budget. On a larger scale, I spent two years as the President of their cooperative preschool, where I helped organize the overarching goals for all school events and reimagined new events during the peak of Covid. I would love to work with teams of parents to channel this same energy into Fairmont events!

My name is Sandy and I'm a proud mom to two Fairmont kids, a 5th grader and an 8th grader now at Korematsu Middle School. We've been part of Fairmont’s amazing community since my eldest was a kindergartener, and I'm excited to be able to give back and serve as the PTA Parliamentarian! 

Hi! My name is Hanah and I have a 3rd grader and a Preschooler. I'm passionate about finding small and large ways for families to get involved as volunteers, serving the needs of the school and helping parents connect with the teachers, staff and each other. We have an amazing breadth of talent and knowledge in our community and I want to make it easy and fun for you to bring those talents to Fairmont!