COMMUNITY
Build Our Community
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ust as Ensworth’s exceptional faculty strives for our children to have healthy, balanced lives, the Parent Association works hard to foster healthy, balanced lives for our Ensworth families. We do this by building a sense of community amongst our families, offering insightful and timely parent education, and providing opportunities for service in support of our beloved school.
Building Our Community.
In the crazy, hectic, overscheduled times in which we live, it is more important than ever to come together as a community and connect. When I ask other parents what makes our school so special, they invariably say it is the sense of belonging they experience at Ensworth. The PA is instrumental in building this warm and inclusive community. Every year, our entire Ensworth community celebrates the joy of being Tigers at three fun-filled events: Pancake Breakfast, Tiger Night 2020, and Super Sat u rday. We a l so come together in fellow parents’ homes for delicious meals and conversation at grade level and multi-grade parent gatherings. The friendships and personal relationships forged at these gatherings lay the foundation for our connected parent community.
Michele Borba, author of Unselfie, joined us in January and shared proven and teachable habits to nurture empathy in our own children. In addition to these nationally acclaimed speakers, our Parent Education Committee offered small classes on “mindfulness” and “positive tools
for parenting.” A Singapore math video series and two phenomenal book clubs, Our children aren’t the only ones learning “Parenting with Purpose” and “Fiction with at Ensworth! With a focus on kindness and Friends” provide additional opportunities empathy, the PA kicked off the year with an for learning, fellowship and fun. inspiring presentation by Leon Logothetis of The Kindness Diaries, a Netflix series Supporting Our School. about kindness and the power of human T he PA h a s more t h a n 4 0 0 pa rent connection. Leon told us “the kindest thing volunteers suppor ting Enswor th in we can ever do is to simply see someone my riad ways ever y day. Our pa rent else” and challenged us to “go forth and volunteers shower love on our faculty and be kind!” Following Leon’s charge, Dr. staff, run the lost & founds, shelve books
Educating Our Parents.
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in the library, help with admissions, coordinate parent education, plan Super Saturday and Tiger Night, staff concessions, and spread sunshine to Ensworth families, faculty and staff. PA volunteers raise revenue through Tiger Night and other fundraising ventures, allowing us to make a gift to the school and fulfill our pledge to the Capital Campaign for the construction of the new lower school building. The funds also support faculty professional development, parent education classes, guest speakers, parent gatherings, class parties for our children, Senior Grad Night, the Freshman Homecoming dinner, and so much more. With over three months left in the school year, there are still many more fabulous opportunities to get involved and build valuable relationships that will last a lifetime. We hope to see you at our upcoming parent education events, and of course, Super Saturday!
Barbara Smith
2019-2020 President of Parent Association
