Thank you to so many of our Co-Op families who were able to make it to the Fall General Meeting. It was wonderful to be present for the inaugural keynote address from our Director, Melissa Boshans, and heart-warming to be able to meet as a community and foster that connection as so many families at Park West have done before.
I want to thank the Park West Board for contributing to the event and coordinating sub-meetings for committee work and to our hard working office staff for their leadership in supporting the meeting.
For those that were not able to attend, or anyone who would like a refresher on the meeting, please view the slides from the presentation in the Parent Portal here. Also available in the Parent Portal is your information to contribute to our Mind the Gap Annual Fund which can be found here.
Another special thanks to our Social Chairs, Lizzie Schultz and Ryan Cohen, who coordinated a spectacular “Park West Fest” this past weekend and to their committee members who assisted. It was a beautiful and fun-filled morning. I hope to see all of the “grown-ups” for the November 9th Social at Slugger’s! Here’s to a beautiful fall filled with meaningful connections at potlucks, school Events, Playdates and little moments in between.
Here are some photos from the block party last weekend:
Welcome from the Board
September 2nd, 2022
Hello fellow Co-Op families! My name is Starrin Kinser-Petersen and I am the President of the Park West Co-Op Board. I am honored to be serving the second of my two year term as President and also finishing my time as a parent at Park West. This is my 6th year of having the extraordinary opportunity to walk one of my children through the doors of school and learn amongst our expert teachers and all of you. My daughter, Wrenna, is in the JK East classroom and we are excited to finish our term at Park West with the opportunity to experience a school year in which we can offer families the robust educational, social and community programs that have been a part of school’s rich history.
You will hear more from me at the Fall General Meeting on Wednesday, September 14th. I look forward to meeting so many of our new families. You will have the opportunity to dig into some of that Co-Op Committee work that is so important to making Park West the outstanding school it is today. But, until then, I encourage you to embrace all the opportunities Park West has to offer to be a part of this community. Don’t be afraid to pull up a chair and squish that play-doh or get a little dirty at the sand table and maybe even a little sweaty in the gym on your assist day! My oldest two children are currently in 5th and 3rd grade and I still treasure that time in the classroom with them as we learned side by side with our Co-Op community.
If you have any questions or I can be of assistance, please feel free to email me at: president@parkwestcoop.org. I hope you all have a wonderful long weekend!
-Starrin