It's A Red, White & Blue Salute To Our Hometown Heroes

PTA Working Together for Children since 1897
One hundred years ago one of the founder Alice McLellan Birney said, “Let us have no more croaking as to what cannot be done; let us see what can be done, and above all see that it is done.” That brisk philosophy still drives the PTA today. While the methods may change to make us more responsive to the demands of an electronic era, the underlying principle does not – “everychild. onevoice.”

Founder's Day was established in 1910 to honor the founders of PTA, Alice McLellan Birney and Phoebe Apperson Hearst.

San Marino's first PTA was established in the early 1930's at George S. Stoneman School and Henry E. Huntington Middle School. This is our 87th Annual Founder's Day Honorary Service Awards.

The purpose is to honor and give thanks to our school community members for their hard work and dedicated efforts to ensure our children have the best support in their education journey. The honorees have demonstrated through their volunteerism, a commitment to the community of San Marino, a place we call home.

These year theme is "It's A Red, White & Blue Salute To Our Hometown Heroes" and the event Chairs are Kim Sutherland (2nd VP, PTA Council) and Homeira Asghari (Historian, PTA Council)

These years Honorary Service Award Recipients are:
Carver Elementary School - Kathy Osegueda, Marci Wendling & Izumi Suzuki
Valentine Elementary School - Chun-Yen Chen, Anna-Marie Grizzell & Angela Sze
Huntington Middle School - Jason Dawes, Zillah Tobiano & Don Duranso
San Marino High School - Lainnie Capouya, Diane Comi & Cynthia Chubbuck
PTA Council - Michele Canon & Sgt. Robert Matthews (San Marino Police Officer)
Scott Barton, a teacher from San Marino High School received the PTA Council Continuing Service Award