Manchester PTA Thanks Teachers For Their Support

MANCHESTER, NJ — PTA is a time-honored tradition in schools throughout the country, where parents and cooperating teachers work together to provide extras that school budgets can no longer afford.

In some districts, school-defined PTAs of a dedicated few do yeoman's work. In Manchester, instead of individual PTAs at each of the schools, the PTA serves the entire district, and as such hosts a variety of programs that help each school in different ways. One of its biggest programs is its PTA classroom grants, which have provided iPads and books and a variety of items for classrooms throughout the district.

The PTA has a tradition of offering a sweet treat to the staff of any school that achieves 100 percent staff membership. In addition, there's a competition to be the first school to achieve 100 percent membership.

Manchester Township Middle School, the 2015, champion, repeated this year, PTA president Sarita Dodd told the Board of Education. They beat Ridgeway Elementary School by a matter of hours, she said.

Manchester Township High School, which last year did not make 100 percent, achieved that goal this year, she said.

Dodd presented certificates to Middle School Principal Nancy Driber (1st), Ridgeway Principal Nikki Mazur (2nd), MTHS Principal Dennis Adams (3rd), and Whiting Principal Evelyn Swift (4th). She also presented a special 'trophy' made of crayons to Driber for the middle school achieving first place once again.

Superintendent David Trethaway said he is very proud of the staff for supporting the PTA with 100 percent participation, and he is also very grateful to the PTA for all it does for Manchester's schools, the district said.

Learn more about the Manchester PTA and how you can join at www.manchesterpta.org .

Manchester Township High School Principal Dennis Adams, Ridgeway Principal Nikki Mazur, PTA President Sarita Dodd, MTMS Principal Nancy Driber, Whiting School Principal Evelyn Swift. Photo by Lee Bruzaitis, Manchester Township Schools