parents' Association

This annual committee plans Hewitt’s ice skating party, a well-attended and highly-valued K-12 community-building event. Responsibilities include working with the venue, party planning, and overall event promotion. The committee collaborates with the merchandise team to ensure themed merchandise is sold at the event. Committee members are expected to attend and help manage the event.

The book club is open to parents, grandparents, alumnae, parents of alumnae, and friends, and meets three times throughout the year. Committee co-chairs are responsible for selecting the books, organizing the meetings, leading an inclusive discussion, and choosing the dinner menu. Additional responsibilities include coordinating with the book fair committee to ensure that book club selections are available for sale and managing the group's Facebook page. Book selections are chosen, approved, and announced by the start of school.

This multi-day event begins with an evening reception for parents followed by consecutive daytime sales for students. Committee members organize, set-up and run all aspects of the event. They first establish a theme and then implement daily operations including, but not limited to, diverse book selections based on recommendations from teachers and librarians, a floor plan, a volunteer schedule, grade visits and home delivery options.

Additionally, the committee works with the merchandise team to coordinate their corresponding sale, and the Book Club committee to ensure all club selections are available during the sale. 

Class representatives serve as ambassadors for Hewitt, providing channels of communication and coordination between parents and the PA. They attend class representative training and meetings, regular PA meetings, and grade-wide events. Class representatives are informed about events at school and encourage parents to get involved with school activities. Additionally, they assist the administration, faculty and executive board with school events. Each lower school homeroom has their own class representative, and there are two representatives per grades in the middle and upper school.

All parents and guardians are eligible to serve as class representatives. Parents may nominate themselves or others to serve as a class representative. The Parents’ Association co-presidents and the class representative managers, in consultation with the school administration, select class representatives. Generally, this volunteer position lasts no more than two consecutive years.

Join fellow current and past Hewitt dads for pick-up basketball in the gym twice a month. Game dates can be found on the Hewitt calendar. 

This committee decorates for various annual events, including faculty and staff appreciation days, the faculty holiday party, and the senior dinner.

This committee hosts a range of social and cultural events throughout the year. These include a family bowling night, an outing to the Nutcracker, and various other athletic, theater, music, and dance events.

Two parent representatives from each grade (5-8) assist with organizing activities sponsored by the Joint Schools Activities committee (JSA). Established by the Parents’ Associations of 13 member schools, the JSA coordinates service-oriented social activities for middle school students at single-sex independent schools. Hewitt’s representatives serve as liaisons with the JSA, the class representative managers, and the partnering schools.