Who’s Who

2024-2025 St. Theresa Parents’ Club Officers and Committee Chairs

Officers
President – Shannon Ciston
Vice President – Gabrielle Rose
Secretary – Francisca Maertens
Treasurer – Katie Bowman
Parliamentarian – John O’Sullivan
Fundraising Chair – Sophia Kassab

2024-2025 Committee Chairs

Ambassador Families – Sanya Sahi and Tara Dade
Working with Room Parent Coordinators, identify and recruit parents to serve as Ambassadors for incoming new students to help acclimate them to the St Theresa community.

Auction Chairs – Sophia Kassab, Cassandra O’Gara, Jillian Peralta, Caroline Myers

Daily Lunch – Aiyana Johnson and Galiana Fajardo
Coordinate volunteer servers via Konstella to serve hot lunch daily.

Emergency Preparedness/Facilities – Paul Giuliano
Monitor and maintain emergency supplies for staff/children stored in the school’s cargo bin. Support Principal and staff with safety initiatives, earthquake drills, etc. and recruit volunteers as needed. Recruit volunteers to support campus workdays initiated by the Parent Board Facilities Chair. 

Garden – Brian Potts
Oversee general cultivation initiatives and maintenance of the planter beds behind the library; support faculty with integration of gardening activities into curriculum; recruit volunteers to help with garden maintenance as necessary.

Health and Health Screening – Craig Stroope
Ensure all required health screenings are successfully completed for our students. These screenings include MCT Vision, Scoliosis, and Hearing. Recruit volunteers to help with screenings.

Hospitality – Emily Tolosa
Coordinate social events for parents (morning coffee socials, coffee for Halloween Parade, etc). Provide hospitality for accreditation team visit in October. Coordinates Catholic School Week hospitality and Teacher Appreciation Week activities. 

Room Parents Coordinator – Kelly Haider
Recruit and implement the Room Parent program for grades TK-8 for the school year, maintain contact with teachers and room parents throughout the year to ensure that the program is running smoothly, communicate with STAR coordinator for Teacher Appreciation Luncheon, and assist Volunteer Coordinator to ensure volunteer opportunities and commitments are being fulfilled

STAR (Staff & Teacher Appreciation) – Mary Lesser and Julie Lo
Administer the STAR budget, rewarding teachers and staff at least twice a year (Christmas and end of year), recognize Staff and Teacher birthdays and organize Teacher Appreciation Week.

Traffic Duty – Caitlyn Mitchell and Gabrielle Rose
Work with the Volunteer Coordinator to manage daily parking lot traffic duty, determine the annual commitment for families, and ensure tracking and appropriate billing for unfulfilled commitments as specified in the annual contract

Used Uniforms – Liliana Jain and Francisa Hamilton-McCown
Collect, sort and sell used St. Theresa Uniforms with help from parent volunteers. Hold 2-3 “used uniform” sales per year, typically summer, back to school and mid-year. Proceeds from used uniform sales benefit the St. Theresa Parents’ Club fund

Volunteer Coordinator – John O’Sullivan
Ensure that volunteer requirements and opportunities are posted, ensure that hours are tracked, keep parents informed of their compliance with required volunteer hours (traffic, event center, etc.)

If you are interested in getting involved in these Parents’ Club committees, please contact any officers or committee members through Konstella for more information.

2024-2025 Room Parents

TK
Mary Lesser, Galiana Fajardo and Tara Dade

Kindergarten
Meire Akpaibor, Annie Coffin

First Grade
Erin Brosnan and Courtney Jee

Second Grade
TBA

Third Grade
Paul Giuliano

Fourth Grade
John O’Sullivan

Fifth Grade
Luz Padro-Martinez

Sixth Grade
Nikki Belushko Barrows

Seventh Grade
Shirley Finnegan

Eight Grade
Sheafalli Patel and Emily Kissam