Parent Involvement

Parent Involvement
Here are some great resources for parents to support the partnership between home and school:

There are a number of district level committees and groups for parents to become involved with:

  • Curriculum Parent Advisory Committee

  • Gifted and Talented Advisory Committee (GTAC)

Curriculum Parent Advisory Committee

Parent Advisory Committee

With two representatives from each building, this group meets to learn about, share ideas and provide feedback about teaching and learning initiatives.

Representatives for the 2019-2020 school year are:

  • Tilden: Stacy Elling, Vanessa Haltvick

  • McAuliffe: Artist Cloutier, Ronda Hohman, Laura Leary, Kristina Viktora-Croke

  • Kennedy: Katy Bauer, Samantha Levine

  • Pinecrest: Nina Meyer, Jennifer Pettit

  • Hastings Middle School: Angie Brown, Brenda Stagno

  • Hastings High School: Lisa deRoy, Julie Illa

The meetings listed below for the 2022-2023 school year will be held at the School District Office in Conference Room A.  All meetings will be held from 6:00PM - 7:30PM.  Meeting dates for the 2022-2023 school year are:

  • 11.15.2022

  • 12.06.2022

  • 02.07.2023

  • 04.04.2023

Gifted and Talented Advisory Committee (GTAC)

The Gifted and Talented Advisory Committee (GTAC) is an open member group of parents and staff who are invited to learn about, share ideas and give feedback about gifted and talented programming and services in the Hastings School District.  

During the 2020-2021 school year, all GTAC meetings are held virtually via Zoom.  A link is sent to all parents of gifted children prior to the meeting.

If you are interested in reading some of the articles that the group has discussed, take a look at this page.

During our GTAC meetings, parents are invited to share what's working and what could be improved as far as programming and meeting the academic and social/ emotional needs of their gifted child(ren).  Typically the group reads and discusses an article.  Curated below are the texts we've taken the opportunity to discuss: