HARBORDALE SCHOOL ASSOCIATION
General Meeting
November 20th, 2025, at 8:05am
at the school’s cafeteria & ZOOM
We will discuss
– The new Boys & Girls Clubs of America program at mod
– the Fort Lauderdale city parks bond program on improvement of the Harbordale Elementary School’s primary playground.
Refreshments will be served.
ZOOM link will be posted on dojo and sent via email
Everyone is welcome
Harbordalehsa.Com
facebook.com/harbordalehsa
Future HSA Meetings:
1/22/26, 2/19, 3/26, 4/16 & 5/21
HSA General Meeting- October 16, 2025
Start 8:08am
Welcome (Stephanie, President)- Good morning. Kerri makes a motion to approve the
September general minutes, Munirah seconds, all in favor, I. Any opposed? No
Presidents Report (Stephanie)
Open Positions- Still in need of a Russian or eastern European speaking parent to
monitor the what’s app chats. Make sure there is nothing inappropriate and to answer
school related questions. Pass anything out that we push through the room parent chat.
Spanish speaking, too. Interested in monitoring a chat let Stephanie know. Also, in need
of someone taking on a March potential fundraiser. If we don’t get someone to step
forward we will give you a month back. Movie night? Someone step forward and
organize it. Alison- I’m the chair for ESE so I can possibly incorporate into something
with the ESE department. We will revisit at end of November. Autism month is April.
Book fair is scheduled that time, but month of March open. Grant coordinator-
secondary playground renovated. Help of the city and civic association there is $
available. Maybe renovate primary playground. Research these grants, see if we
qualify, apply if we do. Great for someone that can work from home. There is $ out there
that is available to us. For smaller playground? Yes. A/V system in cafeteria this year.
Next need is the playground. Mables Lables fundraiser. Makes these name tags and
kids named printed on them. Stick them on jackets, water bottles, etc. They have
stamps, too. 20% back to HSA. Run it through the whole year. I’ve been using them for
years. They are great.
Event Recaps- International Night- amazing. Great turnout. Vibe was on point.
Melanie, Jelena, Midge did great work organizing the whole thing. Parents from all over
the world to share their culture with us. Filled a void that we had that we didn’t know we
had. Already looking forward to next year. If you were a parent that would like to share
your culture please reach out and let us know.
Hispanic Heritage Week- kids had a good time with making pinatas. Thank you to the
volunteers. Thank you to Pam, Kashdin who organized it.
Art Week- went off really smooth. Thank you Mary for organizing it.
Membership Drive- went really well. Over 200 families signed up. Thank you to Nicki.
Ice cream party scheduled for tomorrow.
Yearbook cover contest- Leveling Up. Teachers vote for the cover winner and one for
each grade. Thank you to Talia. Box in front office. Due 10/24. Parents make sure you
look at requirements.
Lunch with Principal- Midge hit it out of the park. Set high standard. Need someone to
help her learn her process since her son will be in 5 th next year. Midge- Quarter Deck
paid for 100% of the meals. Thank you for donating the food for lunch with the principal.
During parent social one of the silent auction prizes. Primary kids one day and
secondary grades for the other day. Lunch hour with Kashdin and Gordon. Order their
lunches, decorated nicely. A few parents said it should be announced. Found out after
kids told their friends. Maybe next year we will have it advertised.
Denim Day- thank you to Kerri and Julie. $112 goes to the reading fund (Ms Wallace).
Get AR incentives, books, etc. Demin day every early release day. Several this year.
The one in February we choose a high school event something they’re fundraising for.
Graduation Committee- in 5 th grade group of parents plan the Snyder park picnic, get t-
shirts for kids and refreshments for graduation. End of the year party. All these things
cost $. In the past, we have had trouble getting volunteers for events. Several years ago
board came up with idea HSA will give $ 1K per year (starting in 3 rd ) each graduation
class in exchange for volunteer hours/donations. We do not have problems with
donations. Designed to help us fill those roles in exchange $1K per year. Problem is we
are shorthanded for events. People that do volunteer do not get a chance to enjoy the
event. It takes all of us to spend an hour out of the event so another family can have
time with their children too. If we don’t solve it this year we may cancel the program next
year. International Night volunteer spots went unfilled. 5 th grade parents for Pumpkin
Pizzazz we need your help. One hour shifts. Please sign up for them, please tell your
friends. If we do away with this program. It will be $30 per child for graduation. 3 rd grade
is bingo night. 5 th is Pumpkin Pizzazz. A lot of the parents have volunteered at different
events. Give the kids the $. Majority should be geared towards specific events. Goal to
meet the hours for the year. You have a year to meet your goal. Creative with
information. Short video. Kids can do it, make it fun. Send it out really early. Kids do
deserve the $. Parents just need to know. We do have the $ to give them. We need
people. Not fair Cathy sat at the table for 3 hours because no one signed up. We cannot
do events alone. Maryann- back in the day HSA used to give graduation class $300.
Now it’s $3K. Costs have gone up. I feel kids deserve their party. Always had a problem
with volunteering. I don’t think you should penalize the kids. Great idea Alison had about
doing hours if you don’t want to pay the $30. We can do a targeted donation. Kashdin-
can’t mandate hours. I think the real issue here is lack of volunteers. Used to have to
raise money on your own. HSA made it equitable. We really have to say we need
volunteers or reduce these activities. Can’t sustain level we are at without the
volunteers. How do we capture more volunteering or we will have to cut back. Adding
more and more things. Burden is falling on small amount of people. More we spread the
word. International night started with a small idea and then friends told friends.
Everyone would be willing to give an hour. Kerri- I’ve been at this school before this
program. When classes were doing car washes, selling sodas to earn $. Parent
volunteer level was much higher. There was an incentive. I don’t agree with this
program. I’ve seen both sides. Motivation has dropped. Midge- I think we should not get
rid of it. How do we grow that community of volunteers? Messaging people individually.
Always had at least one parent in every class. A lot of personal asks. Did put one hour
time slots for Pumpkin Pizzazz. Jobs are undefined at this moment. Tell your friends.
We will not be changing anything mid-year.
Pumpkin Pizzazz- Kerri- biggest event next Friday. 5- 8pm. A few Kindergarten parents
have reached out what is this? Pumpkin Pizzazz is a fall festival. Carnival games,
inflatables, expanded Pumpkin Pizzazz this year to hopefully get more involvement.
Added pumpkin painting, pie eating, MODS stem mobile. Food- food truck That’s My
Dog. Bring cash, credit card or apple pay. Not included in your ticket sales. Serving
meals hot dog, french fries, dessert, etc. Funnel cakes, drinks. Cake walk. Collecting
donations for cakes/mini pies. Kona Ice. Wristbands, new this year. Parents complain I
lost my tickets. Two separate wrist bands. General- carnival games/inflatables.
Purchase separate tickets just for activities. VIP wristband pre-sale $5 less. Unlimited
carnival/inflatables and one for each of the activities. Popcorn, cotton candy and drinks.
We need volunteers. 5 th grade event. Majority will be from 5 th . Volunteers can come
during the day, some at night. Understand we have working parents. Donations- drinks,
cakes, pies, prizes. If anyone would like to bring prizes to front office. Parking- night of
you can park at Bank of America lot, you cannot park at Starbucks or ABC. Still double
checking on Winn Dixie, but most likely be able to park. Parking at school itself is
limited. We have a lot of construction. Costume contest. Raffle baskets from each
grade. Silent auction. Any questions reach out to Kerri,
fundraising@harbordalehsa.com. Break down of tickets? On the Pumpkin Pizzazz
website. Try and list what is in each basket. We have a lot of potential things to not
work. Very well aware of that. Hoping everything goes off without a hitch. Doing our best
to make this an amazing event. Wristbands, parents do not need to purchase, just the
kids. Deadline is Friday at noon to pre purchase the tickets. Munirah- pick up
tickets/wristbands at will call.
Raffle baskets- Alison- thanks for donating. It doesn’t have to be geared just for kids.
Last minute thoughts. Frozen popsicles. Stuffies. Please reach out to your room parents
for ideas. If items don’t make it in by tomorrow. I will incorporate them for smaller
baskets or silent auction. Thank you again. If you can volunteer to wrap baskets
tomorrow morning.
Change Challenge- Alison- 11/18- collecting change in car loop in morning. I’ll push out
more ideas after Pumpkin Pizzazz. Change challenge is a competitive event. Weight
challenge. Drop in buckets, cancel out other grade levels.
Miami Dolphins- two home games. 10/30. Bills game after that. Portion of the ticket
sales go back to school. Panthers game. Contact information is on the flyer. I will resend
the flyer out.
Square 1 Art- Mary Kah- last week we finished art week. Hardison selected art work for
each grade. Everything has been mailed to company. Taking our children art work,
customized brochures. Brochures will be sent out after Pumpkin Pizzazz. Square 1 art
fundraiser. Go to website and select different products with your child’s art work. All
purchases will be delivered to your home. Proceeds go back to Harbordale. 11/10
deadline. If you have a sibling or child that created something last year or if your child
was absent. You can go online and upload any type of art. Not limited to what your child
did that day. Midge- a parent from my class went online. Went through the site and
couldn’t find their name. Mary- still a little premature. Wait until after brochures have
been delivered. They do not have artwork in hand yet.
Dine Out to Donate- Stacy- Barnes and Noble 11/12- Zona Fresca during Barnes and
Noble night. Small craft station. Get a cupcake to decorate. Purchase a book and you
will be given a dress down day ticket. Send flyer right after Pumpkin Pizzazz. Zona
Fresca will allow us to do both locations.
Holiday shop- Maryann- 12/1- first week of Dec. All week long. Monday kids come
look. I need a lot of help. Come shop Tues- Fri. Items will be delivered the week before
Thanksgiving. Need help with inventory the Thursday before Thanksgiving. Going with a
different company. Not local. From New England. Still Fund Services, just not local guy.
If I need something they will have to ship it. Jill- can we make a video of things we have
so parents that aren’t volunteering can see what they have? Yes, we can post a video
on Facebook or email. Gifts range from 50 cents- $20.
Treasurer- Maryann- As of 10/7 $80K in our account, restricted $16K leaves HAS with
$72K. Fundraising- banners $1700, Dine out to donate $1234K, International night way
over $3273K, Marquis $369. Membership is over $2177. Parent social $2817. Sporting
events waiting for check. Yearbook is $4753 because of last year. Stephanie, this # is a
net number. We take out total income minus the expenses. Pumpkin Pizzazz hasn’t had
event yet. Paying bills. After Pumpkin Pizzazz all the $ from that night will hit to see our
real profit. Expenses- first column what we did, second is what we budgeted. 5 th grade
$1K. administration $353. General fund paid $25K for sound system. Mini grant $2882.
Reading programs AR $3676. Recess equipment $2025. Agendas $1128. All teachers
got $200 from HSA.
SAC/SAF- Stephanie- every month at 2:30 3 rd Tues of the month SAC school advisory
committee and school advisory forum (SAF). SAC focuses on school
improvement/achievement. Safety, FAST scores, ESE, school centric. Employees that
are members. Welcoming parents to join. Get administration report, get it first. Handle
how to use school account funds, curriculum. SAF- more parent based. If you’re having
problems with traffic, school safety, nurse initiative. Community base. Potential
boundary changes that was SAF. Happen back to back. Invite anyone to come.
Petition for School Nurse- Jill- asking for support for petition, on link tree. No school
nurse. Harbordale is one of 53 elementary school due to budget cuts. Making some
progress. Send it out in what’s app parent chats, families, neighbors, etc. Anyone in
Broward county. Making progress. At Sept central advisory meeting. On minutes it did
say nursing updated needed/budget discussion. Motion put in a nurse at all of the
schools. During covid we had nurses, getting paid $200K a year. Research I found. To
be without a nurse relying on office staff to help with band aids and emergencies. To
have an actual registered nurse. Asking school boards. Almost 100 signatures. Official
petition on our link tree. Take time and sign up.
Membership- 224 members as of last Friday.
Budget Changes- Make a motion to approve budget changes. Can I have someone
make a motion to approve a line item of $1200 for enrichment camp spending, supplies
for teachers? Also, typo for website. Says $200 on budget sheet, should be $2K.
Correction. Can I have a motion? Midge- I make a motion that we donate the $1200 to
the enrichment camp. Can I have a second? Mary Kah seconds. All in favor? I. Any
opposed? No. For website correction. Midge, I make a motion that we correct the $2K
error from $200 to $2K. Mary Kah seconds. All in favor? I. Any opposed? No.
Adopt a class- Mary Kah- slowed down a bit. Fully adopted Webb, Edler, Hartman,
Hanley, Vaughn, Rothenberg, Kurth. A few with 0 adoptions or little. Joyce, Ayala,
Fitzgerald, Viola. Encourage room parents to post on chats. Totals are posted on HSA
website.
Administration Update- Kashdin- excited about Pumpkin Pizzazz. Thank you for that.
International night. Amazing night. Thank you to Melanie, Jelena and Midge. Had a
vision and put time and effort in. Thank you to Mary with display my art, Hardison was
thrilled. Lunch with the principal, thank you Midge. Thank you to our parent volunteers
for Hispanic heritage month. Re opening 10 th St temporarily. Starting on Monday going
back to normal arrival/dismissal. Walker and Sunshine remain by front office. Done pipe
work. It will not impact our traditional route. Shut down road again in late Nov/early Dec.
Playground update- civic association is actively pushing city to move forward with
getting playground installed. In the design phase. Goal is summer to put in. District
updated wireless device policy. No cell phones K- 8 th . State statute. District said cell
phones can be used at lunch only in high schools. Watches, tablets or phones. Can be
in backpacks but must be off. Issue now is the watch. Make sure they are off or airplane
mode. Dolphin $ is back. Catch them being good program. Once a month trading
system. Ticket for game room. Class pics are 11/7. Simple Smiles partnered with
Munoz. Different branding. Similar to the model we are familiar with. District update-
safety all elementary schools campus monitor outside of school entrance. Monitoring
the door. Every person has to put id in scan. Enrichment camps. Thank you HSA for
funding the teachers $100. Released the link for 3- 5 th . Robotics/coding filled. First
meeting is 10/30. Midge- some with low sign up. Still happen? Readvertise the low #s.
Two arts and crafts. Two teachers willing to do it. Any interest in primary grade
enrichment? Inaugural event. 3- 5 th easier to manage. Next year we will see how our
first year goes. Limited amount of funding. Report cards in Focus 10/21. Forms are
electronic. Pumpkin Pizzazz 10/24. 10/28 SAC meeting at 2:15. 11/12 Barnes and
Noble. Thank you Stacy. District released Broward county showcase date. 12/9. Every
school in district is there. One stop shop. Magnet programs. Start thinking beyond
elementary. Ft Lauderdale High magnet showcase, Tues 12/16. Tour the campus.
Stephanie- showcase is great but to apply what is the window? First week of December
to first week of February. If 5 th grade parent put their kid in magnet program apply this
year for next year. Email was sent out this week. Adding it to Dolphin Doings. Sunrise
Middle will do a magnet night. Can do a post in room parent for 4 th and 5 th . Ask principal
from Sunrise Middle to speak to our parents. District showcase is great. Everything is in
one spot. If you’re zoned for Sunrise Middle you have to do school choice for magnet
program. Kids with IEPs. Are they eligible for magnet? Every student applies.
For good of the group? Stephanie- noticed we are on DOJO. QR code and nothing
happens. Take a screen shot and then looks like lines in a frame. Press that. Now
everything is touchable. Touch the QR code. Download button. Download the pics. Now
it’s on the bottom of the picture. Now the QR code is clickable.
Adjourned 9:42am