The Anderson School - Parent, Teacher and Independent Organizations

Parent, Teacher and Independent Organizations

• Parents of P.S. 334, Inc., a New York not-for-profit corporation, serves as the official Parents-Teachers Association. While incorporating a PTA is not required by the DOE Chancellor's Regs, having a PA (or PTA) is. Nonetheless, the parents incorporated the PTA on November 29, 2005, four months after the DOE spun off The Anderson Program from PS 9 as its own school. In 2007, the IRS deemed it a public charity under IRC Section 501(c)(3).

• Friends of The Anderson School, Inc., is a New York not-for-profit corporation, and operates independently, raising money for Anderson. Founded by Anderson parents in 1988, the FOA had, for two decades, served as Anderson's primary fundraising organization. In the summer of 2009, the FOA transferred its traditional responsibilities (direct appeal & school auction) to the Parents of P.S. 334, Inc. (operated by the PTA of PS 334). Henceforth, the FOA is working with alumni and friends to further strengthen Anderson. The FOA launched an endowment fund in 2008. The FOA is a tax exempt charity under IRC Section 501(c)(3).

• School Leadership Team, a state mandated organization that works together on, among other things, curriculum, budgetary, and operational matters. Seven elected parents (one of whom is a PTA President), six faculty members (one of whom is a UFT rep), and the Principal comprise the Team.

• Anderson Alumni Association, formed in the mid-1990s by Susan Natale (parent of K-5 1993 and 2000 Alumni), Ariela Heilman (parent of K-5 1993 and 1997 Alumni), and Elaine Kirsh (parent K-5 2000 Alumn).