ESMS Parent Teacher Association (PTA)

The PTA at East Side Middle School is an engaged network of parents & guardians working to support the administration, teachers and staff in providing one of the best middle school experiences in New York City. If you are a parent or guardian at ESMS, you are automatically a member of the PTA! The parent community elected the Board members below to represent you for this school year. We welcome your input, and we hope to see you at our monthly General PTA meetings. 

Our goal is to involve and engage every family at ESMS. We encourage you to attend events and to volunteer as your time allows. We hope you will donate what you can to Annual Fund - Click Here to Donate Now; the support of our generous ESMS community has allowed the PTA to ensure activity access to all students and to continually support many of the programs that create an excellent artistic, athletic, and globally-rich environment that supplements rigorous learning. 

In addition to maintaining the school website, the PTA communicates via a weekly newsletter, sent to all families and staff on Sunday evenings. If you are not receiving PTA emails, please let us know at pta@esms.org. Reach out any time if you would like to get involved, share a suggestion, or have any questions.  

PTA Meetings - 2024-2025

General PTA Meeting

September 17, 2024 - 9:15am

October 22, 2024 - 6:00pm

November 19, 2024 - 9:15am (Virtual)

December 17, 2024 - 9:15am (Virtual)

January 28, 2025 - 9:15am

February 11, 2025 - 7:00pm (Virtual)

March 18, 2025 - 9:15am

April 22, 2025 - 9:15am (Virtual)

May 13, 2025 - 6:00pm

June 17, 2025 - 9:15am

Executive Board Meetings

September 24, 2024 - 9:15am

October 15, 2024 - 6:00pm

November 12, 2024 - 9:15am (Virtual)

December 3, 2024 - 9:15am (Virtual)

January 7, 2025 - 9:15am

February 4, 2025 - 7:00pm (Virtual)

March 4, 2025 - 9:15am

April 8, 2025 - 9:15am (Virtual)

May 6, 2025 - 6:00pm

June 3, 2025 - 9:15am

 

ESMS PTA Executive Board - 2024-2025

The EB meets monthly, and all are welcome to sit in and observe.

Co-Presidents

Tara Bronstein

Co-VPs of Fundraising

Alana Gartrell

 

Susie Gould

 

Di Johnston

 

Elizabeth Herzog

Co-VP of Compliance and Community Relations

Motoko Shoji

Co-Treasurers

Bill Gould

 

Jenny Siklas

 

Kate Lawson

8th Grade Representatives

Amanda Alters

Co-Assistant Treasurers

Shireen Braun   Cecilia Darmandrail

 

Rohit Gandhi

  Joslin Paradise

Co-VPs of Internal Affairs

Alina Denberg

 7th Grade Representatives

Lucia Corral

 

Allison Zysman

 

Zainab Shahid

Co-Recording Secretary

Jen Mendelson

 

Jasmine Tay

 

April Quinn

6th Grade Representatives

John Cecil

VP of Technology

Paul Ashley

  Shari Lewis

Co-VP of Communications

Jamie Mendelsohn

  Monica Sierra

 

Jen Polland