Parent-Staff Association

The Athletics Committee seeks to build a sense of community through supporting our student-athletes.

2021-22 Members:

Cort Bennett (LS), Kile Law (US)

The Board Liaison(s) attend Board of Trustees meetings and report back on agenda items of note to the PSA.

2021-22 Board Liaisons

Tian Liu and Wendy Wang

The Care Committee is part of the PSA. We provide care through meals, and occasionally rides to school during times of strain or difficulty.

To be part of Care: We are always looking for volunteers for the committee. Once on the committee, you will receive an email whenever there is a request for meals and you can decide if the time is right to sign up and provide a meal.

You can SIGN UP HERE

To request Care: Many of us have trouble asking for help, and yet many of our care recipients note how comforting the gift of meals or rides to and from school from members of their community feels. Requests for meals can be made anonymously and provide as much or little about your situation as you wish.

To request Care, you can contact your head teacher, your child's teacher(s) or any of the Care Co-Convenors:

Rebecca Palmer: palmer.rebeccajane@gmail.com, Children in LS

Cheryl Bolick: cbolick@email.unc.edu , Children in MS and US

Sadie Bauer: Sadiebauer12@gmail.com, Children in MS and US

In addition to all-school gatherings and social events for parents and guardians, the PSA has coordinated a number of different programming opportunities, including community service, community read discussions, and more.

2021-22 Members

Amy Knight

Please direct inquiries to: cfspsa@gmail.com.

Any community member can support the School while grocery shopping thanks to efforts coordinated by the PSA Grocery Committee. This fundraiser brings tens of thousands of dollars annually into our children's classrooms! In addition to buying grocery cards or linking your shopping account, you can also volunteer to help the committee.

We are currently looking for volunteers to manage the Grocery Program! Contact cfspsa@gmail.com if interested.

• Place a one-time order for gift cards from Whole Foods, Weaver Street Market, Sprouts Farmers Market, Food Lion, or Durham Co-op Market. We’ll email when your order’s ready for pickup from the Chapel Hill or Durham Early Schools or from the Center Office.
• Set up a monthly Whole Foods, Sprouts, Food Lion, or Durham Co-op Market Gift Card order for pickup in the Center, CHES, or DES. We'll send an email reminder each month when your order is ready for pick up.
• Let us link your Harris Teeter VIC. Enter your information once and we’ll re-link each August. You can opt-out whenever you wish. Family and friends can also participate, so share the link. The CFS code is 3402.

Unit liaisons are also a part of the PSA. Each unit of the school has a number of parents who serve as parent liaisons. The liaisons serve to assist the Head Teacher of each unit in a myriad ways including: helping coordinate parent volunteers; helping foster community through programming; and communicating with parents. Liaisons are also a resource for parents who have questions or concerns they want to discuss with another parent.

Please direct inquiries to: cfspsa@gmail.com.

2021-22 Unit Liaisons

DES: Adria Dunbar, Charlie Butchart, Gigi Burkhalter

CES: Allison Goldman

CHES: Marit Nelson

LS: Cort Bennett, Michelle Hetherington, Vianka Perez Belyea, Nicole Maoz

MS: Renee Knight, Robin Wolford, Doug Jones, Caro Perez-Heydrich

US: Thomas Johnson, Sunshine Scoville, Ed Crouch, Janel Sexton, Matt Case, Meredith Lawida

Volunteers with the Welcome Committee welcome new families to Carolina Friends School by organizing buddy families and parent get-togethers. The Welcome Committee comprises parents in the Lower, Middle, and Upper Schools who work with the Office of Enrollment to help new families transition to CFS. (The Early Schools, which are smaller and where a higher percentage of students are new each year, arrange their own welcome experiences for families.)

Please direct inquiries to: cfspsa@gmail.com.

The Parents of Students of Color group works with Naa Adom, Directory of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity, to provide a forum for discussion, plan programming related to being a culturally responsive and antiracist school, and provide feedback.