Hello Moss Haven Community,
Welcome to the Moss Haven Elementary PTA family! My name is Molly Parker and I am the PTA President for the 2024-2025 school year. My oldest son Drew graduated from MHE this past spring, and my younger two sons, Will and Luke, will be in 4th and 2nd grade, respectively. My husband, Matt, and I have lived in the MHE neighborhood since 2008 and love being a part of this community.

The MHE PTA is a thriving organization, full of parents and teachers striving to make a difference in the lives of the children of MHE. Although our areas of focus may be different, it could ultimately be said that we all have the same goal in mind: maximizing our children’s time at MHE so that they can thrive academically, emotionally, mentally, and socially.

This one goal is what holds our diverse community together; we each come from different backgrounds and hold a multitude of diƯerent beliefs. Our children are equally diverse and individually, champions of their own, be it academically, artistically, athletically, or otherwise. Every program or effort the PTA undertakes should focus on finding ways to assist EVERY child thrive. Therefore, our PTA theme for 2024-2025 is SUPPORTING OUR CHAMPIONS

SUPPORTING OUR CHAMPIONS can be achieved by directly supporting our students, or indirectly by offering support to everything around them: the incredible faculty and staff of MHE, RISD, or even the physical campus. The PTA has a variety of direct and indirect programs and volunteer efforts that work towards this theme. I encourage each of you to find ways to plug into programs that feed your individual passions and support our students.

This year will provide many exciting opportunities. We will welcome Ms. Temple back in the fall in her new role as MHE Principal where she will continue to build upon the foundation she has already laid. We will also be welcoming RISD’s Pre-K program to our campus. We will continue our historically successful events: Fall Carnival, Auction, World’s Fair, celebrating our 5th grade graduates, and many more. We will partner with other MHE organizations that share similar goals when it comes to our children: Moss Haven Farm, MHE Dad’s Club, and Emerge, just to name a few.

If you are not already a PTA member, I invite you to join us. By SUPPORTING OUR CHAMPIONS, we
can focus on maximizing the experience of EVERY child at MHE, which is ultimately all that matters.

Sincerely,

Molly Parker