Welcome to J. R. Masterman Home & School Association

J. R. Masterman School, Philadelphia, PA

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Easy Ways to Help Masterman: Shoparoo: Download the Shoparoo App onto your phone! Simply scan your grocery receipts and a percentage of your sales are donated back to the school! Let's beat last year's earnings of $236. Don't forget to update your child's grade and join this fun competition! iPhone APPAndroid APP BoxTops: Collect BoxTops and help your child’s section win an ice cream party in the school wide competition! We earned over $1200 last year! Each BoxTop earns us 10 cents and it sure adds up!
Posted Sep 27, 2016, 4:52 PM by Mike Hoffberg
Masterman Fall Clean Up Day: It’s time for the Masterman Fall Clean Up Day, Saturday, October 22nd. It’s a chance to come out and pitch in to keep the school looking great. There are always many opportunities to use your skills: painting, organizing, cleaning, gardening, and the like. The more the merrier! Light breakfast and National Junior Honor Society/National Honor Society points available. ADD TO CALENDAR
Posted Sep 27, 2016, 4:50 PM by Mike Hoffberg
Back to School Night: Thursday, September 29th is Masterman's Back To School Night (BTSN), which will run from 6:00PM - 8:15PM. The Masterman Home and School Association will have a table on the first floor; please stop by to learn more about how you can get involved! ADD TO CALENDAR
Posted Sep 27, 2016, 4:45 PM by Mike Hoffberg
Masterman HSA Membership and Directory: You should have received your Masterman HSA membership and directory information form in the mail. Back by popular demand, the Masterman School Directory will be printed and provided free to each Masterman student. October 15th is the deadline for submitting your information for inclusion in the directory so return your membership and directory form soon! Please feel free to bring your completed form to Back to School Night and drop it off at the Masterman HSA table on the first floor.
Posted Sep 27, 2016, 4:32 PM by Mike Hoffberg
New (to us) Chairs! Thanks AmeriHealth Caritas (https://www.facebook.com/AmeriHealthCaritas/) and Jen M! During a recent building renovation, AmeriHealth Caritas replaced over 1,000 office chairs. Jen M., a Masterman Parent and Home and School Member was told that most of the chairs would go in the trash and some would end up in storage. She inquired if they would consider donating them to a Philadelphia Public School and the answer was "We Would Love To." The chairs were sorted the best sent to Masterman. Not only did AmeriHealth donate the chairs they also paid for a moving truck to deliver to Masterman just a few days before the start of the new school year. WOW! Here is a picture of ...
Posted Sep 14, 2016, 6:55 PM by Mike Hoffberg
Library Volunteers: The school library is looking for a few volunteers. In order to allow more students to benefit from the library and its resources, I need dedicated parent volunteers who can cover the desk while I teach classes. If you like working in a busy, stimulating but pleasant environment, have a basic idea of the Dewey Decimal Classification System and how libraries work, and have the time, please apply. You can learn our user-friendly circulation on the job. Duties for library volunteers: •manage the circulation desk for check-in/check-out; •assisting patrons; •book processing; •book repair; •shelving; •general upkeep of the library; •incidental jobs as needed. Openings for volunteer work 2016-2017: Wednesday after 1:30 to dismissal Fridays ...
Posted Sep 7, 2016, 3:49 PM by Mike Hoffberg