ORGANIZATIONS

SITE COUNCIL
The Abernethy Site Council consists of the principal, staff members and parents. Parents and staff members are elected by their respective peers. Minutes of the Site Council meetings are posted in the office. Meetings are open and will occur one Tuesday of each month from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the staff lounge. Primary area of concern is school improvement, a process achieved through a written plan for the school which is updated annually.
Representatives:

PTA
Meetings are generally held the 2nd or 3rd Thursday of each month at 6:30PM in the Abernethy Library unless otherwise indicated (see calendars for specifics). Attending PTA meetings is a great way to meet parents and teachers at Abernethy and to learn about community issues dealing specifically with our kids. We provide child care at our PTA meetings! The child care will be provided in the Cafeteria by middle-school and high-school aged students. (We ask that you make a $2 per child donation if you use this service).

PTA BOARD

ABERNETHY SCHOOL FOUNDATION 
This group of parents works in partnership with the Principal, staff and the PTA to help fund teaching positions not covered by Portland Public Schools.  An important distinction between the foundation and the PTA is the foundations ability to hire certified teaching staff.  We are seeking the support of parents, neighbors and local business to invest in this important endeavor.  To join or find out more contact either.    
Eric Friedenwald-Fishman 
Steve Carson

  PTA COMMITTEES
The Abernethy PTA is involved in many programs and activities that directly benefit our kids and our school. Click this Link for volunteer oportunities.

BUSINESS SUPPORT 
David Evans & Associates
For more than a decade, Abernethy has enjoyed a very special relationship with David Evans & Associates, Inc., a professional services consulting and engineering firm. Over the years, David Evans has donated countless goods and services to our school. David Evans employees come into the classroom to work with teachers and tutor students. David Evans has been extremely generous in its support of Abernethy’s canned food drive, arts program, science program and maintaining the primary reading book library. The firm has given us engineering support on our playground project. David Evans has printed the school’s annual calendar and handbook. Our school is a better place because of the support we get from the fine people at David Evans.

Other neighborhood businesses
Our special thanks go out to Starbucks, Washington Mutual, Hankins Hardware, noodlin', Lippman Company, New Seasons Market, The Neighborhood News, K&F Coffee, Domino’s Pizza, Grand Central Baking for their ongoing donations to our cafeteria, and countless other local proprietors!

We also want to thank the dozens of businesses in the Abernethy community who donate goods and services at our annual Silent Auction each year. The Auction is one of the school’s biggest fundraising events of the year and we could not produce it without the support of our merchant neighbors.