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Get Involved with the Hawthorne Foundation

The Hawthorne Elementary School Foundation welcomes parents, school staff, community members, and advocates for education to join our efforts. We need volunteers with diverse experiences and perspectives to help guide the Foundation's strategy and projects. If you have a passion for helping our school and are interested in lending your time and talents to support the work of the Foundation, we would love to hear from you.

Please use the form below to contact us to discuss current opportunities for involvement, or to share feedback/ideas, or questions you may have, or grant opportunities you know of that may support any of our objectives.

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Foundation Board & Committee Openings

The Hawthorne Elementary School Foundation is looking for engaged parents and caregivers to help lead and support our work during the 2026–2028 school years. We have several two-year term positions open and hope to fill them by April.

✨ Open Leadership Positions

Foundation Executive Board: Vice President, Secretary
Committee Chairs: Communications, Care, Grants

💛 Recent Foundation Wins Include:

Raising critical donations to support school priorities
Partnering with school leadership to launch the Alliance Theatre Artist-in-Residence program, bringing professional teaching artists into classrooms through theatre-based learning
Helping deliver the new outdoor classroom
Supporting the Hawthorne mural, STEM garden, and campus-wide beautification and planting projects

If you’re interested in giving back, building community, and helping shape the future of Hawthorne, we’d love to have you involved!

👉 Learn more about the open positions and committee roles here:

https://www.dcsd-hawthornefoundation.org/about/committees

❓Questions? Curious but not sure where you fit? Reach out — we’re happy to talk!

Deanna Murphy and Elisha Smith, Co-Presidents: president@dcsd-hawthornefoundation.org

Sally Cargo, Treasurer: treasurer@dcsd-hawthornefoundation.org

💙 Together, we make Hawthorne stronger.