West Orange August 2018

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By Julie Ross est Ora n g e H i g h School is on a path to fundraising innovation—literally and figuratively speaking. Phase One of the school’s Mountaineer Legacy Walkway project, involving the installation of a Legacy Walkway constructed of bricks purchased in a fundraiser initiated by the West Orange High School PTA, was unveiled in a ribbon-cutting ceremony held on June 12. Phase Two of the fundraiser is scheduled to kick off in September, and Phase Three will occur in the spring of 2019, according to West

WOHS PTA, Courtesy of Cynthia Cumming, West Orange Public Schools.

Orange High School PTA Co-President Susan Palmucci. Palmucci said fundraising at the high school level is challenging, and that the PTA “does not do any fundraising per se,” because every sports team and club is also doing the same. However, this past school year, the PTA

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made a decision to move ahead with a fundraiser to help support students, clubs, scholarships, trips, initiatives, teachers’ grants and school community programs. PTA Fundraising Chair Lori McCollum proposed the sale of customizable, personalized bricks in an ongo-

ing, year-to-year fundraiser to create a walkway on the Conforti side of the building leading to the athletic fields. The PTA executive board embraced the idea, as did Principal Hayden Moore. “Principal Moore was very excited to have a cont. on page 2


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