About the Somerville High School Parent Teacher Organization (SHS PTO)
The Somerville High School Parent Teacher Organization is an independent volunteer-led organization dedicated to raising money to provide support to the SHS school community.
Some of the ways we raise money include:
- Selling memberships. Purchase your membership below!
- Selling SHS spirit wear. Purchase your spirit wear below!
- Balloons in June, a beloved annual tradition in which an army of volunteers inflates balloons and ties them to mailboxes and front steps of graduating seniors, along with personalized messages of congratulations.
- Senior class T-shirts.
- Prom corsages and boutonnieres.
- Senior selfies, photos of our seniors in front of the school sign.
- Selling bouquets and concessions at the graduation ceremony.
- Contributions from Personalized Paraphrenalia for every varsity jacket purchased.
Some of the things we spend money on include:
- Project Graduation, a large alcohol- and drug-free celebration for graduating senior held on graduation night at Rutgers University.
- College scholarships for graduating seniors.
- The annual senior ice cream social.
- Freshman orientation T-shirts.
- Various school assemblies.
- The teacher appreciation luncheon in May and snacks for our teachers and staff to kick off the school year.
Support the Somerville High School PTO!
Purchase a membership
Your $10 membership helps the SHS PTO start the year on solid financial footing. Purchase your membership online through CheddarUp.
Purchase spirit wear
We carry a full selection of T-shirts, sweatshirts, pants, caps, masks and lanyards and much more! Purchase online through CheddarUp and you’ll notified when you can pick up your order from a doorstep in Somerville.
Purchase Balloons in June
Balloons will be delivered on Monday 6/21 by PTO volunteers.
Either purchase by paper form and check OR purchase and pay online.
Purchase a varsity jacket
Personalized Paraphrenalia on Division St. in Somerville contributes to the SHS PTO with every varsity jacket purchased.
PTO Meetings
Join us for a general PTO meeting over Zoom on Wed. 5/19 at 7:30pm. We will hear school updates from Mr. Foley, learn about the PTO’s various spring projects and discuss planning for the 2021-22 school year. Join using this Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89086033835
Contact Us
Contact any member of the SHS PTO board with questions or ideas on how we can better serve the school community.
President – Dana Lauducci – dana@lauducci.com
Vice President – Tara Cichetti – cichetti@verizon.net
Secretary – Kim Nawrath – jknawrath@msn.com
Treasurer – Donna Campanaro – 0922dmc@gmail.com
Project Graduation Co-Chair – Danielle Bowden – dbowden2@verizon.net
Project Graduation Co-Chair – Nancy Umbenhaur – numbie15@yahoo.com