Portola HGM Magnet Parents Association (MPA)
The Magnet Parents Association
The Portola Magnet Parents Association (MPA) is a 501(c)3 charitable organization founded and run by parent volunteers that is 100% dedicated to assisting, supporting, and enhancing the academic program for the students and teachers at HGM. It was founded by Portola Highly Gifted Magnet families to support the program with both monetary donations and volunteer assistance. All families with children enrolled in the program are automatically members.
The MPA Annual Giving Fund directly supports:
* Full-time aide who supports the HGM program at Portola
*Day field trips to cultural and academic institutions around Los Angeles
* Grade level overnight field trips
*Academic competitions such as Math Counts, Battle of the Books, History Day LA, Spelling Bee
*Science materials and supplies & support for science fairs
*High school-level books, literature books and Common Core materials
*Funding for classroom materials and teacher professional development
Thank you to our Portola MPA!
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Thank you to our Portola MPA! 〰️
2023-2024 MPA Board of Directors
Kaori Dadgostar , President
Jocelyn Kim, Vice President
Nina Ngo, Vice President
Shirley Agam, Vice President
Nishant Shah, Treasurer
Katrina Lopez, Secretary
Yungsuhn Park, Annual Giving Chair
Pooja Nawathe, Science Fair Chair
Valerie Romer, Communications Chair
MPA Committees
Science Fair, Pooja Nawathe
Social, Mindy Han
Fundraising, Katrina Lopez
Communications, Valerie Romer
Field Trips, Jocelyn Kim, Nina Ngo, Yungsuhn Park
Spiritwear/Merchandise, Kaori Shimazaki
Speaker Series, Lauren Hardy