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! 〰️
2026-2027 MPA Board of Directors
President: Alisa Chen
Co-President: Jocelyn Kim,
Vice President: Kaori Dadgostar
Vice President: Pooja Nawathe
Treasurer and Annual Giving Co-Chair: Leslie Hunt
Co-Treasurer: Eileen Cui
Secretary: JoAnne Narcisse
Annual Giving Chair: James Hunt
Communications Chair: Zahra Hurley
Science Fair Chair:Angela Petcharamuk
MPA Committees
Spiritwear & Merchandise: Alisa Chen
Social Media: JoAnne Narcisse
Speaker Series: Eileen Cui
Webmaster: James Hunt
8th Grade Culmination: Kaori Dadgostar and Pooja Nawathe
MUN Chair: To be confirmed
Bylaws
Coming soon….