Supporting Montclair Schools & PTAs | Advocating for Students & Families
PTA COUNCIL PRESENTS
Parents and Caregivers join us to hear
from Montclair School District
Administration on matters regarding the
2024 school budget.
February 27th 2024, 7pm
To suggest a question, please click here, from now through October 11.
Dr. Chris T. Pernell is a dynamic physician leader and social change agent. In her public health practice, she focuses on health justice, community-based advocacy, and population-wide health promotion and disease prevention. In November 2019, she joined University Hospital in Newark, New Jersey as the first Chief Strategic Integration and Health Equity Officer. She oversees a portfolio which includes Population Health, Strategic Planning, Community Affairs, and the Human Experience. Her office is responsible for leading health equity strategy development and integrating equity and inclusion in a cohesive fashion across the organization.
Prior to joining University Hospital, she led the 1199SEIU/League Labor Management Initiatives (LMI) Workplace and Community Health Program. Working with leaders and frontline workers of 1199SEIU, and partners across NYC healthcare institutions, her efforts centered on workplace health strategies, worker empowerment, health equity, and health system transformation.
Dr. Chris is a charismatic and leading voice in preventive medicine and public health. In 2021, she received the ACPM Ron Davis Special Recognition Award for her “heart” work in the field of preventive medicine. Also, NJBiz selected her a Public Health Hero in 2020. Known for her spearheading work in the Greater Newark, New Jersey area, she was tapped to serve on the Essex County Civilian Task Force as a medical expert. Prison reform and care for justice-involved populations along with issues such as evidence-based wellness programs, civic health, and high-quality education have been areas of impassioned focus. Dr. Pernell is a frequent contributor across television, radio and print media leveraging her lived experiences and expertise as a public health physician and health equity champion. She regularly speaks at professional symposia and public forums on topics in the public interest, including racial equity, population health, social justice, community well-being and faith-based initiatives.
Dr. Chris graduated cum laude from Princeton University before attending Duke University School of Medicine. She received her Master of Public Health from the Columbia Mailman School of Public Health and completed the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health General Preventive Medicine Residency. Dr. Pernell is a fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine and holds an appointment as a Clinical Assistant Professor at the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. Previously, she taught as an adjunct associate professor at the NYU College of Global Public Health.
New to Montclair Public Schools? Is your kid transitioning to elementary or middle schools? Starting kindergarten or 6th grade?
On April 14, 2021, PTAC held two sessions over Zoom for incoming families. Superintendent Ponds kicked off the event and PTA Presidents from each school addressed school specific questions. These sessions were recorded and can be viewed on PTAC’s Youtube channel at:
Register now for the 2021 National PTA Virtual Legislative Conference (LegCon) March 9-11, 2021. Network with fellow PTA advocates, virtually meet with your members of Congress, hear PTA advocacy success stories and learn how to shape public policy on Capitol Hill and at home. This year’s legislative ‘ASK’ is something we can all stand behind
PTA is calling upon our Members of Congress to:
Reauthorization
On January 7, 2021, the Montclair PTAC Community Building Committee and SEPAC co-hosted a Forum on Dyslexia, which we are writing to share with you. The following are resources that were shared by our presenters:
1) Norma Francullo: Diagnosed with Dyslexia PPT 2020
2) Marcos Vargas: Dyslexia Screening and Procedures Handbook
3) Dee Rosenberg and Susan Miller: Dyslexia Parent Presentation for Montclair 2020 (attached)
The recorded presentation is available here. Please feel free to share with your networks. Several questions were submitted via email and via chat during the presentation. We will circulate answers to those questions as soon as possible.
Best,
Montclair PTAC Community Building Committee & Montclair SEPAC
The Community Building Committee Hosted our first Welcome to Kindergarten 101 event to embrace our new parents and to have their questions answered by our PTA Presidents. This is another in a series of 101 events to help our community learn about our school system and to bring people together.
