PTA Communications

Because Roland Park has more than 1200 students and more than 100 faculty and staff, effective communication is crucial. To this end, the PTA, through its parent volunteers, has been at the forefront of developing new methods of increasing communication among the school, students, and families.

* Newsletter — The PTA funds the school’s bi-weekly newsletter “The Goldenrod.” This newsletter provides the most current news regarding the school and includes both a Principal’s column and PTA President’s column. Please see this page for archived copies of the Goldenrod.
* Website — The website is a work in progress. It was redesigned in 2009 with the primary goal of creating a tool that would be easy for anyone to update and maintain. A secondary goal was the ability to extend the capabilities of the web site with many new tools. The last and final goal, yet to be met, was to engage the parent community in actually creating and maintaining the content of the site.
* Roland Park PTA Listserv – In 2004, in response to the fiscal crisis affecting all Baltimore City public schools, one parent established an on-line community for parents of students at Roland Park to discuss issues of concern unique to this community. This community has grown to over 375 participants and allows parents to discuss issues and to timely communicate events and happenings at the school. Membership is open to all Roland Park parents and faculty. Access the listserv by clicking here: Roland Park Listserv. If you have problems accessing this or any other questions, please contact parent (and listserv moderator) Dave Waldo.