Although the PTA at the Thirteenth Avenue School in Newark, N.J., encouraged dads to get involved through its Fathers Club, those dads didn’t necessarily feel connected to the larger group. Parent leaders wanted to change that, so they got the Fathers Club excited about a new initiative: creating a comfortable resource room for all parents. Completing the project earned the group the 2008 award for Outstanding Job on a Completed Major Project, as well as made the Fathers Club a key focus of parent involvement at the school.
