Harrington PTA Website

Harrington Elementary School

Introduction

At the beginning of Covid-19 pandemic, schools were closed, and elementary school students did not have in person classes. A powerful and user-friendly parent teacher association (PTA) website became very important for parents to engage in student’s education and provide teachers with the best support. The Harrington Elementary School in Lexington had a 11 year old PTA website that did not have sufficient information or functionality to meet the needs of online learning. Our Youth STEAM Team and the Harrington PTA found each other through a volunteering interaction; we both realized this would be a great opportunity for us to contribute to a sustainable and resilient recovery from the pandemic. We immediately started drafting our plans: a new responsive website with updated contents, clear layouts, and easy-to-follow navigation for better parent-teacher-community experiences and collaborations.

What We Did and the Impact On Community:

We created a website for the Harrington School PTA using HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Bootstrap. This website is a vital connection for the parents to keep updated on what’s happening, especially in the midst of a pandemic. The UI is user-friendly, and it’s responsive so it looks nice on all devices.

The website is a new social platform between teachers, parents and students that promotes equitable, inclusive, and effective ways of learning to achieve our “grow together” goal. Our website has benefited thousands of parents involved in the Harrington community!

Created by our founding members: Linda Chen, Baoren Liu, Trevor Xing-Xie, David Zhao, Albert Lin, Frank Xia

This is Harrington Elementary School located in Lexington, MA