Alumni

Volunteering

Be an ambassador for SPS
Volunteers like you are a crucial part of our success. Our volunteer program is designed to forge connections among the form, and between the form, the School, and the alumni community. There are many ways to donate your time, whether you decide to be a form agent or form director, start a Pelican Network, or organize an SPS gathering. Explore the information provided here to discover how you can be an ambassador for SPS, or contact the Alumni Office at alumni@sps.edu or 603-229-4770.
In the fall of each year, volunteers are encouraged to attend the Alumni Volunteer Weekend (or SPS in ACTION) held at the School. This meeting is devoted to discussions with the Rector, Trustees, Alumni Association leadership, faculty, and students; it serves to educate volunteers about current life at the School.

Form Director

Form directors are elected to facilitate connections among formmates and between formmates and the School. The form director represents his or her form on the Board of Directors of the Alumni Association and is encouraged to attend the Annual Meeting of the Alumni Association in New York City in April of each year. Form directors are elected to a five-year term, usually just before their quinquennial reunion at Anniversary Weekend.
Form directors have these responsibilities:
  • Keep formmates up to date on the happenings at the School
  • Inform formmates of alumni events
  • Reach out to formmates during the year to collect formnotes for Alumni Horae
  • Support the Annual Fund by assisting the form agent(s) and by making their own gifts early in the fund year
  • Organize the form's reunion in partnership with the Alumni Office
  • Work with the Alumni Office to coordinate the election of his or her successor prior to the form's quinquennial reunion
For more information please review the form director job description.

Form Agent

The form agent is the principal fundraiser of the form. Form agents work in conjunction with form directors to orchestrate form donations to the Annual Fund.
Form agents have these responsibilities:
  • Collaborate with the form director on form communications
  • Solicit gifts from formmates for the Annual Fund
  • Be leaders in the giving process by making their own gifts to the Annual Fund early in the year
  • Consider each formmate's giving history and assign an appropriate target gift for each
  • Send two appeal letters to formmates per fund year
  • Followup letters with phone calls to formmates to request target gifts
  • Write a thank-you note to each formmate who makes a gift
For more information please review the form agent job description.

FORMNOTE DEADLINES 2018-19

One of the duties of a form director is to reach out to formmates during the year and collect formnotes for publication in Alumni Horae. Below are the upcoming submission deadlines for the next few issues of the Horae. Please submit all formnotes to alumni@sps.edu.
Please be sure to review Alumni Horae submission guidelines.
Fall 2018 Issue September 10, 2018
Winter 2019 Issue January 10, 2019
Spring 2019 Issue March 25, 2019
Summer 2019 Issue     June 10, 2019

VOLUNTEER RESOURCES

List of 8 items.

2018 VOLUNTEER WEEKEND LIBRARY

CONTACT INFORMATION

Melissa Walters
Forms of 1934-1968
603-229-4782
mwalters@sps.edu

 Mary Jo Hansen
Forms of 1969–1982, 1984-1987
603-229-4886
mhansen@sps.edu

Tracey Perkins
Forms of 1983, 1988–2018
603-229-4786
tperkins@sps.edu
St. Paul’s School is committed to protecting the security and confidentiality of records contained in its information systems. The information in AgentSphere or sent to volunteers electronically is intended exclusively for purposes related to fundraising for St. Paul’s School. It is not to be used for private, commercial, political, or any other purpose not directly related to and approved by the School. This information is not to be shared with any other formmate, individual, or entity. We expect as an SPS volunteer you will be equally committed to protecting the security and confidentiality of such information.