Our CPS Magnet School, Hawthorne Scholastic Academy, has more than 500 students and a very active parent community who live in Chicago neighborhoods all across the city. On March 10, 2023, Hawthorne will throw its annual fundraiser and gala to celebrate our community, our students, and our teachers while raising funds to support our wonderful school! 

Hawthorne’s annual gala will host more than 250 parents, teachers, staff and friends of Hawthorne for a night of cocktails, food stations, entertainment, and an auction at Artifact Events in the Ravenswood neighborhood. The PTA is proud to keep this evening free for all parents and friends to attend. We invite you to be a part of our event by making a tax-deductible donation of a product or service to the silent auction.  Our monetary goal for Hawthorne’s Gala is $200,000.

We are so grateful to all our sponsors and donors.  We believe that donating to Hawthorne’s Annual Gala will be tremendous advertising for your business.  As a thank you for partnering with us, we will give you special acknowledgement at the event, on the school’s website and social media and on the event website, where all attendees must go to RSVP to the event and bid on all the wonderful action items.

The money raised at the event helps our PTA support the school and administration with their critical needs.  We cover staff positions to ensure smaller classroom sizes to help with specific instruction around literacy and math.  We assist with technology in the classrooms, an Arts Partnership program for each grade, and assist with field trips and sports teams as needed. We try to get as much donated as possible to keep our gala expenses low so all money raised can go back to the school.