Classroom Involvement

We ask all parents to contribute to the school by teaching either one hour a week in a same subject or once a month coming to school for half a day. Children love to have their parents come to school and share their skills! These can include crafts, sports, cooking, building, looking at constellations, or learning about the different jobs that parents have. We assist the parents in every way possible to create wonderful learning opportunities for all.

Each family commits 4-5 hours a month into some aspect of being/contributing in the classroom. This can include:

Being in the classroom and helping out. What we would most like is for those parents who can commit to an one-hour time slot once a week to create consistency in the classroom. The time slots where this would be the most valuable would be during reading, math, writing or project times, which are the same each week and children can benefit the most from closer contact with an adult. The teachers train the parents who can do this.

The other way to contribute would be for hikes, field trips, or special projects. We do have some parents who come in weekly and teach classes in their area of expertise, such as dance, yoga, cooking, Spanish and carpentry.

Doing individual projects with children where the adult/child ratios need to be small. This way a child has the attention necessary to pursue something deeper.

Helping to set up and be part of special projects like a garden, a big art project or science project.

Parents can be involved more than this a month, we always welcome the involvement.