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The special skills contributed by our parents are an integral part of the St. Paul's experience.
As part of the co-op experience, parents are required to participate during regular school hours of 9:00 to 12:00. This allows for a safe well-supervised environment and gives the parent the opportunity to observe his/her own child in action. One parent is required to participate once every other week if his/her child attends twice a week and once every week if his/her child attends three days.
Our annual Halloween Fun Faire and Silent Auction is the biggest fundraiser for our school, and all families are required to work at this event. Each family is responsible for selling raffle tickets for this event. In addition, families are required to sign up for e-Scrip, a program which allows you to register your grocery/gas loyalty cards and other credit cards so whenever you make purchases a portion of the money spent is donated to St. Paul's (there is no cost to you). These additional funds are used to purchase new equipment and make school improvements.
Each family is required to spend six hours annually cleaning and upgrading the physical environment of the school. Buy-outs are an option for the maintenance days.
Each family is required to sign up for a "job" that will enhance our children's preschool experience (e.g. small repairs, hospitality, field trips, maintenance, board positions and key job chairs). It is a chance to add your special skills and imagination to our school. See a complete list of St. Paul's School Jobs.
Parents are required to attend a parent orientation, training and CPR in September as well as an end of year dinner to elect the new board. Optional parent education and discussion groups are also offered throughout the year. These informal groups allow for an exchange of information between parents and teachers on a variety of pertinent subjects.
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