Parent Involvement

Parent initiative was a vital element in the creation of Alaya Preschool in 1976, and continues to play a key role today.

Environment Days

In the Fall and Spring, we hold a workday on a Saturday when parents, teachers, and staff contribute 3 hours of their time to work on improving and maintaining the school grounds and facilities. In lieu of participation, parents may choose to pay a maintenance fee of $75.00 for each Environment Day.

Service Hours

In addition to Environment Day hours, each family is required to fulfill 10 Service Hours toward fundraising and/or miscellaneous work at Alaya. At the end of the school year, families will be billed $20 for every Service Hour not completed.

Service Hours can be completed anytime, and we keep a current tally of needs and opportunities on SignUp Genius for convenient signup. There is even a slot for custom work: if you see a need around the school that you have the talents to take care of, just connect with the Business Office and we’ll be delighted to work with you. (Please do talk with us before you do the work.) We’ve tried to make the offerings as varied as possible and we will add to this list as other needs arise.

*Don’t forget to report your time

If you’ve completed your hours please let the office know, so that we have a record of that, but otherwise—and especially if you’re working on projects with your child’s teacher—you will also need to email the Business Office to let us know what hours you’ve completed.

CLASSROOM ROLES

We greatly look forward to the day when interested parents can resume their active involvement in Alaya’s classrooms. This is something that you can coordinate with the teachers in your child’s class.