Family Involvement
At Giddens, a child’s education is a partnership between the student, the student’s family, and the school. Family members are invited and encouraged to become actively involved in their child’s classroom and at the school.Couples are asked to commit 30 hours of volunteer time per year, and single parents and guardians 15. In addition, families often volunteer to help with the annual fund drive or auction, helping the school raise funds for its extensive financial aid program. Families are also asked to contribute to fund-raisers as best they can.
Our Family Staff Alliance (FSA) plays an important role in the life of the school. ( Click here for more information.)
This year we will have a Strategic Planning Community Committee, whose function is to ensure effective and inclusive participation and representation of all constituencies in the planning process. This will be the main body responsible for analyzing and consolidating all community feedback into the outline of an actual plan. This committee will have 8-10 members representing staff, families, board and alumni. Diana Sandoval will chair this committee.
We are currently seeking volunteers from the community who are interested in more in-depth strategic planning involvement to serve on the Strategic Planning Community Committee. The time commitment for this committee is predicted to be three 3-hour meetings/facilitated work sessions during the months of Oct-Nov, followed by one additional meeting in January.