1. F ULFILLING OUR M ISSION : P ARENT P ARTICIPATION AT A URORA S EPTEMBER 13, 2012

2. Parent Participation, September 2012  Welcome and Introductions  What is APTO?  Road Map for School Involvement  School Service Hours  Fundraising Admissions Marketing Hours  Community Building Opportunities  Communications at Aurora  Questions? A GENDA 2

3. Parent Participation, September 2012 Mission Statement: Families at Aurora actively share in the opportunity to grow along with their children, confident they will thrive in the world. Parent Participation 30 Volunteer Hours/15 single parent (15 Fundraising Admissions Marketing/15 School Service) Buy out option ($25 an hour) APTO Co-Chair Introductions WELCOME 3

4. Parent Participation, September 2012 Sonia Beers Parent of Dillon Beers, 2 nd Grade, Room 4 Email: soniabeers@gmail.comsoniabeers@gmail.com Phone: 510-385-9968 Monique Does Parent of Oliver (5 th Grade, Room 6) and Natalie (2 nd Grade, Room 4) Email: mamadoes@gmail.commamadoes@gmail.com Phone: 510-381-3303 2012-2013 APTO C O -C HAIRS : 4

5. Parent Participation, September 2012 2012-13 G OALS OF APTO Build School Community Foster Communication and Involvement Raise Funds for the School Parent Education 5

6. Parent Participation, September 2012 How can you fulfill your parent participation hours? We are so glad you asked! 6

7. Parent Participation, September 2012 Work Days/school beautification Halloween Fall Festival Friends and Family Day Traffic Safety Diversity and Inclusion Committee Library Spring Adult Celebration Community Coffee Hour Staff/Faculty Appreciation Lunches SCHOOL SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES 7

8. Parent Participation, September 2012 Room parents Field trip drivers Classroom volunteers Hair health checks V OLUNTEERING IN THE C LASSROOM (S CHOOL S ERVICE O PPORTUNITY ) 8

9. Parent Participation, September 2012 Tour Docent Parent Information Night EBISA Fair Assessments Home Reception Preschool Events Public Relations FAM OPPORTUNITIES IN ADMISSIONS 9

10. Parent Participation, September 2012 On-line Auction/Spring Adult Celebration Fund for Aurora Merchant Rebates/Escrip: Contact for Merchant Rebates: Amanda Brunato creatingme@comcast.net creatingme@comcast.net Book Fairs Fall Festival Bucket Raffle Marketing Alumni Relations FAM O PPORTUNITIES IN D EVELOPMENT 10

11. Parent Participation, September 2012 Community Service Community Dinners UNICEF (Fall) Winter Coat Collection Toiletries Collection (February) Spring Book Drive  Contact Monique Does at mamadoes@gmail.com to help out with Community Service Opportunities C OMMUNITY S ERVICE O PPORTUNITIES (N O HOURS ACCRUED /K ARMA P OINTS ) 11

12. Parent Participation, September 2012 H OW DO I SIGN - UP ? i Volunteer sign-ups online Sign up online athttp://aurora_school.i- volunteeronline.com/http://aurora_school.i- volunteeronline.com/ For help with I Volunteer contact: nikki@auroraschool.org Tracking my hours Sign-up for Escrip 12

13. Parent Participation, September 2012 1. Open the i-Volunteer home pagehttps://aurora_school.i- volunteeronline.comhttps://aurora_school.i- volunteeronline.com 2. Scroll down through event list and click for volunteer details 3. Browse through various tabs and specific volunteer tasks and click the orange VOLUNTEER button. 4. Enter email, first name, last name, and click VOLUNTEER to confirm. 5. Confirmation email will be sent to your email inbox, please follow link and confirm. I -V OLUNTEER I NSTRUCTION S IGN -U P 13

14. Parent Participation, September 2012 Friday Features Classroom Newsletters Specialists’ Monthly Update Emails from Administration Google Facebook Google Calendar (links in Friday Features) Bulletin Board Informal Class Google Groups New Website on the way! C OMMUNICATIONS AT A URORA 14

15. Parent Participation, September 2012 Any questions? Thank you for coming. We look forward to a great year! 15