UPA PTSO

Our purpose as the UPA PTSO is to support the education of children at University Preparatory Academy (UPA) by fostering relationships among the school, parents, and teachers.

Announcements

The January PTSO meeting is postponed to Tuesday January 10th, at 6:30 in Horton 210.

UPA PTSO Parent Volunteer jobs

These are all great ways to earn your parent volunteer hours.
Volunteers are needed for these subcommittees and committees:

Sample opportunities to serve:

Pumpkin carving contest
Dance chaperone
Uniform exchange
End of year picnic
Fundraisers
Chaperone trips
Teacher appreciation events
Website design
Mother's Day tea
Grant writing
Decorate for special events and ceremonies
Be an officer of PTSO
Coordinate PTSO volunteers

Upcoming Events

PTSO General Meetings for the 2010-2011 school year

1st Tuesday of the month @ 6:30 PM

2011 - 2012 PTSO EVENT CALENDAR (tentative)

August

Used Uniform Sales
Barnes and Noble
Box Tops campaign
e-Scrip

September

Back to School Night BBQ and silent auction

October

School-wide Flea Market fundraiser

November

International Food Festival fundraiser

December

Cookie Dough fundraiser

January

SEE's Candy (for Valentine's Day)

February

Black History Month Essay Contest

March

Fair Trade fundraiser

April

Teacher Appreciation Week (may add more)

May

Mother's Day Tea - May 5, 2012
Flower Bulb fundraiser

June

Senior Awards Dinner

Additional events throughout the year

Family Dinner Nights
Advantage Driving School
Jamba Juice

Here's How to Earn Your Hours!

As we all know, UPA requires 60 volunteer hours per year from each household (in addition to the student requirement of 30 service hours). How will you accumulate that many hours? The easiest and most fun way is to become active in PTSO. If you attend the monthly PTSO general meeting, that time counts, and there are many volunteer jobs listed on our website. Most of them are fairly easy, and many can be completed even if you can't take time off from work.

The form for volunteer hours is on our "Forms" page, along with an explanation of UPA's expectations for student and parent service hours.

By the way, if you have not yet joined PTSO this school year, please fill out a membership form and have your student drop it off at the UPA office. Why join?

Membership dues help purchase insurance for some activities
Dues also cover minor administrative expenses
Occasionally PTSO enables kids to participate in an activity by helping pay the expense, if necessary.
PTSO is a thrifty organization in comparison to other similar national organizations with higher overhead.
Membership dues are as low as $1/year, but further donations are appreciated.
Participating in PTSO is the easiest way to accumulate your 60 hours of volunteer time that you agreed to when you registered your child.

Buying school supplies

www.classwish.org

Use this link to buy supplies your school needs. Every $10 spent earns you one hour of community service. Supplies are shipped directly to the school - no need for you to go out and shop and then deliver them to the right person. Help make this school year a successful one!

Escrip

Participating business partners contribute a percentage of your grocery loyalty cards (such as Safeway), credit cards, and debit/ATM card purchases to UPA. You can also shop at over 1,000 of your favorite online merchants at eScrip's online mall, with a percentage of your purchases going to the University Preparatory Academy.

Register your credit cards and grocery store cards to earn money for University Preparatory Academy for free! It's easy! Sign up for eScrip by:

Logging on to www.escrip.com
Register and enter: University Preparatory Academy
Group I.D. #500015911

We appreciate your help in raising funds for the University Preparatory Academy PTSO!

give2myschool.com

A new, painless fundraising opportunity is though www.give2myschool.com started by UPA parents. Simply register, then log in before you shop online at Amazon or other sites, and UPA will receive a percentage!