Parent Service Organization
The PSO support very significantly improves student learning at Five Acre.
It is an integral and vital part of the school program. The PSO supports
learning in three ways: fundraising, volunteer hours and social events.
Funds raised by the PSO are channeled equally into the Lisa Inman Scholarship Fund and the Equipment Fund. The Lisa Inman Scholarship Fund brings the school many wonderful students and families who would not otherwise be able to attend Five Acre. These families, in turn, contribute their skills and energy for the benefit of all.
The Equipment Fund has purchased many thousands of dollars worth of learning materials, ranging from blocks and shelf activities to library books, musical instruments and playground equipment. Many of these items, like the climber and the chromatic xylophones were prohibitively expensive and would have necessitated cutting other worthwhile expenditures if the PSO funding had not been available.
Volunteer assistance vastly increases the range and quality of the learning activities the school can offer. The annual All-School Performance, for example, is only made possible because parents and care givers so readily help with scenery and costume making, transportation and back stage assistance with the children and so on. The horse program exists because each Fall and Spring volunteers devote many hours to handling the horses and shuttling students out to the track. In the Primary classroom, volunteers commit to a regular schedule of reading with children and writing down their story dictations. In many, many other ways families give their time and talents to support school learning.
The PSO also conducts several social events throughout the school year to build the strong spirit of community that is essential to the success of the Five Acre School program. These activities help build bonds of fun and friendship among us all. They promote students learning because children learn best in an environment where they feel they are valued and play an important role. To them, family participation is the ultimate seal of approval that makes their school an extension of their home.
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Funds raised by the PSO are channeled equally into the Lisa Inman Scholarship Fund and the Equipment Fund. The Lisa Inman Scholarship Fund brings the school many wonderful students and families who would not otherwise be able to attend Five Acre. These families, in turn, contribute their skills and energy for the benefit of all.
The Equipment Fund has purchased many thousands of dollars worth of learning materials, ranging from blocks and shelf activities to library books, musical instruments and playground equipment. Many of these items, like the climber and the chromatic xylophones were prohibitively expensive and would have necessitated cutting other worthwhile expenditures if the PSO funding had not been available.
Volunteer assistance vastly increases the range and quality of the learning activities the school can offer. The annual All-School Performance, for example, is only made possible because parents and care givers so readily help with scenery and costume making, transportation and back stage assistance with the children and so on. The horse program exists because each Fall and Spring volunteers devote many hours to handling the horses and shuttling students out to the track. In the Primary classroom, volunteers commit to a regular schedule of reading with children and writing down their story dictations. In many, many other ways families give their time and talents to support school learning.
The PSO also conducts several social events throughout the school year to build the strong spirit of community that is essential to the success of the Five Acre School program. These activities help build bonds of fun and friendship among us all. They promote students learning because children learn best in an environment where they feel they are valued and play an important role. To them, family participation is the ultimate seal of approval that makes their school an extension of their home.
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