The Parent Teacher Organization (PTO)

The Instilling Goodness/Developing Virtue Parent Teacher Organization has held regular monthly meetings since Fall 2003. Each family pays membership dues of $25/year and can contribute to various school activity funds. The PTO’s objectives, as stated in its Constitution, are “to promote the welfare of children in the home, school, and community, to promote a closer relationship between home and school so the parents and teachers may cooperate meaningfully and intelligently for the welfare of the children, and to promote united efforts between education and the general public that obtains for every child the highest advantages in physical, mental, moral, and social education.”

The PTO has generated significant support for the school in terms of volunteer hours, donations, and the sponsoring of gatherings and fieldtrips to promote closer relationships between families, students, and school staff. It has several active committees: School Improvement Committee, Fundraising Committee, Teacher Appreciation Committee, and Volunteer Committee.

Parents attend monthly PTO meetings, put out a parent newsletter; drive students to athletic games and on fieldtrips; help with school facility maintenance, cleaning, and renovation on monthly work days; organize teacher appreciation activities and fundraisers; and in general, show a positive and supportive attitude towards school activities.
The PTO has been instrumental in getting funding approval for playground equipment and soccer fields. In the past three years, PTO has organized successful all-school overnight fieldtrips to the Marin Headlands Hostel in Sausalito, once for the boys division and once for the girls division.