Parents help create the Mulberry Magic
Parent participation greatly enriches Mulberry's program, providing opportunities for parents to bring their talents and enthusiasm to the classroom experience. Your child will benefit from the many daily interactions with adults available to encourage, challenge and support each child's development.
Participation requirements are different for Toddler, Preschool and Elementary programs. For example, Toddler parents come with their kids to class each week, help maintain classroom materials and attend one orientation meeting, one school meeting and one Common Ground speaker event.
Parent Education is Key, so preschool and elementary parents learn from a Parent Education class, a school orientation meeting, class meetings every other month and a state of school meeting. They also have the opportunity to learn from any two of a number of acclaimed Parenting experts brought to us each year via the Common Ground speaker series.
Parents make the Difference in preschool and elementary by helping out in their children's classroom for a few hours one day a week and driving for field trips one or two times a year. Parents enrich the learning experience for their children by holding a school wide committee job, for example, helping to organize the Harvest Festival, which may take a few days a year and working four hours at a school wide event like the Science Fair.
We understand that some families may need special considerations and flexibility to be able to participate. We work with you to make it work. We reduce time commitments for families with multiple children at Mulberry and families have the option to "buy out" from some of their participation requirements.
Please call the Director of Admissions for more on this.
