Who belongs to the Allen Parent Council?

Allen’s principal, teachers, and the entire community of parents and guardians make up Allen Parent Council.  All are welcome to attend meetings and work together to provide all Allen children the best learning experience possible.

What are the goals of the Parent  Council?  

- Academic excellence for all students
- Communication and community building between parents, teachers and staff
- Open involvement of a broad and diverse group of parents to reflect who we are and what all of our children need
- Working with the Allen School Improvement Team (S.I.T.) to implement school-wide goals
- Enrichment experiences for all students
- Enhancing classroom education
- Supporting facility improvements

What does Parent Council do?

We volunteer our time and talents to raise money to purchase educational and enrichment programs and materials that directly benefit students.  All of these efforts build our sense of community with one another and enhance our children’s experience at Allen.

Here are some examples of Parent Council financial support:

Field trips to:

University of Michigan Art Museum

University of Michigan Exhibit Museum

University of Michigan Musical Society Performances

Wild Swan Theater

Hands On Museum

Scarlett Pond and Woods

Leslie Science Center

Chelsea Milling (Jiffy Mix) Plant in Chelsea

Greenfield Village

Buhr Park Pool

Past contributions by the Allen Parent Council have supported:

New Playground Equipment

New Library Furniture

Outdoor picnic tables, benches, trash receptacles

Landscaping materials

Upgraded Audio System for the Great Room

Library Books

School Assemblies

Science Olympiad

Here are our 2008-2009 fundraisers:

Movie nights, Silent Auction, Kids’ Art Ware sale, Spring Plant Sale—and no cost fundraising (cards and scrip pre-loaded with money and spent at local grocery and other stores with a percentage coming back to Allen— free of cost to you and Allen).

How Can You Be Involved in Parent Council?

Attend the meetings: they are held the third Thursday of every month from 6:30 to 8 p.m..  Parent Council hires responsible teens to provide school aged childcare and recreation in Allen’s Great Room so that parents can attend these meetings.

Stay informed about what’s going on at Allen by reading the newsletters sent home in your child’s back pack every week.   Parent Council meeting minutes and news are published in the newsletter and at  this website  link  http://allen.a2schools.org/allen.home/our_newsletters.

Volunteer your time and talents so that our fundraising events are all successful and we build an open, diverse, learning community for all students.

Purchase fundraiser items.  Donations are also always welcome.

Contact your room parent to find out if classrooms have been assigned specific Parent Council tasks (the contact information for room parents is listed in the front of the school directory that is distributed at the beginning of the school year).

Click here to download and print the Parent Council Volunteer Form.  Send this completed form to school in your child's backpack and your child's teacher will put it in the Parent Council mailbox in the school's main office.