EBIPA

EBI PARENT ASSOCIATION (EBIPA)

The EBI Parents Association (EBIPA) helps strengthen EBI through community building and fundraising events/programs. EBIPA is an independent organization that runs on the energy of volunteer parents. Dues collected from families each year are its sole source of funding, outside of fundraisers; therefore all parents and/or guardians are automatically members of EBIPA.

The mission of EBIPA is to promote communication between parents and EBI, enhance the educational experience of our children, and strengthen the school community.

EBIPA achieves its mission in numerous ways, including:

• Serving as a coordinator of volunteers, matching people and their talents and skills with volunteer opportunities.
• Assisting the faculty with in-class and extracurricular projects, and generally facilitating communications between parents and the administration and faculty.
• Assisting the administration with new and on-going fundraising projects to strengthen the financial foundations of the school.
• Implementing and financing community-building activities such as the Fall Heritage Picnic,
• Providing a forum for presentations and discussions of issues of interest to parents.

EBIPA BOARD

The EBIPA Executive Board is comprised of the following elected and volunteer positions:

• President
• Vice President
• Communications Chair
• Fundraising/Treasurer Chair
• Volunteer Chair
• Community Events Chair
• School Experience Chair

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Committee Chairs are responsible for specific committees, as deemed necessary each school year. They are responsible for the on-going function of a committee, including recruiting and organizing volunteers and working with the appropriate individuals from the Board of Trustees, Faculty and Administration in order to fulfill the mission of the specific committee.

CLASS PARENTS

Two parents per classroom serve as Class Parents. Class Parents work as a team, providing support to the teacher, disseminating information about school/EBIPA activities and supporting the mission of the school. The VP of Volunteers will personally contact each class parent at the beginning of the year to help get it all started.

For more information about volunteer opportunities, please download our Parent Volunteer Handbook.