Barnraising


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Programs

Infant Toddler

^{From 6 months to 2 years}

Burgess House

^{Part-time for your 2-year old}

Peppers House

^{Part-time for your 3-year old}

La Loma and Adventure Yards

^{For your 4-year old}

Full Day Child Care

^{for your two year old

for your 3-4 year old}

School Age Child Care
^{for your 4-6 year old}
Pacific Oaks College

Barnraising

Barnraising Guidelines

Parent volunteers help maintain our beautiful campus, build new equipment, refurbish our classrooms and play yards and/or make a financial contribution to assist with facility improvements. Each classroom/yard participates in barnraising activities once a year. Please adhere to the following guidelines to ensure a successful barnraising event.

Select a parent volunteer to coordinate barnraising activities/projects in your child’s classroom.
Check with your child’s Master Teacher for a list of barnraising projects. If your classroom is shared by two different teaching teams, both the morning and afternoon teachers must agree upon the recommended projects.
Check with the Director of the Children’s School for final approval before beginning barnraising projects.
To ensure a consistent look throughout our historic campus, two basic paint colors have been approved for the painting of all outdoor buildings and/or equipment. The approved colors are: Bittersweet Chocolate by Benjamin Moore # 2114-10 and Trellised Ivy by Behr Premium Plus # PPF-54.
Please do not strip paint from donated furniture or play equipment since it might contain lead.
For classrooms/yards which accommodate both a morning and afternoon program, parents may choose to complete barnraising projects together or divide the list (among both programs.
Please make sure that young children are not within close proximity to potentially dangerous tools.
Each yard receives a barnraising budget from the Parent Association. Please do not exceed your assigned budget.
When you are ready to schedule your barnraising but before you commit to a date with families in your yard, please ask Peg Ackerman in the Children’s School office to check the master calendar to make sure that your selected date does not conflict with other events on campus.
The Children’s School campus is locked on weekends. Please arrange in advance to get a key from the Children’s School office so that you will have access on your scheduled work days.