Connecting Families, School, and Churches

About Us

The Home and School Association, or HSA, is our parent volunteer-based organization. Our mission is to provide TVA with funds, programs, resources, and support that will enhance our children’s experience. We encourage communication and cooperation between parents and staff to ensure that children receive the best possible comprehensive education.

Home and School Association helps foster the connection with families, the school, our local Seventh-Day Adventist churches and our community. One way we accomplish this is by holding monthly meetings to help connect families to school events and give our parents a voice in how to enrich the lives of their children. We also help raise funds from our current families, alumni, friends and community with the goal of improving our school for all.

Home and School Meetings

Meetings are typically the first Thursday of each month from 7-8 PM on Zoom. Please watch FACTS for the meeting invite. Look at the school calendar for upcoming meeting dates.

Remember, attending Home and School meetings counts double towards service hours!

IMPORTANT LINKS

Background check form

Home and School Activities

HSA plans fundraising, teacher appreciation, and other support activities throughout the school year. Check our calendar and announcements pages for upcoming events!

The main fundraiser for HSA is the annual Fun Run and color battle, typically scheduled in the spring each year. This event motivates the students to be active and helps provide additional funds for the school to aid with various projects. Previous projects include playground structure, Chromebook computers, elementary entrance safety improvements, and the addition of new and exciting programs like library STEM maker space and athletics equipment.

Service Hours

TVA asks each family to actively participate in school life by contributing 20 service hours per family each year (10 for single-parent and preschool families). These volunteer hours help make sure the school has the resources we need to host important school and community events, support our teachers throughout the year, and maximize any funds we raise.

Service hours and service events are reported using your families FACTS link. Parents are responsible for accurately tracking their service hours. By logging into FACTS you can now keep track of your own running total of volunteer hours during the year. From your main menu screen go to Family Info. Under Service Hours click on Add. Enter the Date of your volunteering, how many Hours (you can simplify by adding the amount the entire family volunteered for this event. Kids helping counts!) and the event they are for in the Note. Do not be too concerned with Verified By. This is an honor system. If you do not remember the exact date or who could verify it, that is okay. You can edit or delete previous entries at any time. Feel free to contact HSA hands@tualatinvalleyacademy.org if you have any questions.

If parents are unable to contribute volunteer hours, there is an option to pay $10 per required service hour instead. Contact Lisa Brown or Mildred Villalobos to contribute in lieu of service hours. Any unmet hours will be charged to your account at the end of the year.

HSA is active throughout the school year helping coordinate volunteers for various projects and/or events. Some of these are listed below:

• Support our teachers-we have found talking directly with your child's teacher is the best way to volunteer in the classroom. HSA coordinates lunches, treats and encouragement throughout the year to ease the teachers’ load. Background checks are required if you will be at the school during school hours. They are also required for chaperoning field trips.

• Work Bees- we try to keep our school as clean and up to date as possible. Your help makes us able to accomplish more at our school. At least 3 Work Bees are planned each year and are a great way to get some hours in on the weekend.

• Parents Night Out- at least twice a year we give parents a night off. We plan fun activities and provide yummy food for your children so that it is a win win for everyone.

• Annual staff appreciation week - we love our staff and celebrate them everyday, but during this specifically-designated week we lavish our staff with small treats, gifts, and words of appreciation for their dedication to the academic and spiritual growth of our children

Ways to Engage

There are several ways to help support our school all year long. 

Pray - Please join us in praying that we will seek Jesus as the only source of our strength, creativity and love, that our 8 constituent churches and school can be united as one team and for ways to engage more people in Home and School. 
Attend Events - Come to our sponsored events! We love to learn new names, hear your story, and get to you know you better!
Volunteer - Earn service hours while supporting Home and School events.
Check With Your Employer - Many employers offer ways to help support your child's school. Check with your employer about school gift matching or payment for service hours.
Shop - Several stores that you may shop at already will donate a percentage of your purchase to the school of your choice. Fred Meyer and Target have ways to donate, for example.
Ideas - Has God put an idea on your heart for TVA? Perhaps it is in the form of a question - "Why don't they do...?" We'd love to hear it! The formulation of one great idea comes from working through many individual ones. Let's talk!