OUR MISSION
BVPO provides sustainable, enduring pathways to support student success by meaningfully engaging parents in their children’s education, building a robust bilingual school environment, providing resources to enrich learning, and fostering collaboration between parents and staff. Read more about our mission, vision, values, and goals here.
OUR WORK
The BVPO is an Organization which relies upon Parent Volunteers each day helping out in the classrooms, organizing programs and events, and serving as Board and Committee Chair Members. If you are interested in joining the BVPO Board please contact us or inquire for more information at the school office.
The primary role of the BVPO is to:
Provide a forum for parents and other community members to discuss issues which concern education and the School’s relationship to the community
Provide an opportunity for parents and other members of the community to actively participate in the student’s educational process at the School
Sponsor and plan activities which generate revenue to further the goals of the School and the community
While the BVPO sponsors the main school fundraising events for Buena Vista, it also organizes social events and sponsors Student Teachers from Spanish Speaking Countries.
What we fund
AMITY INTERNS
For over 10 years, the BVPO has fundraised and administered an extraordinary program called Amity; bringing up to 5 teacher interns into our school to enhance our children's education each year.
Amity Teacher Interns bring native Spanish language skills, teaching expertise from outside the US, diversity of cultural backgrounds, and drop the student-to-adult ratio significantly.
Teacher & Staff Appreciation
BVPO takes great pride in appreciating all the hard working staff at Buena Vista when we can! We love our Principal, Counselor, School Staff & all the wonderful Teachers who make the school what it is.
Enrichment
Be it classroom grants, special gym equipment, gardens, solar panels, Oregon Battle of the Books at Buena Vista, or added library staffing, we work hard to provide enrichment opportunities to all our kids.
Cultural Development
Buena Vista is proud to support the parents of our school in knowing about various cultural enrichment opportunities taking place in both our local community and beyond.
If you have an event or opportunity that you think would benefit our school community, please contact our Cultural Development Chair at cultural-dev@bvpo.org
Professional Development
We fund opportunities to support the professional development of our teachers.
Artist Residencies
We've had some wonderful artists come and share their talents and inspire a more beautiful world.
FOOD DRIVES
As a school family, we do our best to help provide a little extra food assistance over the long breaks in the school year.