At each end of the school year, Yu Ying families join together to express our appreciation for the hard work of our teachers and staff by giving each of them a cash gift. Funds are collected across all grades and divided equally among all YY staff members to ensure that everyone feels the love of our community. We recognize that the excellence of our school depends on the collective effort of all of its staff, even those we may not interact with directly or on a daily basis, including lead, assistant, special education and specials teachers; classroom aides; facilities supervisors; our counselor, social worker, and nurse; and administrative staff. All of these folks have put in tremendous time, effort, and creativity to rise to the many challenges caused by the pandemic.
This year we will be distributing via each staff’s chosen electronic system: Venmo, Zelle, PayPal, Ca$hApp. We are aiming to collect $15,000 so that we can give each staff member $100+ and account for the processing fee charged by GoFundMe. While this is our goal, we know this has been a time of hardship for many, and we will adjust the gift amount based on what we are able to give as a community.
Monetary contributions are completely voluntary. There are limitless ways to express gratitude, and all are valued and appreciated by our teachers and staff, including special posts to Seesaw, emails, cards or drawings. Cards, letters, or drawings mailed to the school will be held for staff until they return to campus.
If you would like to give to our Parent Association teacher gift fund, please do so as soon as possible. Contributions of any amount are welcome! Thank you for helping us share our appreciation with our whole YY family!
For transparency:
- I am Kelly King - YY parent + member of the Parent Association Leadership
- All funds will be distributed ASAP once the fundraiser closes. PA Leaders will work as a team to send payments to each staff/faculty member according to their chosen payment method.
Happy to answer any questions!
k.k. :)