Parent involvement at Álftamýrarskóli

Children's welfare and successful academic progress rely heavily on parents supporting their children's education, protecting their interests, collaborating with the school, providing relevant information, and participating in their children's learning and parent activities throughout primary school. Information sharing between homes and schools, and cooperation between teachers and parents on learning and teaching, are crucial for successful schooling. Schools are responsible for establishing and maintaining such collaboration throughout the child's education. Parents' active involvement in their children's learning and activities is essential for them to fulfill their responsibility for their children's successful upbringing and education. Each school has an operational parent association, parent council, or school council.

Álftamýrarskóli Parent Association

Álftamýrarskóli has an active parent association. It aims to support school operations, promote student welfare and strengthen home-school connections. Each school's parent association defines its own rules of operation, including the election process for its board and the selection of representatives to the school council. The Association's board also works closely with parent associations of other primary schools in Laugardalur and Bústaðahverfi. It has a representative in SAMFOK. The parent association doesn't receive fixed support. It raises funds through membership fees and various other means.

Álftamýrarskóli Parent Association on Facebook
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Parent Association Board 2025-2026

Hilmar Friðrik Árnason, board chair

Gunnar Sigurðsson, treasurer

Hjörtur Birgir Jóhönnudóttir, secretary

Aasmund Ruröy

Antony Costanzo

Inga Huld Tryggvadóttir

Role and goals of Álftamýrarskóla Parent Association

  • support the school's educational efforts
  • promote the welfare of the students
  • Reinforce the connection between homes and schools
  • Encourage active guardian participation in schooling
  • advocate for, preserve, and oversee the quality of the school's work
  • The board of the parent association creates a project schedule for each year, publishing it on the school's website when ready. Names and email addresses will be recorded after the parent association's general meeting in the fall.
  • More information about Álftamýrarskóli's parent association

Parent Association Guide for Primary Schools

Home and School have issued handbooks for parent representatives at all educational stages. These outline the roles and responsibilities of parent associations and school councils.

Contact us

Parent Association email:

foreldrafelag.alftamyrarskola@gmail.com

Class representatives

Class representatives:

  • serve as liaisons to the parent association board.

  • from all classes form the parent association's representative council. They meet with the board at least once before and after New Year's to coordinate work and review parent involvement in the school.

  • initiate class gatherings but don't bear sole responsibility for organizing them.

  • are responsible for engaging other parents to staff the neighborhood watch weekends assigned to their class.

  • can contact the Parent Association with any concerns.

  • View class representatives by grade level