Events and Organizations

Led by Paideia’s Black Parents Organization (BPO), Eat Lunch with Your Child is a big hit with children and their parents. Getting together for this midday meal is a highlight of Paideia’s action-packed fall season. The lunch proceeds benefit financial aid.

Family and friends love to gather on campus for Paideia’s annual barbecue. This feast is a great chance to eat, drink, socialize and connect. There is nothing like a cool autumn day complete with live music and games for the kids.

Welcoming Grandparents & Special Friends to Paideia each year is a "make you smile" event. From the tiniest half-day student to the almost high school graduate, the kids love showing off their school to their special visitors.

Get ready for an incredibly fun, adults-only party thrown to benefit financial aid. With a new theme each year, this night out gives the Paideia community a chance to get together, let loose, and celebrate. Come join us for the party - Pi Party, that is.

Help preserve the rich and colorful history of Paideia. A small group of dedicated volunteers meets every Thursday morning to sift through the massive, yet slightly disorganized, archive that has been assembled over the past 50 years. From sage graduation words about famous (and infamous) alums to photos of our community through the decades - the Paideia archives is a treasure trove of fun memorabilia to discover.

Art Partners supports the visual arts department with activities throughout the year ranging from hands-on time assisting in elementary classrooms to helping hang a gallery show.

Nothing compares to the joy of reading a paper book. The Elementary Library Helpers enjoy wandering through stacks of books, reshelving items that have been returned, and pitching in to aid the Librarians in many different ways.

Friends of Performing Arts (FOPA) provides support to Paideia’s music and drama programs. FOPA members host a reception after each concert, help create the playbill for concerts, support the music teachers, and help students order their concert attire.

The Hospitality Committee spreads joy and appreciation for Paideia’s faculty and staff throughout the year. Whether it's providing breakfast treats or hosting the Faculty & Staff Appreciation luncheons, we want to make sure our dedicated faculty and staff feel the gratitude of the parent community. We also support many other events on and off campus with delivered food made with love. 

Office Busters assist the office staff and parent groups with mailings, administrative support, and a variety of office responsibilities. Some of this work can be done at home and/or on your own time frame. Other times there will be scheduled events at the school.

The Paideia Fund provides our community with flexible, immediate funds to help support our core values. Volunteers work closely with the Development Office, and the commitment is perfect for busy community members with limited time.  Whether you are free during the day or the evening, this group works efficiently over three dates in the fall. By Thanksgiving break, the Paideia Fund drive is complete!

Students either bring their lunch from home or order lunch through PiBites, our on-campus lunch program.  Pi Bites lunches are purchased in advance through an online portal and are delivered daily to campus. Volunteers help pass out lunches each day - giving them a great opportunity to be on campus and connect with other parents and students. 

Pi care is a service within the Paideia community that provides help for our school families during times of illness, surgery, or similar challenges. We offer meals, grocery runs, and other small errands. We solicit help from the faculty, staff, and parents in the student's classes and school activities/groups. The needs are coordinated through an online calendar that is created for each situation.

Working together on the Paideia Farm in East Atlanta, students, teachers, and families learn about the intersectional relationships between growing crops, eating, recycling waste, and the related nutritional, environmental, and community benefits. Our Urban Ag program exists to connect our students to where food comes from, provide hands-on opportunities to learn about and practice sustainable agriculture, and share our produce with food-insecure families around metro Atlanta. We use urban agriculture as a bridge to connect us to diverse communities and to create meaningful opportunities to rally around food justice and help build a more equitable food system together.

Parents, Students (5th grade or older), Alumni, Friends, and Family are all encouraged to join our Pi Quilters community. Even if you don’t know how to sew, we will teach you. Sometimes we make quilts that beautify campus. Other times we make quilts that are auctioned or raffled, and the proceeds benefit the school financially. Either way we complete projects with love and friendship. We would love to have you as a member of our group. 

We sell Pi Wear (Paideia merch) throughout the school year.  Sign-up to have your day as a shopkeeper or sell some fun gear at one of our many community events. 

The Professional Immersions class connects Juniors and Seniors with industry experts from the students’ fields of interest during each short-term semester.   Industry hosts from our community lead students in a project-based apprenticeship at the expert’s worksite for two periods each day. These mentors supervise students in a primarily self-directed project.  If you might be interested in being a professional mentor for your industry or getting more information about the program, please add to your interests! 

The Python Booster Club is an all-sports membership organization supporting Paideia athletics, student-athletes, and our athletic venues. Membership in the Python Booster Club is open to anyone with an interest in Paideia athletics. Even if your child is too young to participate on a team, your membership now strengthens the program that will eventually support his/her involvement. As a member, you’ll receive discounts on season tickets to school athletic events.

The STEAM Team is a parent group that supports Paideia's STEAM faculty and programs. STEAM Team members will help with the Paideia Science Carnival and assist in coordinating the High School Science Speakers series. 

Paideia Sustainability and Climate Collective assembled in the spirit of the former “Green Team”. Our purpose is to support Paideia faculty, staff, and students on sustainability efforts within the school community through events, raising awareness, and helping continue to reduce our carbon and overall environmental footprint.