Engaging Families and Community

The Academy of Saint Paul and Parent Faculty Guild secretaries disseminate information to the school community so all are informed about school events and accomplishments. ASP has a long tradition of parent and community involvement in both academic and extracurricular activities.

The Parent Faculty Guild’s extensive fundraising activities have been essential to the school's operating budget and efforts to upgrade facilities and educational programming. Parents and community members generously volunteer time as members of the School Advisory Board, Executive Board Members of the Parent Faculty Guild, committee members, athletic coaches, and class volunteers.

ASP works in conjunction with local government and safety officials. The Ramsey Police Department provides the L.E.A.D. program to the grade five students, and the Ramsey Fire Department conducts programs on fire safety for students. The Ramsey Police Department provides safety and emergency training workshops for the faculty several times per school year.

Honor students from Don Bosco Preparatory High School and St. Joseph Regional High School meet weekly after school with Saint Paul students as part of the St. Paul School Writing Center and STEM competitions. The high school honor students provide writing assistance for a variety of assignments from classroom essays to school newspaper articles and support for the National Engineer’s Week Future City Competition STEM project.  Students from Immaculate Heart Academy's STEM@theHeart are judges for the annual STEM Fair Competition.

Academy of Saint Paul Student Council members regularly represent the school during community activities including local town Veterans’ and Memorial Day services. Members of the school community represent the school at local parish events. 

Academy of Saint Paul has a long standing relationship with Ramapo College in Mahwah, NJ. The college places education majors in Academy of Saint Paul as student-teachers under the mentorship of members of ASP faculty. The school provides an opportunity for these pre-service teachers to learn from experienced educators who, in turn, have the opportunity to observe and discuss teaching strategies and educational approaches being presented in teacher training programs.