 Friends of Payton (FOP) is the primary organization for parents and guardians to support Walter Payton College Prep. FOP has a 3-pronged mission, as it creates and supports opportunities to (i) Volunteer, (ii) Participate & Build Community, and (iii) Financially Support Payton. Our mission is to enrich the school's educational and extracurricular activities with resources that supplement the limited funding allotted to Payton through the Chicago Public School (CPS) system. FOP is run by parents/guardians of current Payton students as an audit-compliant 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Donations to the school through FOP are tax-exempt. Every parent and guardian of a current Payton student is automatically a member of Friends of Payton — there are no membership dues or application processes. Learn how to get involved by attending a Payton Community Meeting or by contacting FriendsofPayton@gmail.com.  FOP CALENDAR New for 2023-24! Subscribe to the FOP Calendar for a current schedule of FOP meetings, events, and volunteer opportunities, as well as the main dates in the CPS and WPCP calendar. Click to subscribe to the Friends of Payton calendar as Google Calendar or iCal. FOP NEWSLETTER FOP publishes and sends a monthly newsletter to every parent/guardian with a student enrolled at Payton. All parents/guardians are given the option to sign up for Friends of Payton emails during Payton's Student Registration process before the start of each school year. Grandparents, aunts, uncles, siblings are welcome to subscribe to Friends of Payton emails, as well.
To join our mailing list or to update your email address, please contact fopcommunications@gmail.com. In your message, provide your student's name and expected graduation year so we can verify your connection to Payton. To propose articles or photos for the newsletter, please contact our newsletter editor at fopnewslettereditor@gmail.com. You can find archives of the monthly newsletters here. SCHOOL NEWS SOURCES
SOCIAL MEDIA QUESTIONS? Contact us at FriendsofPayton@gmail.com  Ellen Zickmann PRESIDENT
Melissa Macek TREASURER
Cira Conley ASSISTANT TREASURER Christine Chan SECRETARY
Erica & Ruben Lara CO-DIRECTORS OF VOLUNTEERING
Beth Bentley & Cara Verigan ANNUAL APPEAL CO-CHAIRS
Riddhi Jani DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS
Shikha Joshi DIRECTOR OF WEBSITE Ramya Vijay DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL MEDIA Nikki Stratton & Lara Field CO-CHAIRS, GRIZZLY SPRING BASH FUNDRAISER Heather Bennet, Lori Leib, Chris Cote, Chris McGowan MEMBERS AT LARGE Friends of Payton (FOP) is a parent-run 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (tax ID #36-4409659) that raises funds and provides volunteer assistance to support Walter Payton College Prep. Our mission is to enrich educational and extracurricular activities with outside resources to supplement the limited funding allotted to Payton through the public school system. |