Urban Academy is fortunate to have a varied and rich parent and extended family/friend community who are willing and keen to share their expertise. Over the years, our teaching staff has integrated parents in various ways in their instruction. From developing web-based applications to learning about cultural festivities, hearing about innovative engineering projects, and learning about international diplomacy from those who work in the field, many wonderful opportunities and experiences have come to be for UA students because of the willingness of community members to share their stories.

In order to be proactive in taking families up on their willingness to share their skills and passions, parents are able to complete a survey that gathers relevant information. Once that information is processed it is put in a database that our teaching staff is able to access in order to determine which parents have the expertise that may relate to their area of teaching and the curriculum. Often times, a parent or family member's expertise may be relevant to grades other than the grade their child is in. So this process allows all staff to see the diversity in skills that we have in the UA Community!