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District Honors Volunteers During 13th Annual Public School Volunteer Week
April 12, 2010
Port Angeles, Wash. – The Board of Directors adopted Resolution No. 089-07 proclaiming April 18 through April 24, 2010 as Public School Volunteer Week in the Port Angeles School District.
“During the past decade,” notes the proclamation, “school systems throughout the country have accepted the services of dedicated volunteers to assist professional educators, and these volunteers have offered their time, encouragement, and meaningful contact with students.”
“Volunteers are called upon to assist teachers and staff with the day-to-day activities involved in providing a balanced education for our students and are an important part of a team that strives to ensure that each and every one of our students succeeds,” continued the proclamation, and “during the school year, countless volunteers are spending innumerable hours serving schools in the Port Angeles School District as chaperones, mentors, after-school tutors, club leaders, booster club members, PTA and PTO members, guest speakers, classroom helpers, athletics coaches, and in countless other ways.”
Project Appleseed, a national campaign for public school improvement, has designated the third week of April as Public School Volunteer Week. As noted on its website, http://www.projectappleseed.org/, Project Appleseed began Public School Volunteer Week in 1997…. to provide opportunities in which parents can volunteer in their local public schools. Seven million parents and family members, in 10,000 schools and districts, are involved in this effort.”
Assistant Superintendent Mary Hebert thanked volunteers from each of the schools represented and honored each school with certificates of recognition.
For more information, contact:
Tina Smith-O’Hara
Communications Specialist
Port Angeles School District
360.565.3703
tsmithohara@portangelesschools.org