Volunteers
Community involvement is playing an increasingly important role in our schools as we face mounting educational, social and financial challenges. Port Angeles Schools welcome parents, grandparents, service clubs, businesses and others interested in the well-being of our children to contribute their time, experience and expertise to our students. Already many community members are involved in school enrichment projects, reading and tutoring, community services programs, vocational programs, arts and crafts instruction, to name only a few.
Thank you to all volunteers in our schools who offer opportunities to our students and staff. We appreciate the life experience and expertise that you add to our students’ education!
If you would like to join our volunteers in improving the lives of Port Angeles students, please call the Central Services Building at (360) 457-8575, or call your neighborhood school to find out how you may get involved:
- Port Angeles High School, (360) 452-7602
- Lincoln High School, (360) 452-9502
- Stevens Middle School, (360) 452-5590
- Dry Creek Elementary School, (360) 457-5050
- Franklin Elementary School, (360) 457-0111
- Hamilton Elementary School, (360) 452-6818
- Jefferson Elementary School, (360) 457-4231
- Roosevelt Elementary School, (360) 452-8973
To protect our children, all staff and volunteers must be willing to fill out a form permitting a criminal background check. We appreciate your cooperation in this matter.
Examples of ideas for your involvement in our schools:
- Tutor: math, reading or other subjects
- Read stories
- Help with arts and crafts projects
- Be an art docent
- Make a presentation
- Help on the playground
- Help in variety of vocational programs
- Supervise and talk to kids at lunchtime
- Help in special education classrooms
- Be a lab assistant
- Share a foreign language
- Provide a community service project
With an aptitude for office work, you can help:
File - Copy - Phone - Greet Visitors, including other volunteers
You can help with special events such as:
- History Day
- Science Fair
- Spotlight on Your Future Career Fair
- Inventors’ Fair
- Young Writers’ Workshop
- Solar Energy Project
- Health Screenings
- Field trips
- Student Productions
- Registrations
If you work during the school day, we can help arrange for you to:
- Tutor at daycare facilities
- Tutor in the evenings
If you can help with planning or fundraising, we need you on committees such as:
- Strategic Planning
- Curriculum
- Bond and Levy Information
- Vocational Programs
- Technology Education
You can become involved in PTA/PTO or other Parent Groups in your neighborhood school.
You can contribute your time and money to the private, non-profit Port Angeles Education Foundation, which provides special funding for our schools.