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  Volunteer Opportunities at the PVUSD

Paradise Valley schools have ongoing needs for parent and community member volunteers to work with teachers, students and office personnel and for special projects throughout the year. Below is a list of each school and the volunteer needs they have identified. Please contact school personnel at the phone number provided to volunteer.

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Elementary Schools:


School: Volunteer Needs: Contact #:

Aire Libre

Long-term volunteers are needed for Kopy Kats photocopying), reading with children, practicing Math Facts and to help with the Monday Folders. Also, volunteers are needed to assist with "Young Authors” — student-generated books.

Se necesitan voluntarios a largo plazo para Kopy Kats (fotocopiado), leer con los niños, ayudarlos a practicar matemáticas y asistir con las carpetas de los lunes.  También se necesitan voluntarios para ayudar con los libros generados por los alumnos en el programa Young Authors” (autores jóvenes).

(602) 449-5400
Arrowhead

Long-term volunteers are needed to read with the children. 

Se necesitan voluntarios a largo plazo para leer con los niños

(602) 449-2700
Boulder Creek Please contact the school for volunteer opportunties. (602) 449-4500

Cactus View

Volunteers are needed to help with copying, library assistance, cafeteria duty, playground duty, before-school duty and bus assistance. They also need additional volunteers for the carnival, Fall festival, Book Rabbit, fund-raisers and Grand Canyon Trekkers.

Reading with the children on an ongoing basis is always a volunteer need.

Se necesitan voluntarios para fotocopiar y ayudar en la biblioteca, la cafetería, el patio de juegos, antes de las clases y con el bus.  También se necesitan voluntarios adicionales para el carnaval, el festival de otoño, Book Rabbit, eventos de recaudación de fondos y Grand Canyon Trekkers.

Todo el tiempo, se necesitan voluntarios para leer con los niños.
(602) 449-2500
Campo Bello

Volunteers are needed for copying, bookbinding, lunch duty assistance and to help organize games with the children. They also need volunteers to help with Core Knowledge® classroom assignments, as well as to mentor and assist children with reading and math.

Se necesitan voluntarios para fotocopiar, encuadernar, asistencia durante el almuerzo y para ayudar a organizar juegos con los niños.  También se necesitan voluntarios para ayudar con las tareas de clase del programa Core Knowledge, así como para orientar y ayudar a los niños con lectura y matemáticas.

(602) 449-5200

Copper Canyon

Volunteers are needed to help in the library. If you are interested in volunteering for a short-term project please contact the PTA. (602) 449-7200
Desert Cove

Volunteers are needed to tutor children in reading and math.

Se necesitan voluntarios para ayudar a los niños con lectura y matemáticas.

(602) 449-3400
Desert Shadows

Volunteers are needed to assist in the library.

Se necesitan voluntarios para ayudar en la biblioteca.

(602) 449-6900
Desert Springs

Volunteers are needed to help with lunch duty, before and after school duty, Kopy Kats, Art Masterpiece, and to be homeroom Moms and Dads. Volunteers will be able to assist with the PTA activities, which are scheduled before, after and during school hours. We also need long-term volunteers as tutors, reading with children and on the Safety team. You may volunteer from home by making phone calls, and at the primary level in helping with cutouts and pasting.

(602) 449-7000

Desert Trails


Volunteers are needed to help with the duty aides, the crossing guards, in the cafeteria, in the office and with the lunch walking club.  We also need volunteers to assist with the divorce-coping groups, anger-management groups and with social skills.

(602) 449-4100

Eagle Ridge

 

 

 

 

Volunteers are needed to assist with copying, editing and binding the student-made books. We need volunteers to help with the science and literacy fair and with the spelling bee. The yearbook editor and photographer will also need assistance. We need long-term volunteers to help reading and math with individual children. We also need assistance supervising the playground with children at recess and with health and fitness.  If you would like to volunteer from home there are many kindergarten and primary activities that you can assist with such as cutting and making books for reading lessons.

Se necesitan voluntarios para ayudar a fotocopiar, editar y encuadernar los libros preparados por los estudiantes. Necesitamos voluntarios para ayudar con las ferias de ciencias y alfabetización y con el concurso de ortografía spelling bee.

El editor y el fotógrafo del anuario también van a necesitar ayuda.  Necesitamos voluntarios a largo plazo para ayudar individualmente a los niños con lectura y matemáticas. También necesitamos ayuda para supervisar el patio de juegos cuando los niños estén en recreo y también para las actividades de salud física.  Si usted quiere ser voluntario(a) desde su casa, hay muchas actividades del kindergarten y de la primaria en las cuales usted puede ayudar con cosas como recortar y preparar libros para las lecciones de lectura.
(602) 449-5700

Echo Mountain Primary

 

 

Volunteers are needed to assist with Kopy Kats, Grand Canyon Trekkers (Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.) crossing guards and duty aides. We also need volunteers to read with the children and to assist with the PTO activities.  If you would like to volunteer from home, we need assistance with stapling and cutting for various activities.

Se necesitan voluntarios para ayudar con Kopy Kats y como guardias de cruce de calle, como auxiliares y con el programa Grand Canyon Trekkers (los martes, miércoles y jueves de 11 a.m. a 1:30 p.m.).  También necesitamos voluntarios para leer con los niños y para ayudar con las actividades de la PTO.  Si a usted le gustaría ser voluntario(a) desde casa, necesitamos ayuda para engrapar y recortar para varias actividades.

(602) 449-5500
Echo Mountain Intermediate

Volunteers are needed to help with bus duty, in the cafeteria and as chaperones on field trips.  We also need volunteers with the ‘story board’ at the PVUSD MediaFest and on an ongoing basis to read with students.

Nos gustaría tener voluntarios que nos ayudaran con el bus, en la cafetería y como chaperones en las excursiones. También necesitamos voluntarios para ‘story board’ en el evento MediaFest y constantemente para leer con nuestros estudiantes.

(602) 449-5600
Foothills

Volunteers are needed to assist duty aides, set-up science experiments for teachers and help with the events on Field Day.

Se necesitan voluntarios como auxiliares, para ayudar a los maestros a preparar experimentos de ciencias y para asistir en las actividades del día de actividades al aire libre (Field Day).

(602) 449-7400

Grayhawk

Volunteers are needed volunteers to assist the lunch aides. We also need assistance with ‘traffic control’. (602) 449-6600
Hidden Hills

Volunteers are needed to help with the before and after school parking-lot-safety-aides and with the noon-duty-safety-aides. We also need volunteers to help the Community Nights Planning Coordinator with the monthly family events, such as the Family Field Night.  We need volunteers to read with children individually, assist with Read Naturally, AR and to lead small groups in classroom centers. These volunteers will be coordinated with the PTA, PTSA, PTO and the PTG, as they coordinate most of the volunteers.

Se necesitan voluntarios antes y después de las clases como auxiliares de seguridad en el estacionamiento y auxiliares de seguridad al mediodía.  También necesitamos voluntarios para ayudar al coordinador de planificación de las “noches de la comunidad” (Community Nights) con los eventos familiares mensuales, tales como la Family Field Night’.  Necesitamos voluntarios para leer con los niños individualmente, ayudar en los programas Read Naturally y lectura avanzada y para dirigir pequeños grupos en los centros de clases.  Estos voluntarios serán coordinados por las organizaciones PTA, PTSA, PTO y PTG, puesto éstas coordinan a la mayoría de los voluntarios.

(602) 449-3100
Indian Bend

Volunteers are needed to make copies, for playground duty (10:50 a.m. -1:15 p.m.) and to assist with crossing guards (7:45 - 8:30 a.m. / 8 - 8:30 a.m.)

Se necesitan voluntarios para fotocopiar, ayudar en el patio de juegos (de 10:50 a.m. a 1:15 p.m.) y para asistir como guardias de cruce de calle (7:45 a 8:30 o 8 a 8:30 a.m.)

(602) 449-3200
Larkspur

Volunteers are needed to assist with school duties and with the Kopy Kats We also need help with the Carnival in the spring, as well as with assisting students on an individual basis with reading and math.

Necesitamos voluntarios para ayudar en las actividades de la escuela y con Kopy Kats.  También necesitamos asistencia para el carnaval en la primavera, así como para ayudar a los estudiantes individualmente en lectura y matemáticas.

(602) 449-3300
Liberty Please contact the school for volunteer opportunties. (602) 449-6200
Mercury Mine

Volunteers are needed to assist with lunch, before and after school duties. We also need assistance with Kopy Kats, tutoring of individuals and small groups. The Mini-Museum needs volunteers. If you are interested in volunteering from home, you can assist with preparation for classroom projects.

Se necesitan voluntarios para ayudar durante el almuerzo, antes y después de clases. También necesitamos asistencia con Kopy Kat, ayuda a alumnos individuales y pequeños grupos.  El Mini Museo necesita voluntarios.  Si a usted le interesa ayudar desde casa, puede participar en la preparación de proyectos para la clase.

(602) 449-3700
North Ranch Volunteers are needed to assist at lunchtime and we need classroom volunteers in the primary grades.  We also need volunteers to work with individual students in reading and math. (602) 449-6400
Palomino I Please contact the school for volunteer opportunties. (602) 493-6190
Palomino II

Volunteers are needed to assist in the cafeteria and on the playground (at lunch time, recess, before and after school).  We need volunteers at various celebrations and with the collection of and distribution of food.  Volunteers are also needed to help with reading and math for individual children and in small groups.

Se necesitan voluntarios para ayudar en la cafetería y en el patio de juegos (a la hora del almuerzo, durante el recreo, antes y después de clases).  Necesitamos voluntarios durante varias celebraciones y para ayudar en la recolección y distribución de alimentos.  También se necesitan voluntarios para ayudar a los niños con lectura y matemáticas individualmente y en pequeños grupos.

(602) 449-2900

Pinnacle Peak

We need volunteers to assist the recess duty aides. Volunteers will also be needed for ongoing school events throughout the year. (602) 449-6700
Quail Run
Volunteers are needed to help the lunch duty aides and at school events, such as at Literacy Night. (602) 449-4400
Sunset Canyon

Volunteers are needed with Kopy Kats, projects and school events.

Se necesitan voluntarios para Kopy Kats, proyectos y eventos escolares.

(602) 449-5100
Village Vista

Volunteers are needed to help at lunch, on the playground and to assist individual teachers. We will also need volunteers to help with the Mini-Museum, Reading Partners and at PTSA events — including the carnival, the Fall Picnic and the Holiday Shoppe

Necesitamos voluntarios para ayudar durante el almuerzo, en el patio de juegos y para asistir individualmente a los maestros.  También necesitamos voluntarios para ayudar con el Mini Museo, con el programa Reading Partners y en los eventos de la PTSA que incluyen el carnaval, el día de campo (picnic) del otoño y la tienda navideña.

(602) 449-3600

 

Whispering Wind

Please contact the school for volunteer opportunties. (602) 449-7300

Wildfire

We would like to have volunteers to assist with Kopy Kats, ‘Kiss-n-Drop Zone’, in the library, reading with students and as an AR helper.

Nos gustaría contar con voluntarios para ayudar con Kopy Kats, Kiss-n-Drop Zone, en la biblioteca, para leer con los estudiantes y como auxiliares del programa de lectura avanzada.

(602) 449-4300
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Middle Schools:

School: Volunteer needs: Contact #:

Desert Shadows

Please contact the school for volunteer opportunties. (602) 449-6800

Explorer

Volunteers are needed to help with lunch, buses, crossing guards and at art shows.  Additional volunteer help is needed at the fall festival, theater performances and with the afternoon sports program.

Se necesitan voluntarios para ayudar durante el almuerzo, con los buses, como guardias de cruce de calle y en las exhibiciones de arte.  Se necesitan voluntarios adicionales para el festival de otoño, presentaciones teatrales y para el programa de deportes de la tarde.

(602) 449-4200

Greenway

Please contact the school for volunteer opportunties. (602) 449-2400

Mountain Trail

We would like volunteers to assist in the library, before and after school supervision and with lunch supervision.

Nos gustaría contar con voluntarios para ayudar en la biblioteca y para supervisión antes y después de clases y durante el almuerzo.

(602) 449-4600

Prospect

Please contact the school for volunteer opportunties. (602) 449-2300

Shea

Please contact the school for volunteer opportunties. (602) 449-3500

Sunrise

Please contact the school for volunteer opportunties. (602) 449-6100

Vista Verde

We need volunteers to help with Kopy Kats, the Leadership Team, classroom career speakers, school council, Title I Committee, PTSA and math tutoring.

Necesitamos voluntarios para ayudar con Kopy Kats, programa Leadership Team, programa de oradores de la clase, consejo estudiantil, comité de Título I, PTSA y asistencia a los alumnos en matemáticas.

(602) 449-5300
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High Schools:

School: Volunteer needs: Contact #:

Horizon

Volunteers are needed to help supervise at lunchtime, with organizing and making phone calls for the Farewell Fiesta, and at the dances, such as homecoming and the prom. We also need volunteers to help with filing consent forms, parking permits and the emergency cards.

Se necesitan voluntarios para ayudar a supervisar durante la hora del almuerzo y a organizar y hacer llamadas por teléfono para la actividad Farewell Fiesta, así como para los bailes, tales como homecoming y prom.  También necesitamos voluntarios para ayudar a llenar formularios de consentimiento, permisos de estacionamiento y tarjetas para emergencias.

(602) 449-6000

North Canyon

Please contact the school for volunteer opportunties. (602) 449-5000

Paradise Valley

  • Volunteers are needed with Kopy Kats.
    Contact Jayne Pilarski, Media Specialist
  • Guest Speakers - Various Careers
    Contact Ken Bornscheuer, Assistant Principal
  • Production of Registration Videos (technology background needed)
    Contact Kathy Lahlum, Head Counselor
  • Arena (summer workers)
    Contact Sandy Waddell, secretary to Heather Brelo, Assistant Principal
  • Bookstore help (start and end of each semester)
    Contact Pattie Sorensen, Bookstore Manager
(602) 449-7000

Polaris

Please contact the school for volunteer opportunties. (602) 449-2300

Pinnacle

Please contact the school for volunteer opportunties. (602) 449-4000

Shadow Mountain

Please contact the school for volunteer opportunties. (602) 449-3000

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Alternative Schools:

  • Roadrunner
  • Cholla Complex

District Administrative Center:

  • Human Resources Department — Volunteers are needed to help with mailings, assembling insurance packets and recruitment folders. Long-term or short-term volunteers are most welcome. Please contact Diane Silvestri, Director of Human Resources at (602) 449-2185 or e-mail dsilvestri@pvschools.net

Glossary of terms used in volunteer needs

  • Art Masterpiece: classroom visits to show the students art prints and explanation of the great art masters. All information is provided for volunteers
  • AR — Accelerated Reader: assist with students’ reading program, the students take computer-generated tests and students will progress through ‘A.R.’ level by level
  • Book Rabbit: make phone calls ‘to catch the children reading' at home reading incentives are supplied from the PTSA for rewards for reading at home
  • Carnival: assist with annual festival fundraiser
  • Community Nights: help with after school / evening family events
  • Core Knowledge®: help teachers with their classroom needs with this grade level specific school-wide curriculum program
  • Fall Picnic: volunteer to help with after-school family event which is a pot-luck on the playground
  • Family Fun Night: help with the once a year 5K family fun-run or other family event held in the evening
  • Field Day: help supervise the elementary school-wide athletic competitions in the Spring
  • Grand Canyon Trekkers: help supervise the lunchtime walking club on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m) which is organized through Scottsdale North Hospital
  • Holiday Shoppe: volunteer to help in December for in-school shopping, Monday – Thursday during school hours
  • Kiss-n-Drop Zone: help with morning drop-off of the children Monday – Friday mornings
  • Kopy Kats: sign-up for an hour, or more, on a regular weekly basis to help teachers make the copies that are needed for students
  • Literacy Night: help with the book fair
  • Monday Folders: help with weekly communication with parents
  • Mini-Museum: classroom visits to be arranged with the teachers to teach the children about art pieces and the artists; all supplies and information will be provided
  • Read Naturally: help teachers with supervision of this after-school reading program
  • Reading Partners: parent or older-sibling volunteers to come to school on Tuesday & Thursday mornings, before school, to read to small groups
  • The ‘Story Board’ at the MediaFest: volunteers will help with the district technology showcase
  • Title I Committee: parents volunteering for decision making committee for Title I students
  • Young Authors: help with the celebration of authors and student-authors for parents viewing student-work, meet & greet the author, usually in February for one week

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