Creating a School Presence | Parenting.org

Have you ever considered volunteering in your child's classroom?
You can choose to make a monthly, weekly or one-time commitment. Volunteering in your child's classroom is a positive way to spend more time with your son or daughter, and it lets the teacher know that you're interested in what's going on inside the classroom.

The following volunteer opportunities are suggestions from Dr. Kenneth Shore and the parenthoodweb.com web site:
*Serve as a room parent
*Tutor students in the classroom
*Read stories to the students
*Assist at a class party
*Speak to your child's class or school on a topic of student interest
*Start an after-school computer club
*Supervise children in an after-school recreation program
*Prepare school bulletin boards
*Serve as an aide on a school bus
*Photograph students at school activities
*Work as a clerical aide (grade papers, for example)
*Work as an aide in the library, main office, cafeteria or playground
*Develop or work at a homework hotline
*Organize teacher appreciation activities
*Prepare food for an ethnic festival
*Help write a school newsletter
*Help run the book or science fair
*Arrange assembly programs
*Develop and help run a 'guardian angel' program where parents are called if their child has not shown up for school, and they have not notified the school of their absence
*Develop a list of community resources for parents and children
*Recruit other parents as school volunteers
*Help construct a playground
*Donate plants, books, carpeting or other necessities
*Help plant trees"