Edison - Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteering at Edison

We'd LOVE to have you volunteer at Edison!

First Things First...

Please look over the District's Information for 4J Volunteers, including the Volunteer Guidelines, information and forms you'll need to complete (at right). Print the forms, fill them out and turn them into the office.

If you volunteer to drive students for school activities, you must have adequate insurance, an up-to-date insurance form on file in the office, plus use seat belts and booster seats as required by law. If your insurance information changes (including expiration dates), please stop by the office to update your form.

Descriptions of Volunteer Opportunities:

Volunteer Committee
The Volunteer Committee acts as the liaison between the staff and head volunteers and helps find individuals to volunteer when a need arises. In 2005, the committee organized the first ever Volunteer Information Café to help connect parents to volunteer opportunities. Contact Stephanie Lonergan, 344-1253.

Back-to-School Picnic
An evening picnic at Edisonto welcome families, new and returning, back to school. Students and the families have a chance to meet the teachers, see the classrooms and play with friends. Help is needed for 2006! Contact Mary Beth Hepp-Elam, 686-4840.

Book Fair
The Book Fair raises money that will be applied to the purchase of books for our school library. The Book Fair is held November 8 & 9 in the gym. Volunteers are needed in the Fall to help plan and coordinate with the bookstore. Volunteers are needed at the Book Fair to set up, sell, and clean up. Following the Book Fair, volunteers help distribute books purchased on order. Contact Lynette Williams, 485-3960.

Classroom Volunteers & Room Parents
Several per classroom are needed as a resource for teachers. In addition, each classroom needs a Room Parent to coordinate other helpers for field trips, parties and other special events. Sign-up sheets will be available. Contact your child’s teacher.

Computer Lab
Volunteers can assist students with technical skills or with basic research, writing and editing activities in the computer lab. Contact your child’s teacher.

Edison Education Fund (EEF)
Edison’s 2005-2006 fundraising goal is $60,000 to pay for Music, P.E., Literacy & Social Skills Programs. The EEF committee meets once a month to brainstorm and plan fundraising events such as the Edison night at Roaring Rapids and East 19th St, The Valentine’s Silent Auction, a broad-based letter campaign and so forth. Contact Susan Daniels.

Edison Time of Sharing Food Drive
A number of Edison students depend on free and reduced price meals provided through the Edison cafeteria. Help fill the two-week holiday gap in cafeteria meals by donating grocery scrip or food. Contact Edison if you would like to coordinate the Food Drive or help with sorting and/or distributing.

Student Directory
Each household receives a directory of phone numbers and addresses for all students and staff at Edison. Contact Paul Curtis, 344-7365.

Fall Family Night
A great night of family fun at Edison with painting, storytelling, make-a-book and lots of other kid-friendly activities. This event, which coincides with the Book Fair, will be held in early November. Contact Beth Stein, 242-0798, or Jen Thoennes, 345-4970.

Fifth Grade Graduation
Help create a memorable send-off to middle school for our 5th graders. Volunteers needed.

Front Case Display
Displays in the entry hall of Eidson reflect current topics of study within Edison classrooms and are an enjoyable visual exhibit for students. Contact Deborah Dailey, 343-3743.

Head Lice Checks
One volunteer per classroom is needed to check students heads for lice. This assignments takes 15-30 minutes each month. Help promote student health and get to know the kids up close and personal! A former volunteer said the children really looked forward to head lice checks and it was more fun than she would have imagined. Jen Thoennes, 345-4970.

Health Room
Volunteers are needed one day a week from 11:15am until 12:35 pm. This is a tremendous help for Vicki. Most of the help is administering band-aids, ice packs, and TLC. Contact Laura Clemens, 342-7401.

Health Screening
Health Screening checks students teeth and vision from 8:30-12 noon, one day in late September. Contact Joan Narin, 687-0784.

Jog-a-thon
Volunteers are needed to walk to and from the track with the kids, hand out water, mark off laps, setup, cleanup and more. The Jog-a-thon takes place from 9am-noon one in late spring. Contact Cary Hancock.

Kids Night Out
Held one Friday a month from 6-9 pm, parent volunteers open the school for all students enrolled at Edison for an evening of supervised fun in the gymnasium. The kids love it and parents get a few hours for an evening out. Volunteer Coordinator(s) needed.

Library Volunteers
Parent volunteers are needed to help children check out books, to repair books, shelve books and serve as lunchtime library aide from 12:00 to 12:40 pm.

Ocean Week
A much anticipated yearly school-wide event at Edison, Ocean Week provides numberour opportunities for students to explore marine science. Volunteers are encouraged to help with this fun-filled, educational event. Volunteer Coordinator(s) needed.

Reading Tutors
Spend 30 minutes per week helping a student improve their reading fluency and comprehension. Contact Jaye Dibos.

Playground Partners
Adult volunteers are needed at recess, so our children may play and interact in as safe and supportive an environment as possible. Volunteers monitor the yard, assisting as necessary. Occasionally, you may escort a child to the nurse’s office. There are several unexpected benefits. You may join your children for lunch; observe and gain insight about crucial social interactions; glimpse the future; attend recess with kids of other ages than your own. Contact the office.

Scrip Sales
Scrip are cash vouchers which return a percentage of your purchases to Edison. eScrip provides a similar return based on credit card and debit card purchases. Volunteers help with scrip sales, record keeping, and distribution. Contact Liz Coleman, 683-4384.

T-shirt/Sweatshirt Sales
T-shirts and sweatshirts help build school spirit. Volunteers help coordinate the printing, sale and distribution of t-shirts and sweatshirts. Contact Judith Bender 345-5329.

Toucan Tales Anthology
The Anthology is a collection of writings and illustrations by each student. The book is then sold to each student at cost. Volunteers are needed to type, proofread, and assemble the student’s work into a beautifully bound paperback book. Contact Kirsti Haugen, 434-2416.

Toucan Times newsletter
Volunteers are needed to write articles and help produce our classy monthly newsletter. Contact Bev Mayhew.

Valentine’s Family Night
Coinciding with EEF’s silent auction, the Parent Council organizes games and entertainment in the evening for the kids while the adults peruse the auction. We aim to have many different activities for kids K-5. We need lots of help to put on this fun, community-building evening. Contact Nancy O’Brien, 687-9393.

Website
The Edison web site is a critical venue for sharing the amazing activities and sense of community at Edison.Contact Kirsti Haugen, 434-2416.

Women’s History Month
Edison celebrates Women’s History Month uniquely through the efforts of Edison mothers and fifth grade girls. Dressed in the appropriate style and with knowledge of the historical figures life and contributions, Edison mothers “become” the historical women for our classrooms the first two weeks of March. The annual Women’s History play is presented by interested fifth grade girls. The girls research, write a short summary of their historical figure’s life, rehearse for several weeks, then perform a play for all the classrooms and parents. Contact Denise Jessup 683-7641

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