Volunteering

Your involvement matters! From working with students, to beautifying the grounds, to fundraising, to supporting events, our school would not be the special place it is without YOUR help. There are many ways to get involved. Fill out this form and we’ll connect you with opportunities.

Volunteer Form

If you would like to serve as a field trip chaperone for your child’s class, please contact your child’s teacher directly.

Annual Background Check

Volunteers must request a background check each year. This includes Field Trip Chaperones! This process can take a couple of weeks, especially at the beginning of the school year, so submit yours early! (Note: Background checks do not check immigration status & information is not shared with other agencies.)

Instructions for Requesting a Background Check:

Go to: austinpartners.org
Select the Volunteer button
Select School Based Volunteer
You can choose to make a donation or click through without donating
Select Travis Heights Elementary from the school-based volunteers list
Choose School volunteer
(Information about what the background check looks for is available by clicking the Background Check Guidelines link)
Complete the information requested for the background check.

Confidentiality Agreement

All volunteers must also sign an AISD Confidentiality Agreement. Pick one up at the office or from your child’s teacher or Download one here English or Spanish.

If you have questions or concerns about the Background Check process or need assistance in completing the online form, please contact the Parent Support Specialist (414-4495) or Volunteer Coordinator: volunteers@travisheightselementary.com

Join A Team!

Communications Team

This group helps ensure that parents are kept informed about what’s happening at the school by updating the website, maintaining our social media presence, and supporting Dojo communications.

Fall Carnival Team

The group behind the Fall carnival fun! Help is needed to organize booths, food, supplies, signs, set up and more.

Cultural Festival Team

Organizes this event which celebrates the diverse cultures of our school. Team members are needed to arrange performers, organize cultural tables and the Mercado, and handle logistics.

Fundraising Team

Members are needed for a variety of tasks including: identifying potential donors and partners, researching or writing grant proposals, requesting donations, building business partnerships, writing or designing communication materials, planning fun events, and more.

Advocacy Team

Works with the larger community to enlist support for our school and families. Right now our focus is on welcoming and engaging our large community of refugee families.

If you are interested in learning more about these positions, please contact:

volunteers@travisheightselementary.com