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Volunteering

It Takes a Village

Parent and community volunteers are integral to our school’s success. From working with students, to beautifying the grounds, to fundraising, to offering enrichment opportunities and special events, our school would not be the unique community it is without our Volunteers. There are many ways for you to get involved in our community. You can simply help with events, join a team or volunteer to take on a leadership role. Scroll down to find more information about these opportunities. We look forward to hearing from you!

Sign up to volunteer here!

Just generally want to help out? Fill out this form to let us know what you are interested in doing at THES. At the bottom of the page you will find more information about ongoing volunteer 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 should 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, bulletin boards, maintaining our social media presence, and sending the e-folder/Wednesday Folder each week.

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.  Contact the fundraising team at fundraising@travisheightselementary.com and thank you!

Grants Team

This group researches grant opportunities and writes grants which are essential to help keep our academic programs running.

Advocacy Team

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

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

volunteers@travisheightselementary.com

Ongoing Opportunities

Volunteer Lunch Monitors

Lunch monitor from 11:00am until 1:00pm.

Assisting Students

Help is always needed leading learning groups, reading with kids, tutoring, and assisting with special projects in the classrooms.

Workroom Helpers

Help make copies, laminate, make die cuts, or prepare materials for teachers or the office

Library Helpers

Shelving books- Drop in anytime and shelve a few books, every little bit helps!

Creative Projects

Creative individuals are needed to help with creating and updating bulletin boards, making signs, photography and design work

Beautification/Outdoors

Help keep THES looking great by sharing your gardening talents.

Translation

Help to translate letters, flyers, forms and emails.

Staff Appreciation

Volunteers are needed to help with organizing events to show our teachers and staff how much their hard work means!

Technical Support

Help with database or website maintenance and other technical needs

Sign up here to help with these ongoing needs:

Ongoing Volunteer Form

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