At Agnon we believe it takes a community to provide the most comprehensive academic, social and spiritual experience for your children. In that spirit, we look forward to your engagement in a culture of parent volunteerism. This opportunity provides you with the chance to further support your child while getting to know the Agnon environment, activities, staff and families. All Agnon families are expected to participate. Just a few hours of time will truly make a difference!
Early childhood-8th grade families will be expected to volunteer for at least 5 hours throughout the school year. Any combination of parents, grandparents, even extended family members, is welcome to participate in fulfilling this goal/expectation.
Below is an overview of volunteer opportunities. Click here to fill out a form indicating your volunteer interests, and a volunteer coordinator will contact you with specific details and information. Additional volunteer opportunities are also listed in weekly emails and on the Agnon website.
Please keep track of your completed volunteer hours using this online form.
Overview of Volunteer Opportunities
Fulfills requirement automatically
- Board Member
- PTA Exec Board
- Room Parent
- Any Event or Program Chair (Fall Fundraiser, Community Concert, Mishloach Manot, Dad’s Camp In, Purim Carnival, Used Book Sale, Spring Auction, etc.)
Other opportunities (partial list)
- Start of School/Fall Opportunities:
- Back to School Breakfast (1st day of school, set up & clean up, approximately 1.5 hours)
- Back to School Teacher Gifts (purchase, set up & distribution of gifts, with assistance)
- Lice check (variable shifts available for head checks)
- Back to School Brunch* (diverse volunteer shifts available: food purchasing, set up, clean up)
- Rib Burn Off (1 hour volunteer shifts available, cooking, staffing booth)
- Back to School Nights (food purchasing, set up, clean up, 1-2 hours)
Alphabetical Order *Evening and Weekend volunteer opportunities are italicized.
- Annual Fund volunteer (solicitation calls & meetings. Variety)
- Challah Program (organize database, distribute challah to classrooms 1 hour weekly)
- Chesed Volunteer (delivering meals to families, variety)
- Classroom Volunteering (per teacher request, may involve teacher and/or student assistance
- Community Concert (variety of 1 hour shifts available, planning too)
- Dad’s Camp In (plan & execute program)
- Fall Fundraising (meetings, organization of volunteers & products)
- Grandparent Celebration (greeters, breakfast set up, clean up)
- Grade level programs (parents of older students volunteer to set up food)
- Language Translation/outreach (contacting families who don’t speak English to facilitate understanding of Agnon events, policies, etc.)
- Library (restocking, assisting librarian, variety of shifts)
- Lunch/recess duty (assist teachers in supervising students)
- Mishloach Manot (organize, purchase, pack and/or deliver packages)
- New Family Ice Cream social (purchase food, set up, attend event. 1-2 hours)
- Office Help (stuffing envelopes, sorting mailings. Variety of shift lengths)
- Purim Party (diverse volunteer shifts available: food purchasing, set up, clean up)
- Preschool Social Events (plan, purchase food, set up/clean up. 1-2 hours)
- Shabbat Dinner set ups (set up tables, place settings)
- Spring Auction (planning and volunteers shifts)
- Teacher/Staff Appreciation (purchase gifts, order & set up meal, 1-2 hours)
- Yom Ha’Yeled (planning mtgs., volunteer shifts vary)
- 8th Grade Israel Send-Off (Shop for and assemble goodie bags for students’ trip)
Your choice: volunteer hours or AIP
- Library assistance (Ongoing commitment, requires training. Help check out books and reshelve. One to two hour weekly or bi-weekly commitment.)
For questions or additional information, contact Laura Simon at lsimon@agnon.org or 216-464-4055.