The Parent and Student Volunteers Program is an important aspect of the Porter experience. This is the program that allows and encourages parents and students to be an active part of their school.

Through the Volunteers Program, the adult members of the family become an extension of the school’s faculty and staff, and an integral part of daily life at Porter.

As with all aspects of Porter, the Volunteers Program is focused on the benefit of our students. This is why participation in the program is mandatory for all Porter families. By committing ourselves to the success of the school, we are indicating to our students their worth.

Each Porter family is required to volunteer on behalf of each student they have enrolled at the school.  The following section explains the guidelines for volunteering.

Volunteer Guidelines

Grades 1-3  10 hours
Grades 4-5  15 hours
Grades 6-8  20 hours

• Must volunteer 10 hours on behalf of each student enrolled.

• Any adult family member may perform "parent" volunteer service.

• Volunteer hours must be completed by the last day of school.

• All Parent/Guardian volunteer hours must be worked at Porter, or on behalf of Porter programs.  For example, a parent may assist a teacher by doing work at home. Hours spent volunteering for non-Porter programs will not be counted.

• Attendance and participation at workshops and meetings for school or PTO will be credited; attendance at social events will not. For example, attending a Family Fun Night is not volunteer service, while assisting in Family Fun Night preparation (planning, set up, clean up, etc.) is.

• Volunteers at school must sign into and out of the Volunteers Log in the main office. Hours will be recorded from this log.

• If a volunteer does not sign out of the log, no more than one hour will be awarded. Please make sure you sign out.

• A maximum of 3 volunteer hours may be earned for donations to a Porter function.

• Families may monitor their progress throughout the year by looking on their Edulink account.

• It is each family’s responsibility to ensure their work is properly reported.

• If a family does not meet the required number of volunteer hours by the published deadline, their student will not be invited to return to Porter for the following academic year.

•  Parent volunteer hours MUST be COMPLETED BY June 13th, 2008.

IMMEDIATE REQUEST! Parent volunteers to "Greet" visitors in our 'front hall check-in desk.' For security reasons, we are establishing a check-in desk to ensure that no one enters the building without first checking into the front office. We need volunteers to sit at this desk , smile/welcome and direct visitors to the front office. Here are the time slots needed for EACH day ALL year long:

EVERY SCHOOL DAY 9:00am - 12:00noon and 12:00noon - 3:00pm