Volunteer Opportunities

The school and PTA value volunteers and rely on them to partner with us in many ways, including in-class support and activities on campus throughout the year. There are a lot of options: some bigger and some smaller, some during school hours, and many that can be done from home. We hope you want to get involved! You are welcome to reach out to Mrs. Shelton, your child’s teacher, and our PTA leaders at any time to find out how you can contribute.

To volunteer at Arroyo School, or any school in the San Carlos School District, interested volunteers need to sign the SCSD Volunteer Agreement. Volunteers need to submit this form for each school and a new form every year.

School Support Roles

Arroyo needs parent volunteers before and after school and during lunch. Please sign up here if you’re able to help.

Year-Round Roles for the PTA

Arroyo uses Signup.com to manage volunteer sign-ups and reminders. Please use this Signup.com link to view and sign up for volunteer roles.

There are many PTA events and activities that count on volunteers to make them run smoothly: Multicultural Family Night, Halloween Carnival, Book Fair, Glow Party, and Hometown Days Parade, to name a few! The list of opportunities also includes PTA leadership roles that still need to be filled for the 2023-24 school year. Please consider sharing your skills with us!

Art in Action: Sign Up for Specific Lessons

Volunteer to be a docent or a helper for Art in Action! 4th Graders are studying Modern Art, 5th Graders American Art. Docents receive slides and an instructional video on the material. Helpers don’t need to do any prep, just show up ready to assist the day of. Lessons last 80 minutes. Please consider signing up to help out in your child’s class this school year!

Classroom Roles: Room Parent, Art in Action (general interest), Yearbook Rep, and More

The Room Parent is the liaison between the teacher and the class’s families. Responsibilities include managing parent donations and buying teacher gifts, helping the teacher to coordinate class socials and special projects, and emailing families communication on behalf of the teacher, PTA, and SCEF.

Art in Action is run by parent volunteers. Find descriptions of these roles in your child’s classroom on this site’s Art in Action page: Classroom Coordinator, Docent, Lesson Helper.

The Yearbook Representative photographs and collects images of classroom activities throughout the year and then creates a class collage page for the yearbook in the spring. The yearbook tool is user-friendly, and no previous experience is required.

Other roles vary by classroom: Library Day Helper, Scholastic Ordering Coordinator