All School Volunteer Jobs
AASK Reading Program -- Sign-up
Organizer:
Time of year: October through May
Time of day: school hours, mornings
Frequency: once or twice a week
Time commitment: 1 hour per session
Location: Vose Elementary
Job description: Lead volunteer recruits and organizes 10 to 12 other adult volunteers to read with Vose Elementary students in conjunction with the SMART reading program; adult volunteers read with students one to two mornings a week.
The SMART program works with entire classrooms in Kindergarten through 3rd grade at Vose Elementary. To participate in the SMART program we must be able to sponsor a classroom, which involves 10 to 12 volunteers per week, each week. OES also needs to provide a leader that can organize our volunteer readers. We could make a difference in a lot of children's lives if we could sponsor a classroom; there are classrooms that aren't able to be involved because there aren't enough volunteer readers.
AASK (Aardvarks Advocate Skills and Knowledge) is a community-based educational program of OES carried out in an intercultural partnership with Vose Elementary School and Whitford Middle School in the Beaverton School District. SMART (Start Making A Reader Today) is an Oregon state-wide not-for-profit reading program that partners with schools that have high populations of children from low income families, as studies show they are less likely to have books in the home. To encourage reading outside the classroom, SMART gives each child 14 new, take-home books—two per month during the course of the program. In addition SMART utilizes volunteers to read one-on-one with PreK-3rd grade children in need of literacy support. Every week for seven months, volunteers read aloud with kids to help them gain confidence in their reading ability.
Advent Service AfterGlow -- Sign-up
Organizer:
Time of year: December
Time of day: evening
Frequency: once
Time commitment: 1 hour
Location: OES Upper School Great Hall
Job description: Assist with food service at reception that follows the Advent and Choral Service.
After the Advent Service in December there is a wonderful get together (Afterglow) in the Upper School Great Hall, with a Faculty and Student Art Sale. Volunteers work with Food Services and student servers to provide refreshments for all the Advent Service participants and their families.
Auction Committee Chairs -- Sign-up
Organizer:
Time of year: September to early March
Time of day: discretionary
Frequency: varies depending on pre event planning meetings
Time commitment: 40 to 80 hours
Location: discretionary
Job description: Plan, organize and lead a variety of activities for the annual auction. This is pre-event planning. Activity committees include special events, organizing/scheduling volunteers, catalog, close-out, decorations, invitations and reservations, publicity, Live Auction, Silent auction, procurement, sponsorship, and cleanup.
The OES Auction is wonderful evening in February/March that brings the entire OES community together. Funds from the Auction are primarily used to fund OES faculty educational enrichment experiences. In the past the OES Auction has also benefited the OES campus in several other ways, computer upgrades, the turf field and traffic and parking improvements, the loop road and the communications center. This volunteer activity provides lots of contact with OES parents from all divisions.
Auction Event Volunteers -- Sign-up
Organizer:
Time of year: February
Time of day: varies, event is Saturday evening
Frequency: once, but can do more than one job
Time commitment: discretionary, jobs vary from 1 to 4 hours
Location: varies both on and off campus
Job description: Help with variety of auction activities pre-event, day of event, and post auction.
The OES Auction is wonderful evening in February/March that brings the entire OES community together. Funds from the Auction are primarily used to fund OES faculty educational enrichment experiences. In the past the OES Auction has also benefited the OES campus in several other ways, computer upgrades, the turf field and traffic and parking improvements, the loop road and the communications center. This volunteer activity provides lots of contact with OES parents from all divisions.
Community Diversity Link (CDL) -- Sign-up
Organizers:
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Time of year: throughout year
Time of day: school hours
Frequency: monthly meetings
Time commitment: discretionary
Location: meetings are in the Drinkward Center volunteer conference room
Job description: Volunteers arrange events and activities to raise the level of diversity awareness among families in our community.
The Community Diversity Link is composed of parents from each division -- Lower, Middle, and Upper -- and is charged with raising the level of diversity awareness among the families in our community. CDL identifies parent liaisons in all divisions and establishes procedures for gathering, directing and responding to diversity issues. Monthly meetings are held to share concerns and ideas as well as provide awareness activities and training to better equip the parent liaisons in their role.
FOESL -- Sign-up
Organizer:
Time of year: throughout year
Time of day: discretionary
Frequency: monthly
Time commitment: varies
Location: discretionary
Job description: Committee members plan and arrange FOESL events such as visiting authors and guest lectures. General volunteers help with FOESL activities throughout the year, including reading celebrations and teas.
The Friends of the OES Libraries (FOESL) activities encourage, support and promote reading throughout our extended community. Committee members meet regularly to assist division librarians, arrange for visiting authors and guest lecturers and assist with the fund raising events organized through FOESL.
FOESL Book Fair/GOBS -- Sign-up
Organizer:
Time of year: November and May
Time of day: before, during, and after school
Frequency: twice
Time commitment: 2 hours per shift
Location: on campus
Job description: Volunteers help with setup, cleanup and checkout of books at book fair/swap events.
The Friends of the OES Libraries (FOESL) activities encourage, support and promote reading throughout our extended community. Funds raised by the Book Fair are used to bring authors, illustrators and lecturers to the OES campus.
Homecoming Volunteers -- Sign-up
Organizer:
Time of year: October
Time of day: afternoon, early evening
Frequency: once
Time commitment: 2 to 3 hours
Location: Aardvark Community Park
Job description: Volunteers assist with the school-wide homecoming celebration by helping set-up, running the parade and fun-food booths (popcorn, etc.), and cleaning-up after the afternoon/early evening festivities.
Homecoming is an annual all-school celebration including soccer games, food and fun for all. Current families and alumni are all invited to attend. Dinner is provided by OES food service.
OES Fund Chairs -- Sign-up coming soon
Organizer:
Time of year: September & October
Time of day: varies
Frequency:
Time commitment: 10 to 15 hours
Location: on and off campus
Job description: Provide leadership and be an ambassador for OES Fund drive as a division chair or grade rep.
The OES Fund is the school’s most vital and basic fundraising effort. Every year the School appeals to its entire community for unrestricted donations which are used, with other non-tuition income, to fund over 15% of the operating budget. The OES Fund supports the mission of OES. These parent volunteers represent the importance of parent participation in their school division and grade. They are ambassadors; empowered to educate and inspire parents about the importance of donating to the Annual Fund. They will also be asked to strategize, solicit, and communicate.
OES Fund Phonathon -- Sign-up
Organizer:
Time of year: October
Time of day: Evening
Frequency: 2 days
Time commitment: 3.5 hours
Location: on campus
Job description: Make phone calls to OES parents requesting donations to OES Fund.
The OES Fund is the school’s most vital and basic fundraising effort. Every year the School appeals to its entire community for unrestricted donations which are used, with other non-tuition income, to fund over 15% of the operating budget. The OES Fund supports the mission of OES.
Resident Student Host Family -- Sign-up
Organizer:
Time of year: December, March
Time of day: all day
Frequency: discretionary
Time commitment: number of days is discretionary
Location: your home
Job description: Volunteers host dorm students in their homes over school breaks when the dorms are closed. Adult hosts must have an approved DHS background check.
The Host Family program encourages interactions between dorm and day students and their families and enhances the sense of community at OES. Families host an Upper School dorm student that is unable to return home during the Winter and/or Spring break dorm closures. Families from all divisions are welcome.
