School volunteer programs vary greatly depending on specific needs of individual schools and school staff. Volunteers work with children individually and in small groups in classrooms, the library and special programs. In our program, volunteers are recruited, trained and placed in classrooms or other areas by skilled volunteer coordinators. Our school volunteer program involves community members from all walks of life. They may be students, parents senior citizens, business employees and community members.
Tutors also work on developing student self-esteem.
Workshops are provided for persons interested in serving as tutors in the classrooms, in health rooms and other special programs. Every volunteer hour is a dividend paid to our students. This year all of our schools in District Five had an active Volunteer Program. During the 1999-2000 school year, hundreds of volunteers gave 175,999.75 hours to the district. 13.74 per hour.