- ALL SCHOOL VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Easy Money Fundraisers
The Parents' Council will receive rebates when
St. Andrew's parents and friends use grocery
cards, shop on the internet, recycle print cartridges,
etc. This is an easy way to raise funds
without any additional out-of pocket money
spent by parents/friends. Volunteers are
needed to coordinate and publicize these
fundraisers. Proceeds benefit the Parents’
Council’s teacher enrichment grant program.
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- Poinsettia Sale
The Parents’ Council makes poinsettias and
holiday wreaths available to the school and
community through this sale in December.
Proceeds benefit the Parents’ Council’s
teacher enrichment grant program.
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- Fall Concert for the Endowment - November
This event raises money for the St. Andrew’s
Endowment Fund. Volunteers are needed for
underwriting, live auction, decorations, reservations,
food, floral arrangements, signage and
sponsor favors. The date for the event will be in
the Fall and is yet to be determined.
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- LS/MS Book Fair
The Library, in conjunction with the Development
Office, holds this major fundraising event
in the fall. Book Fair volunteers help by loading
and unloading books for display, setting up and
taking down displays and assisting with checkout.
Proceeds benefit the St. Andrew’s libraries.
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- BookPeople Weekend
One chairperson needed to organize, coordinate
and advertise this off-campus event with
BookPeople employees.
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- Family Fair
This annual all-school festival for St. Andrew’s
financial aid program is coordinated by the
Development Office and facilitated by the
Parents’ Council by providing a team of coordinators
and parents who volunteer for a variety
of jobs, including coordinating the making of
the quilts for the live auction, providing chairpersons
for the silent auction, registration,
arrangements, food, bakery/pantry, entertainment,
set-up, clean-up, decorations and signage,
and general assistance in making this a
fun-filled day for the school community. Proceeds
benefit St. Andrew’s financial aid program.
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- Spring Fest
This annual, all school, adults only fundraiser for
St. Andrew’s financial aid program is held at the
Upper School and coordinated by the Development
Office and facilitated by the Parents’
Council by providing a chairperson plus a team
of coordinators and parents who volunteer for
a variety of jobs, including providing chairpersons
for the live and silent auctions, registration,
food, entertainment, set-up, clean-up, decorations
and signage, and general assistance in
making this a fun filled evening for St. Andrew’s
parents. Proceeds benefit St. Andrew’s financial
aid program.
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- Grandparents and Grandfriends Day
Grandparents and Special Friends are invited to visit classes and Chapel. At the Upper School, this day takes place the Wednesday before Easter Break: at the Lower/Middle Schools it occurs on the Thursday before Easter Break.
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- St. Andrew's Day
Held in the gym at the Upper School campus in late November, this day celebrates our Patron Saint and includes a service of Holy Communion, lunch on the Nazro Green, and a community-wide service project.
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- Homecoming Picnic
Held at the Upper School, usually in late October, this committee helps organize the younger grades for spirit activities at the game.
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- LOWER SCHOOL VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
The opportunities below each have multiple volunteer opportunities that are scheduled throughout the year.
Latin Banquet (Grades 5-12) 
Volunteers are needed to line students up for
the costume judging, to work in the kitchen,
and to chaperone Latin students at this fall
banquet. The Latin Banquet attendance is required
for all Latin students.
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- Hot Lunch
Volunteers are needed to serve hot lunch to
students in the Lower and Middle Schools. Hot
lunch is served four days a week and two
volunteers are needed to help each day.
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- Altar Guild
Lower and Middle
parents are needed to help with weekly chapel
maintenance on the 31st Street campus.
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- 5th-8th Concessions
Concession volunteers will oversee concessions
during specific (division level) sporting events
throughout the school year. Volunteers are not
expected to assist for all events.The inventory
coordinator will purchase supplies and the
volunteer coordinator will assign students and
parent volunteers to work the concession
stands during the games.
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- Website Volunteer Photographers or Videographers
Calling all cameras! The chairman of this committee
will assign and coordinate volunteer
photographers for school events. Sending out
monthly reminders and organizing a calendar
will help volunteers digitally record the life of St.
Andrew’s as it unfolds. The chairman of this
committee will also work closely with the Yearbook Staff.
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- Brown Bag Parent Education
Parents meet during the lunch hour to learn
about a variety of school related and/or parenting
topics. Co-chairs are needed to solicit
ideas for topics and speakers. Volunteers help
to promote the Brown Bag Lunches, set-up,
clean-up, and bring waters and paper goods for
attendees.
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- Speaker Series
Throughout the year, St. Andrew’s Parent’s
Council brings in speakers for our school alone
and sometimes jointly with St. Stephen’s, St.
Michaels, Trinity, and St. Gabriel’s Schools.
Generally, the topics are relating to parenting
issues. Volunteers are needed to help with organizing
and publicizing these events.
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- Faculty Appreciation Luncheon
One chairperson for the Lower/Middle School
and one for the Upper School will set the date
and plan a luncheon honoring the St. Andrew’s
faculty and staff for their hard work and dedication
to our children. Parent volunteers provide
the food and the decorations to make it a
special day of recognition.
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- Library Angels
A group of angels is needed to assist in the
Rollins Library. Tasks include reading to the class
at library time, helping with computer work, decorating
the Library bulletin boards, special projects,
and general maintenance of the Library.
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- Congratulations! You are halfway through the opportunities! Keep going to see all the fun you can have.
Pizza Day (Mondays)  <
Pizza will be served at the Lower and Middle
schools one day a week. Two volunteers are
needed each week to serve students. This is an
approximately 1.5 hour time commitment.
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- Spirit Shop
The Parents’ Council sells various St. Andrew’s
spirit items throughout the year. Spirit items are
sold online, at sports events and at the Spirit
Shop, which is located on the 31st street campus.
These items must be purchased, stocked,
and sold periodically to our students and parents.
A coordinator and volunteers from each
campus are needed to keep up with and distribute
items to the Lower/Middle and Upper
Schools.
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- Parent Gatherings
A lovely tradition of getting together at the
beginning of the school year, parents gather for
wine, snacks and reacquainting. Chairman for
this committee attend various gatherings to setup,
clean-up and serve. Parents’ Council Class
Reps are expected to come 15 minutes early
and stay 15 minutes after their grades’ gathering
event.
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- Faculty Appreciation Snacks
One chairperson each from the Lower, Middle,
and Upper Schools will assign dates for volunteers
to furnish the Teachers’ Lounge with light
snacks on a monthly basis.
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- Lost and Found
Coordinators and volunteers are needed three
times a year to go through Lost and Found
items at the 31st Street Campus. Coordinators
organize days on which items will be displayed
for the students, devise creative ideas to combat
the loss of clothing, before the items that
remain are donated to a determined charity.
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- Parent Peer Groups
Coordinators from each campus will organize
informal monthly gatherings of parents. The
object is to provide a regular and relaxed
forum for parents to come together and talk
with other parents about whatever is on their
minds concerning their children. Groups will be
meet based on two grade level combinations
as follows: 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th.
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- P.E. Fun House
The P.E. Department needs coordinators and
many volunteers to assist with the Fun House in
October. Fun House volunteers
help with the set up and running of the
Fun House. This is a great place for dads to volunteer.
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- P.E. Field Day
The P.E. Department needs coordinators and many volunteers to assist with the Field Day in May. Field Day volunteers are needed to sell concessions and serve food.
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- Marathon Kids
Students in Grades 1 – 4 are eligible to participate
in the Marathon Kids’ beginning in October
and ending in February. The students run
during their PE class, and there are four special
running dates during this time period. One
parent volunteer is needed from each grade
to help coordinate parent supervisors and/or
snacks for these four dates.
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- Hospitality Committee
One chairperson each from the Lower, Middle,
and Upper Schools will coordinate refreshments
for a variety of St. Andrew’s functions. Volunteers
are called upon to provide food, drinks,
hosting, and set-up assistance for specific
events, such as Back-To-School Night.
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- Admissions Hospitality
A chairperson will help the LS/MS Director of Admissions
coordinate volunteers who will provide
light refreshments for Open Houses in October, November, December, and January. No set-up or clean-up is required.
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- Admissions Tours
Tour Guides are needed to tour with prospective parents at Open Houses held in October, November, December, and January.
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- Admissions Pre-School Coffees
The chairperson will help the LS-MS Director of Admissions coordinate volunteers who will host a coffee or help provide light refreshments for coffees for Episcopal Pre-schools' parents.
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- Admissions 6th Grade Coffees
The chairperson will help the LS-MS Director of Admissions host coffees in the months of November and January for prospective 6th grade parents. These events are held at school.
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- Las Posadas Set Up
Some volunteers are needed to help with this
special holiday event in December, put on by
the Spanish Department for grades 1-4. Help is
needed on Thursday night, the evening before
the event, from about 7-9:30 p.m. to help set up
and decorate the Small Gym. This is a great
volunteer opportunity for 2 or 3 dads. Additional
volunteers are needed to help serve
churros and chocolate and help with clean up
from approximately 7:30 am until about 10:30
am on the Friday morning of Las Posadas.
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- School Supply Collection
A worthy cause, the chairman of this committee
will work with Head of the Lower School to
collect and sort leftover school supplies that
Lower School students do not want to take
home. The collected items will be donated to
children who would otherwise go without
school supplies
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- DIVERSITY COMMITTEE
The Parents' Council Diversity Committee sponsors community events to support all facets of diversity at St. Andrew's and provide opportunities for parents and families to connect with one another. In addition to the two all-school events that we sponsor, we have ongoing informal gatherings for parents to network, inform, and get to know one another.
Back to School Meet and Greet EventA person is needed to coordinate this social event at the beginning of the year.
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- Diversity Committee Spring Heritage Picnic
A person is needed to coordinate a picnic in the spring.
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- Diversity Committee Informal Gatherings
Coordinate an informal potluck dinner a few times throughout the year.
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- Diversity Committee General Membership
Please type your name below if you would like to be a standing member of this committee and receive email notifications about events and gatherings.
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- Fine Arts Support
St. Andrew’s produces endless concerts, performances,
and art shows. Our Fine Arts Faculty
at all divisions can use help from time to time
with the various events. Volunteers for Fine Arts
Support will be called upon to help faculty as
needed.
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- Outreach Committee
Working closely with the Head of School and
the Chaplains, two chairpersons: one from the
Upper School and one from the Lower/Middle
School are needed to represent the Parent’s
Council in community outreach. These chairpersons
will be responsible for writing notes or
contacting families in need (usually in the case
of family lifecycle events such as birth, illness,
etc.) Volunteers may be asked to prepare a
meal or other task to help families in need of
community.
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- Private School Interscholastic Association
The PSIA is an opportunity for St. Andrew's lower
and middle school students to compete with
area private schools in a variety of academic
challenges. Volunteers are needed to assist the
lower and middle school faculty liaisons in the
following areas: publicity, record keeping and
mentoring competitors in speech, writing,
math, science and art.
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- GRADE LEVEL CLASSROOM PARENT
The classroom parents:
A. Coordinate grade level activities (class parties, parent gatherings, field trips, scrapbooks, photographs, teacher's needs)
B. Attend monthly Parents' Council meetings and report pertinent information back to the classroom parents.
C. Attend and assits at your grade level Parent Gathering and the Homecoming Picnic, and
D. Uphold the goals set forth by the Parents' Council.
If you would be willing to serve as a Classroom Parent, please type your name below and the grade for which you are interested.
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- TALENT AND CULTURAL TRADITION SHARING
Do you have an expertise, talent, passion, or cultural tradition that you would be willing to share with your child's class...or maybe even the entire school? Please answer the next three questions if you would be willing to be a resource for topics, talents, cultural events, or interests you would like to share.
What subject matter(s) are you interested in speaking about? Example:Space
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- Please give a short description of your interest in the above: Example: I am a former astronaut and enjoy presenting the story of my trip to the moon.
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- Are you willing to speak to any grade, or would you like to limit it to your child's class?
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- Thank you! Thank You! Thank You!for taking the time to volunteer. Please let us know your thoughts of this first year of volunteering online.
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