Volunteer Opportunities

TCS recognizes that each family has different gifts, talents and ability. Parents are encouraged to use their gifts by being involved in all aspects of Trinity Christian School. Involvement ranges from helping in the classroom, chaperoning on field trips, coaching sports teams, or joining one of the many committees of TCS. At TCS there is a wide variety of volunteer opportunities that range in level of responsibility and time commitment. Every effort you make is valuable and appreciated.

Please note to volunteer with the students at TCS you must:

provide a police check. Police Checks are usually $30 however, if you obtain a letter from the TCS front office, we cover the cost.
Complete the Volunteer Confidentiality Form. This form is available at the TCS front office.
in order to drive any students you must submit the Volunteer Automobile Driver Authorization Form and provide proof of $2,000,000 liability insurance.

The volunteering opportunities have been categorized into four different areas:

COMMITTEES

ACSCS Membership
Finance Committee
Fundraising Events Committee
Information Technology Committee
Kindergarten Action Committee
Long Range Planning Committee
NEW! - TOC (Trinity Opportunity Council)
Policy Committee

REGULAR WEEKLY/MONTHLY VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITES

These volunteer opportunities occur on a regular weekly or monthly basis. Some of these opportunities can be done at your home but the majority are during school hours.

Class Parent
Class Library Parent
Class Phoning Parent
In-class Volunteer
Parking Supervision
Hot Lunch Volunteer
Prayer Group
Coaching a Sport

EVENT OPPORTUNITIES

These volunteer opportunities include occasional events like field trips or special events. The time commitment is generally 3-4 hours during the event. There are also opportunities to help with planning each of these events which would require more involvement.

Field Trips (on-going)
Driving For Comptetitive Sports (Junior High only)
Walkathon (May)

SCHOOL COUNCIL

Volunteering is a wonderful way to meet new people and feel part of our amazing community.

LOST AND FOUND

Weekly Item Sorting:
- Pop into the boot room once a week to tidy the lost and found area. Sort, hang and arrange items, dispose of garbage, return labelled items to the front office.
  Commitment: 15-20min, once a week. (Frequency may be less, as shared among volunteers)
Monthly Outdoor Display
- Display lost and found items outside the main school doors during school pick-up.
- Let the front office know the week before you intend to display the lost and found so that they can let families know when to come and look through it.
  Commitment: 3:15-3:45pm, one week each month (Frequency may be less, as shared among volunteers)
  
  Contact: Jessi Krahn schoolcouncil@tcskids.com

TCS STUDENT BANKING

Join our Banking Coordinator, Arlene Reimer in helping TCS students open accounts and make interest-bearing deposits through our partnership with the Christian Credit Union.
Commitment: To be confirmed

Contact: Arlene Reimer banking@tcskids.com

STAFF APPRECIATION

Attend planning meetings and use your giftings to bless our staff! Previous endeavors include Tim's and Village Ice Cream runs, coordinating with local restaurants for a special lunch, decorating the staff room and bulletin board, purchasing flowers, creating a candy bar, creating encouragement notes, providing baking and more!
Commitment: Meetings as needed (every 2-3 months in-person or online), event execution as you have time/desire

Contact: Sam Halvorson schoolcouncil@tcskids.com

ATTEND SCHOOL COUNCIL MEETINGS

All TCS parents and guardians are voting members of School Council! Our meetings include updates from and opportunities for dialogue/questions with our administration, our Society, and the Palliser board, as well as opportunities to weigh-in on Parent Info Nights and more.
School Council meets 4-5 times during the school year. Meetings are 1 hour in length.
Meeting dates and time are posted on this School Council page and the school bulletin board across from the office.

Contacts: Stephanie Dyck (Chair), Sophie Kolterjahn (Vice Chair), Nicole Sharpe (Secretary) schoolcouncil@tcskids.com

School Council would also like to promote the following non-School Council volunteer opportunities at TCS:

TCS PRAYER GROUP

All TCS community members are invited to drop-in for prayer on Thursday mornings at 8:30am in the library. Children are welcome.
Prayer requests may be directed to the main office and will be kept confidential within the prayer group.

BLESSINGS INITIATIVE

Help us fill our freezer with meals to distribute as needed!
Commitment: just bring a freezer meal anytime! (Please provide your meal in a container that does not need to be returned to you.)

Contact: Audra Chase audra.chase@pallisersd.ab.ca