SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES
Service Hours for the 2019-2020 School year.
Remember that each DCA family should contribute a minimum of 50 documentable service hours to the school during the school year (July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2020). These 50 service hours will be required of all families. If for some reason a family prefers not to serve the 50-hour minimum, they may choose to pay $25 per hour for each service hour not contributed to DCA.
Families will log and keep track of their service hours through RenWeb. The Service Hours Log can be found in the “Family Information” tab on the home screen of RenWeb ParentsWeb. If you have not been recording your service hours in RenWeb, please get those updated in the system. If you need help with this process, please contact Joanna Hampton at joanna.hampton@dcamail.org.
If you logged hours this summer for the next school year and did any work before July 1, please put July 1 as the date and then list the date/project you’ve worked on in the notes section.
Families will log and keep track of their service hours through RenWeb. The Service Hours Log can be found in the “Family Information” tab on the home screen of RenWeb ParentsWeb. If you have not been recording your service hours in RenWeb, please get those updated in the system. If you need help with this process, please contact Joanna Hampton at joanna.hampton@dcamail.org.
If you logged hours this summer for the next school year and did any work before July 1, please put July 1 as the date and then list the date/project you’ve worked on in the notes section.
How Can You Help at DCA?
Continue to pray for the school year! Tell others about DCA!
Please contact the DCA school office 540-552-7777 or office.dayspring@gmail.com if you’re interested in helping with any projects. The list below is not exhaustive as various needs arise during the year. We look forward to working with you as we have a great year learning and growing with your students.
SERVING DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR
There are plenty of opportunities to serve regularly during the coming school year. These include teaching an elective, manning entry desks in the gym and main building, study hall proctors, classroom helpers, lab aides, substituting, helping out during lunches, helping with morning drop-off and afternoon pick-up, regular cleaning rotations, etc. If you would like to volunteer for one of these regular time slots throughout the year, please contact Joanna Hampton (as soon as possible): joanna.hampton@dcamail.org
We need parents to man welcome desks in the Main and Gym entry ways.
○ Tuesdays and Thursdays: 8:15-9:20, 9:25-10:45, 10:50-12:10, 12:35-1:20, 1:25-2:10, 2:15-3:15
We need parent volunteers to help as lab aides.
○ Saturday 10/19 vs. UNC game time TBA
○ Saturday 11/9 vs. Wake Forest game time TBA
○ Saturday 11/23 vs. Pitt game time TBA
Volunteer cleaning
- 8:30 - 3:00 M-F Gym needed M; Main Building T-F
- can be broken down into days/times that fit your schedule, but would love to put together a regular schedule for each week if possible
- Volunteering one morning or afternoon a week would be a great help in keeping our children safe this year!
- Drop off help 7:55-8:25. MWF are still needed
- Pick-up help 2:55-3:25. MWF are still needed
- Needs exist all day every day
- can be broken down into days/times that fit your schedule, but would love to put together a regular schedule for each week if possible
- study hall proctor availabilities:
○ Tuesdays and Thursdays: 8:15-9:20, 9:25-10:45, 10:50-12:10, 12:35-1:20, 1:25-2:10, 2:15-3:15
We need parent volunteers to help as lab aides.
- Looking for someone who can help by pulling items needed from the garage to prep for labs/STEM and then put them back in the garage afterwards. Could be a once a week after/before school activity?
- Friday (9/27, 10/18, 11/8, 11/22, 12/6) mornings 8:00-9:20 for Chemistry and/or Thursday after school for set-up the day before.
- Some lab aide opportunities will also exist throughout the year for AP Biology, Environmental Science, Life Science, Science 5/6, and elementary classes
- The teacher can have that 30-minute lunch break
- Even if you only have one day a month available, the teachers would appreciate the help.
- K-2 Lunch 11:00-11:30; Recess 11:30-12:00
- 3-4 Recess 11:00-11:30; 3-5 Lunch 11:30-12:00
- Help make various lunch options available during the week
- 10:55-12:50
- Could coincide with serving as a 3rd-5th grade lunch parent
- If you would be willing to be on the substitute teacher list to help out when teachers are ill or have a need that keeps them out of the classroom, let us know your availability, grades willing to cover, etc.
- You may sub for pay or for volunteer hours.
- We’re looking for someone to help oversee athletic uniform inventory, storage, etc.
- We need help with concessions for home games (volleyball and basketball)
- We need admissions table workers and clock/bookkeepers for home games (volleyball and basketball)
- Contact Athletic Director Justin Hawks justin.hawks@dcamail.org
- We will be scanning tickets again this year.
- This would be 8 hours (4 hours if needed) beginning 4 hours before game time.
- Adults or 16&17-year old students with their parent
- The home schedule:
○ Saturday 10/19 vs. UNC game time TBA
○ Saturday 11/9 vs. Wake Forest game time TBA
○ Saturday 11/23 vs. Pitt game time TBA
Volunteer cleaning
- Interested in general cleaning or helping to lead family cleaning nights?
- Do you play an instrument you’d like to share with the K-5 students?
- Would you like to sing with the students?
- Would you like to help prepare props, etc. for the elementary Christmas Program?
- Do you have a science background or particular interest in science? Still looking for physical science
- Join other parents and teachers in the review of textbook curricula.
- Let us know what area of science and we’ll match you up with some textbooks.
- Each team will review about 4-6 textbooks per subject.
Activity/Elective Period Options
If you have a skill or hobby that you would be excited to share with our secondary students during the school year, please let us know. These could be long-term elective options or short-term offerings. We want to be able to offer our students as much as possible. Remember that hours spent sharing your skill can be included in your family’s 50 hours of service to the school.
If you have a skill or hobby that you would be excited to share with our secondary students during the school year, please let us know. These could be long-term elective options or short-term offerings. We want to be able to offer our students as much as possible. Remember that hours spent sharing your skill can be included in your family’s 50 hours of service to the school.
Upcoming Events to get on your calendar where volunteers are needed
- 10/29 Trunk or Treat – we’re looking for trunks and helpers with organization
- 11/14-11/16 – New River Tip-Off Tournament at DCA – we’re looking for admissions, concessions, clock, bookkeepers, cleaning, etc.
- 11/15 Service Day – we’re looking for helpers to go into the community to serve with the students and teachers, lunch preparers/servers, etc.
- 12/9 Elementary Christmas Program and Cookie Social – we’re looking for helpers with the Christmas program preparation in the music class and set-up/servers/clean-up for the cookie social
- 12/21 DCA Aaron Craig Memorial Alumni Basketball Game and Alumni Event – we’re looking for helpers with this event
- Christmas break – floor cleaning
- 1/23 Science Fair – we’re looking for a coordinator, judges, etc.
- 2/21 Spelling Bee
- 2/21 Kindergarten Open House – we’re looking for helpers and servers
- Mar (date TBD) Math Olympics
- 4/16 Open House – we’re looking for a variety of helpers – coordinating children’s activities, greeters, servers, tour guides, etc.
- 4/25 Pig Pickin’ – we’re looking for set-up, servers, clean-up, etc.
- 4/27-5/1 Book Fair & Readers are Leaders week – we’re looking for helpers to set-up the book fair, work during the book fair, be guest readers for readers are leaders week, etc.
- 4/30 Fine Arts Extravaganza – we’re looking for helpers with the elementary music program, set-up, clean-up, etc.
- 5/12 K-12 Field Day – we’re looking for a coordinator to set-up games; volunteers to run the games; volunteers to prepare/serve lunch, sno-cones, etc.; helpers with clean-up, etc.
- 5/23 DCA Graduation – we’re looking for food prep, decorating, servers, clean-up, etc.