Areas that you can volunteer in at

Chapman’s Retreat Elementary School

Library – help out with day-to-day needs such as checking in books, checking out books, shelving books, straightening shelves, helping children locate books.

Art – helping the art teacher by having an extra set of hands in the classroom, particularly with the younger ones. Helping the art teacher display the art and changing that out on a regular basis.

Reading – going into the individual classrooms and reading to the kids. Helping to tutor some of the kids of our school in their reading (Kim Stallings, our Reading Specialist, will train you!) Going into the individual classrooms and having the children read to you.

Writing Wall – helping to display new writings from the children on the writing wall.

Office – sorting mail, answering phone calls, directing visitors.

Workroom - copying, laminating, cutting out shapes and letters, general office work.

Clean-up – every Friday coming into the classrooms and cleaning desk tops and other areas with Clorox wipes to keep the rooms a little more disinfected.

Decorating - helping the teachers put up bulletin boards in their rooms, changing their door decorations or displaying the children’s work outside their classroom.

Teacher Helpers – stuffing folders, grading papers, being an extra set of hands in the classroom, etc.

Kindergarten Helpers - helping on the first day of Kindergarten with getting kids to the right classrooms and helping to redirect children’s attention so they will let mom or dad go. Helping in the lunchroom during the first two weeks of school.

PTO – help with Chapman’s Charities, CheetahFest, Concessions, Kroger/Publix Cards, Landscaping, Community Relations, Read Across TN, Recycling, Spring Fling, Yearbook

If you are interested in any of these areas please contact Sunny Showah, Volunteer Coordinator, by e-mail at jasonsunny@bellsouth.net or Joey Gibson, Assistant Volunteer Coordinator, at live_love_laugh_6@charter.net to sign up or to get additional information. Thank you for your interest in volunteering at Chapman’s Retreat Elementary School!