Families of St. Ann’s Academy are asked to complete 20 volunteer hours at the school during each school year. A deposit of $600 is held on file and returned to families upon the completion of all 20 hours. Cards are available for pick up at the front office and can be signed by a St. Ann’s Academy staff member after each volunteering occasion.
In order to volunteer, the parent, grandparent, or sibling (19 yrs or older) will require a criminal record check (please note that a criminal record check is valid for 5 years – check with the school office if you have any questions or require a criminal record check request form). Volunteer drivers must provide the school office with a copy of current vehicle insurance with proof of $2 million liability insurance, and a copy of a valid driver’s license.
Below is a list of annual events that require the help of our wonderful community of volunteers in order to be provided to our students. Opportunities to volunteer will always be posted on our social media accounts and included in the monthly newsletters emailed to all parents of St. Ann’s Academy.
- Walkathon Lunch Prep/Class Supervision/Money Counter
Contact: lboardway@st-anns.ca or sdasilva@st-anns.ca
- Help prepare hotdogs in the canteen and distribute hotdogs to classrooms
- Walk with a group of students and supervise
- Daily counting of money, deposit preparation, prep ticket draw etc.
- Parent Support Group (PSG)
- ?PSG meets each month to brainstorm ideas on how to create fundraising opportunities for the school
- Members implement plans for fundraising ie. Spring Raffle
- Members look for donations for the Spring Raffle
- Work within the BC Gaming Guidelines
- Members decide where and when funds are to be distributed
- Attendance at the meetings count toward PPP hours
- Local School Committee
Contact: Parish Priest
- School Council meets on the 3rd Tuesday of each month (the hours spent in meetings count for PPP hours)
- An Annual General Meeting of the Local School Committee will be held in May of each year.
- Sometimes members will meet at different times in sub-committees to work on timed issues of importance
- The role of the Local School Committee (LSC) is to implement policies, regulations, directives, and decisions of the CISKD Board of Directors, as applicable.
- The LSC needs 6-8 members of the Catholic Diocese of Kamloops
- All members of the Local School Committee must be Catholic and meet the Catholicity criteria of the CISKD Board of Directors
- Perform Local School Committee functions articulated by the policies, administrative?applications, regulations, directives, and guidelines of the CISKD Board of Directors.
- Develop meeting agendas in consultation with the School Principal.
- Maintain accurate meeting records, submitting annual records to the Office of the?Superintendent in electronic and paper copy forms by June 30, annually.
- Support and encourage school learning priorities identified in the CISKD School Learning Improvement Plan.
- One to One Reading
Contact: dbalison@st-anns.ca
- One-to-One Reading Coordinator Role:
- Manage communication with the Learning Resource Coordinator and Volunteers
- Provide information regarding one-to-one reading training (a 3-hour session to be taken before tutoring) for interested volunteers
- Set up volunteer schedules
- Organize and Prepare One-to-One reading supplies and materials
- One-to-One Reading Volunteer Duties:
- Volunteers should enjoy reading with young children
- Require parents or community volunteers with very good reading and English skills
- Training given
- Must be available on weekday mornings for two-three half hour sessions per week
- Library
Contact asucro@st-anns.ca
- A monthly volunteer to change the books in the lower book bins to new topics/subjects and reshelve the last month’s books
- Volunteers for the Fall and Spring Book Fairs
- Cashiers
- Greeters to help manage traffic flow
- Volunteers to help set up and/or take down the tables and books
- Volunteers to help tidy tables and merchandise during hours of operation
- Volunteers to help younger students with purchases
- Canteen
Contact: mlorraine@st-anns.ca
- Delivery of Elementary Hot Lunch Program
- Must be available on weekdays from 12:00 pm – 12:40 pm
- Maintenance
Contact: jjackson@st-anns.ca
- Scheduled yard work throughout the year ie. raking leaves, weeding
- Winter snow shovelling, sanding, and sweeping
- Summer weed trimmer, lawn cutting, sweeping
- Repair and maintenance as coordinated with Mr. Jackson
- Classroom and/or Field Trip Assistance
Contact: classroom teacher
- Check with individual teachers regarding specific classroom/field trip assistance required
- Elementary examples: Pumpkin patch, Salmon Run, Museum,
- High School examples: Halloween Fair Night, Gingerbread Building
- Supervise groups of students at events
- Walk with groups of students to events
- School Dance Supervision
Contact: amakse@st-anns.ca for elementary and dspina@st-anns.ca for high school
- Elementary Halloween Dance
- Ticket sales at the door
- Work in the canteen selling beverages and putting out snacks in the cafeteria area
- Bringing in baking for the event
- High School Dances
- Supervision of students at the dance
- High School Retreats
Contact: ksantos@st-anns.ca
- Prepare and/or purchase food
- Organize volunteers
- Plan meals
- Shop for meals
- Volunteers to bring food and supplies to the venue
- Volunteers to bring supplies back to the school from the venue
- Athletic Department
Contact: cmallaise@st-anns.ca for high school and dpearce@st-anns.ca for elementary
- Elementary
- Qualified participants to help coach or referee volleyball and basketball teams
- Volunteers to help supervise students at track meets
- High School
- Qualified participants to help coach
- Volunteers to help set up the gym for games or tournaments at SAA
- Set up volleyball nets
- Set up scorekeeper table
- Volunteers for the school ambassador ie. greet teams and show people where the amenities are, help answer questions
- Volunteers to help set up the Hospitality Room with tables and chairs for the visiting coaches
- Volunteers to help set up food in the Hospitality Room for visiting coaches
- Volunteers to help set up the gym for the end of the year Athletic Banquet
- Set up tables and chairs
- Set up podium
- Add any sports decorations
- High School Music Department
Contact: tcuzzetto@st-anns.ca
- Volunteers to help set up the gym with tables and chairs for Coffee House Performances
- Volunteers to help clean up and take down tables and chairs after Coffee House Performances
- Chaperone on music trips
- Donations of musical instruments
- Woodworking Department
Contact: tcuzzetto@st-anns.ca
- Donations of wood
- Sports Day
Contact: kmccarthy@st-anns.ca
- Preparation and delivery of hotdogs to the elementary classes
- High School Players Drama Club
Contact: kbeliveau@st-anns.ca
- Donations of props
- Volunteers to help with the set up of the stage and props
- Volunteers to help with ticket sales and money at the door
- Volunteers to help with food and beverages at the show
- Breakfast for the Needy
Contact: dspina@st-anns.ca
- Preparation and serving of food and beverages
- Supervision and guidance of students
- Catholic Schools Week
Contact: skaardal@st-anns.ca and jchorneyko@st-anns.ca
- Supervision during first and second recess throughout the week
- 10:15-10:30 and 12:00-12:30 Mon-Fri
- Supervision at Harper Mountain while the students are tubing
- Preparation of hotdogs and snacks
- Grandparents Tea
Contact: epierrot@st-anns.ca
- Servers for tea and coffee
- Volunteers for set up of the tables, chairs, tablecloths, dishware and snacks
- Volunteers for cleaning up and putting away tables, chairs tablecloths etc.
- Christmas Bazaar
- Volunteers to help set up the mats on the gym floor
- Volunteers to help set up the games and the tables
- Volunteers to run the bingo and the cake contest during the afternoon of the bazaar
- Baking of cakes for the cake contest
- Volunteer to sell tickets for the gift baskets at the door
- Graduation
- Coordination and implementation of fundraising activities for Dry Grad
- Find location for Dry Grad, organize and supervise
- Decorating at Grad
- Clean up of Grad
- Grad Mass
When your family has completed the 20 volunteer hours required for the Parent Participation Program at St. Ann’s Academy for this school year please fill in and drop off your parent participation card at the front desk. Your $600.00 cheque will be shredded once your 20 hours are complete and your PPP card is signed off and returned to the school office.
If you have not completed your hours by the deadline of May, 15, 2025, but you have a plan to complete them please email Mrs. Costa at attendance@st-anns.ca with the dates and activities you will be doing in May and June to complete your hours. Your cheque will not be cashed if you have a plan in place to finish your 20 hours and have conveyed this to us. However, if you do not have a plan in place to complete your 20 hours for this year, your $600.00 cheque dated May 15, 2025, will be deposited. No refunds on cheques cashed are issued for partial completion of volunteer hours or failure to report completed volunteer hours by May 15, 2025.
Please check the monthly Newsletter, Facebook and Instagram for volunteer opportunities throughout the year
A big thank you to St. Ann’s Academy families for everything you do to help out in the school and to provide support to all of our events! We can’t do it without you!