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Lend a Paw - Volunteer at WGES!

 

Thank you for your interest in volunteering - we're so glad you're here!

Below are a few of the 2026 - 2027 volunteer opportunities at Walnut Grove Elementary.

 

Please be sure to fill out our Volunteer Interest Form to be added to our volunteer list and receive information regarding volunteer opportunities throughout the year. Our spring events are not yet set, so emails will be going out later in the year with those opportunities. If you would like to be on our general volunteer list to be contacted about upcoming opportunities, please choose "General".

 

Volunteering opportunities are open to the parents, caregivers, and families (grandparents, older siblings, aunts & uncles!) of our WGES students. Not only is volunteering a great way to help grow our Grizzlies, it is also a chance to build a strong and supportive WGES community of parents, families, teachers, and staff.

 

As a volunteer, you can help as much or as little as your schedule allows. We have many volunteer opportunities that can be fulfilled at flexible times or from home. By signing up, you are not committing to any events, only that you are interested in receiving information about signing up for them in the future. 

 

 

Volunteer Interest Form        Become a Tier III  Volunteer

 

 

Volunteering at Walnut Grove

Opportunities by Season: All Year | Fall | Spring

 

 All Year

 

Musical Programs

Throughout the year, each grade level gives one performance, directed by our wonderful music teacher, Ms. West. Per grade level:

  • Themed stage decor and prop creation
  • Sort, repair, and distribute any costumes by class
  • Stage and chair set-up and tear-down

Grizzly Crew

A Group of Volunteers the PTO can call on to help with things like:

  • Move or assemble desks
  • Assist with parking flow
  • Chair setup and take down
  • Heavy lifting jobs

Hospitality

Help the Hospitality Committee throughout the year shower our teachers, staff, and WGES community with love. We may ask for help with upcoming events like:

  • Teacher lunches: Back-to-School, Holiday, End-of School
  • Newcomer Breakfast

Spirit Wear

  • Help with in-person sales
  • Sort and distribute orders

Library Volunteers

  • Help with our new reading initiative
  • Shelve books in the library
  • Read to students

Copy Team

A group of volunteers the PTO can call on to:

  • Help make copies
  • Distribute flyers to be sent home with students as needed

Welcome Crew

Parents help welcome students to school by working the car-rider line alongside staff. Join fellow parents at the end of drop-off to enjoy coffee and conversation!

Room Parents

  • Communicate with parents
  • Work a 30-minute shift at Grizzly Fest
  • Recruit Volunteers
  • Plan & Attend Class Parties
  • Check in with teacher
  • Help with Teacher Appreciation Week
  • Must be a Tier III Volunteer
  

 

 

Volunteer Interest Form

 

Fall

 

GrizzlyFest

  • Prep
  • Day-of set-up and decor
  • Day-of cake team
  • Day-of food and rental pickup/delivery
  • Security
  • Running games and tables at the event
  • Post-event tear-down & clean-up

Book Fair

  • Help with decor creation and install
  • Assist with checkout on family shopping days
  • Assist students during the day with shopping

Picture Day

  • Help escort students from their classrooms

 

Volunteer Interest Form

 

 

Spring

 

Canned Food Drive

  • Help collect cans from the morning car rider line
  • Help sort and count items

Songwriter's Night

  • Setup & teardown
  • More needs TBD!

Teacher Appreciation

  • Help with decor creation and set up
  • Day-of food pickup & delivery
  • Help collect items from the morning car rider line and sort

5th Grade Picnic

  • Food pickup & distribution

Art Show

  • Setup & teardown
  

 

Volunteer Interest Form 

 

 

 

Become a Tier III Volunteer

 

Some volunteer opportunities, like chaperoning field trips and assisting inside of the classroom, require Tier III Volunteer approval through Williamson County Schools. This allows you to work one-on-one with our students without direct teacher supervision and needs to be completed every five years.

 

The Tier III approval process includes a criminal background fingerprint check, a volunteer application, and a confidentiality agreement. The background check process may take several weeks, especially early in the school year, so please complete the requirement as soon as possible (especially if you would like to accompany your child(ren) on our first field trips of the year).

 

 

 

Become a Tier III Volunteer