HAPPY VALLEY ELEMENTARY COMMITTEE CHAIRS 

SEE WHERE YOU CAN HELP!

Some positions are still available for the 2025-26 school year.

 LIBRARY VOLUNTEERS

Our amazing librarian, Mrs. Scharf is looking for a couple volunteers to work in the library this school year! A few important notes:

• There are two library shifts per classroom (2 parents per shift and one substitute)
  
• Volunteers work every other week (30 min/wk)
  • Shift A begins the week of August 26th
  • Shift B begins the week of September 2nd
• Volunteers will need to:
  • be part of the "Be a Mentor" program. (see Volunteer Requirements below).*
    
  • attend mandatory training (details coming soon, likely week of Aug 18th immediately after drop-off). 
• We ask parents with multiple kids at HV to volunteer for just one class.

HOT LUNCH VOLUNTEERS | 3 volunteers per shift, each shift is a 45-minute bi-weekly commitment.  Help prep and serve lunch from 11:30am-12:15pm every other week. If you're interested in learning more and signing up, please contact Siena Naaman. Sign ups will also be available on Husky Day.

LAFAYETTE SCHOOL DISTRICT VOLUNTEER REQUIREMENTS *

All volunteers must complete the following requirements through the Be a Mentor portal.  You will not be allowed to volunteer anywhere on campus (classroom, library, lunch), or chaperone on field trips until you have fulfilled the requirements below (including live scan fingerprinting and TB clearance).

1. Live Scan Fingerprinting (DOJ and FBI clearance, linked to Sex Offender Registry). Live Scan form here. Live scan locations here.
2. Clearance and TB Screening: All volunteers must submit screening and TB clearance documentation in keeping with the type of volunteer work being performed. CDPH TB Risk Assessment Questionnaire.
3. Training: All volunteers must complete the online training about federal student privacy law (FERPA). FERPA training video
4. Volunteer Conduct Acknowledgement: The District's Governing Board encourages all individuals to assist in maintaining a safe and secure school environment by behaving in an orderly manner while on school grounds and utilizing the district's complaint processes if they have concerns with any district program or employee. Per Penal Code 626.7, the principal or designee may request that any individual causing a disruption, including exhibiting volatile, hostile, aggressive, or offensive behavior, immediately leave school grounds. (Board Policy 1250)
5. Recording While On Campus Acknowledgement: No electronic listening or recording device may be used by any person in a classroom without the teacher's and principal's prior permission. (Education Code 51512)
6. Volunteer and Field Trip Driver: upload declaration page of vehicle insurance.

* If you've completed these requirements in the past, check your status within your Be a Mentor account.

Thank You for Taking the Time to Keep Our Huskies Safe.

We look forward to seeing you on campus!

If you're experiencing hardship fulfilling the Be A Mentor requirements, please reach out to HVPCpresident@gmail.com. All communications will be handled discretely and confidentially.