Volunteer opportunities at Runnymede are available throughout the year and make a huge difference to your child’s school experience!
- Joining one of the Runnymede School Council Committees is a great way to help out at the school and make a difference in your child’s school experience!
- You can volunteer for just a one time activity, help to organize our monthly pizza lunches, make posters behind the scenes, come to help at Yard Day, lead an event like Movie Night, Pub Night or Cookie Dough orders, help with Math Amazing Race events, ART in schools, Green Teacher days, or you can even Chair a team or committee!
- You don’t need experience, just a willingness to help out, as these events can’t happen without willing volunteers!
Let us know what you might be interested in helping out by contacting a specific committee directly or SIGN UP HERE and we will get in touch!
For parents who want to get more involved and are considering joining a committee, or want to get involved for individual events we ALWAYS NEED MORE VOLUNTEERS!!
Please reach out to RunnymedePS@gmail.com to ask how you can get involved!
* Please note: Any school volunteer opportunities that involve working directly with children will require a police check. Please see below for more information!
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Another direct way to impact your child’s school experience is to get involved in their class. Each child’s teacher will correspond directly with you about specific needs and philosophies — if you don’t hear from them, feel free to reach out directly — but here are some ways to get involved in your child’s class:
- Scholastic Book Orders: Teachers appreciate a parent taking care of processing Scholastic order forms and delivering books to families once they come in.
- School Trips: Teachers often need parent volunteers to attend school trips.
- Class Contact Lists / What’sApp groups: A class contact list can be really helpful (particularly in younger grades) for busy parents to facilitate playdates, birthday parties etc. so teachers may appreciate a parent taking ownership of this task.
- Sharing Expertise: Teachers appreciate offers to share special skills or talents that tie into classroom curriculum or special class activities (e.g. concerts).
- Lost and Found: Kids lose a lot of stuff! and it takes some dedicated volunteers to sort through it all, put it out for claiming, and donate the remaining stuff to charity. Please reach out if you can help!
POLICE CHECK INFORMATION – NEW!!!
Effective September 5th, 2023, Toronto Police Service has moved Police checks for volunteers online!
Click below to apply for your Vulnerable Sector Check (VSC) also known as a Level 3 check
TDSB has been given a unique Agency code that applicants will be required to use: 202309TPSOND7EFC
Runnymede Junior and Senior Public School values the tremendous contributions of our parent and community volunteers who give so much of their time and effort to make our school an amazing place for our students to learn. In order to promote and support volunteerism in all TDSB schools, while protecting the safety of students, it is important that regular volunteers (more than 3 times in a year or attending a school field trip) must have a current Police Record Check (within the last year).
If the current police check is from another organization (ex. Scouts, Church etc.) it is valid, but the original document must be presented to the main office.
Click below or copy/paste https://www.tps.ca/services/police-record-checks/ in your browser.
Please understand that this process does take several weeks, so we thank you in advance for your patience.
- Offence Declaration can be done yearly thereafter by completing the OD online (very quick process!)
- If you have any questions, please contact the main office at 416-394-905
- Thank you for your continued partnership!
REIMBURSEMENT FORM
If you have paid for any supplies or items for a school event or fundraiser, use the Runnymede School Council Cheque Requisition form below to be reimbursed. This is to be used only for any approved expenses you have paid for personally, when volunteering and organizing for your committee or event!
Please email the Runnymede Council Treasurer if you have questions or need assistance!
Runnymede Public School Council 