Volunteers can help in classrooms, offices or the school library. Volunteers can help with the following activities:

• Classroom activities
• Special school events or projects
• Art Docent program
• Parties
• Dances
• After school programs
• Sports

Volunteers over the age of 21 can serve as field trip chaperones.

If you are a parent/relative of a student, please contact your student's teacher to see how you can help. If you are a community member looking for a volunteer opportunity, please email volunteers@lwsd.org.

Each school also has a PTSA or parent organization that uses volunteers for its programs. Contact your school's PTSA or parent organization for more information about PTSA programs.

AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) is an elective offered in several middle and high schools. Mentors meet with a small group of students in the classroom at least once a week for one class period and lead inquiry-based discussions to help students learn to problem solve. 

If you enjoy working with middle and high school students, are comfortable allowing students to work through problems with a little strategic guidance, and can help for at least one hour, once a week, this opportunity is right for you!  

We provide one-hour information sessions to learn more about the program. Volunteers who decide to move forward with the AVID program will participate in a four-hour training session to prepare mentors to be successful in the classroom. 

If you are interested in attending an information session or being an AVID mentor, please contact Chris Robison at crobison@lwsd.org or 425-936-1270.

In the LINKS Lunch Buddy Program (Looking Into the Needs of Kids in Schools), we bring students together with caring adults. Mentors come during school hours once a week and spend the lunch hour in a pre-assigned area to eat, play games, make crafts, talk and do other agreed-upon activities. Mentors provide social-emotional support to students who need a little extra one-on-one attention. Studies have shown that children with mentors are more likely to succeed.

If you enjoy working with elementary school students, understand the value of simply being a constant presence in a young person’s life, and can meet once a week for an hour for the entire school year, then this opportunity is for you!

All Lunch Buddy mentors attend a two-hour orientation session to learn about tips and resources for a successful mentoring experience.

If you are interested in attending an information session or being a Lunch Buddy mentor, please contact Victoria Goetze-Nelson at vgoetzenelson@lwsd.org or 425-936-1410.