FRCS parents volunteer through P3

General P3 information (updated August 26, 2011)

Parents: please continue to log your P3 time even after you have reached your commitment to the school. This will help the grants team, as many grantors ask how much volunteer time families donate. Last year 13,000 hours were logged, which is impressive, but we suspect the actual number may be higher than that. Help us win grants for FRCS by logging all of your P3 and volunteer hours. Thanks!

Opportunities updated April 19, 2012

Elementary | Jr/Sr High | Facility | Admissions | Community | Business Development

Elementary Educational Support

To offer educational support in our elementary school, review the opportunities below and then contact Nancy Barker at nbarker@frcs.org.

Nurse

We are in need of a Colorado State licensed nurse who is willing to invest time at our school for the 2012/2013 school year. The job requires approximately 4-6 hours per week in the office during the first quarter of school, and then just a few hours from time to time (once or twice a month) throughout the rest of the school year. Primary responsibilities include:

  • Reviewing immunization records and communicating with parents who are not in compliance with State standards
  • Checking in students’ medications
  • Preparing meds for 6th Grade Outdoor Lab in September

Our current school nurse is available now to begin training anyone interested in filling this important position. Please email Nancy Barker at nbarker@frcs.org if you are interested in this opportunity.

Elementary Science Fair Judges

  • Needed: 6-7 enthusiastic, science-loving parents to evaluate 4th and 6th grade students' science fair projects
  • Time Commitment:
    • Read over the judging guidelines at home
    • Required training meeting, after school, on Monday, March 5th
    • FRCS 6th Grade Science Fair: Tuesday, March 8th (8:15-10:30am)
    • FRCS 4th Grade Science Fair: Friday, March 9th (8:15-10:30am)
  • Please sign up for this by February 6, if possible.

After reviewing the preceding opportunities to serve in our elementary school, and before offering your services, please be certain you are willing to commit to at least one full semester. If you’re willing to commit for the full school year, it is much appreciated.

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Jr/Sr High Educational Support

If you’d like to offer your service to support our Jr/Sr high, please review the opportunities below and contact Tami Bigandt (tbigandt@frcs.org).

Drivers

  • Needed: multiple people throughout the school year
  • Drive a carload of students for field trips, discipleship group activities and service projects
  • Proof of insurance and a valid driver’s license are required 

Facility Support

If you’re interested in helping us with campus facilities support, please review the following opportunities and contact Alicia Ciesielski at aciesielski@frcs.org.

Landscaping Maintenance

  • Needed: multiple people throughout the year
  • Mowing, weeding, trash removal, fertilizing, pruning, irrigation, general grounds maintenance

Construction

  • Needed: multiple people, both skilled an unskilled, throughout the year
  • Skilled:
    • HVAC
    • Plumbing
    • Roofing
    • Electrician
    • Drywall
    • Painting
    • Flooring
    • Phone System Maintenance
    • Other (if you have another skill that might help, call us and let us know!)
  • Unskilled:
    • Hauling of material
    • Moving help
    • General Clean-up
    • Other (see something else that might help, call and let us know!)

Snow Removal

  • Needed: multiple people
  • Plow driver (if you own your own plow)
  • Shoveling sidewalks for Pierce Street Village and Jr/Sr High Campus

Janitorial

  • Needed: multiple people throughout the year
  • Carpet cleaner, window washer, general school janitorial work (e.g., dusting, vacuuming, mopping, trash removal, general cleaning, etc.)

General School Work Days

  • Needed: all school families
  • Twice per year (6-8 hours each day)
  • General cleaning, janitorial, grounds keeping, trash removal, etc.

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Admissions Support

If you’re interested in helping grow the FRCS family, please review the opportunities below and contact Jeff Haanen at jhaanen@frcs.org.

Ambassador Program Coordinator

  • Needed: one person
  • 2-3 hours per week (July, August and January)
  • Striving for excellence in welcoming new families to FRCS, the Ambassador Program matches up newly enrolled families with current FRCS families for the purpose of connecting with one another and helping them get plugged into the school environment.

Office Help

  • Needed: Multiple people throughout the year
  • Approximately 4 hours per week
  • Photocopying and assembling application packets
  • Data entry — transfer of prospect information in to a new system
  • Proofreading
  • Family retention committee
    • Family appreciation - birthday cards, anniversary cards
  • Survey results compilation

Signage

  • Needed: multiple people throughout the year
  • Post fliers and yard signs at businesses, ministries, etc.

Community Events

  • Needed: multiple people throughout the year
  • Staff info tables to promote FRCS (Summerset Festival, Taste of Gables, Christian School Expo, church events, etc.)

MOPS Liaison

  • Needed: one person
  • Two hours monthly
  • Contact MOPS directors at local churches (we already have a contact list) to explore opportunities for participating in an education panel and other ways to promote FRCS to the MOPS community

Men’s Prayer Meetings

  • Needed: one person for the year
  • Coordinate monthly prayer meetings
  • Email men regarding events
  • Follow-up communication
  • One hour per month: September-November, January, and February-April

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Community Support

If you are interested in offering community support to fulfill your P3 commitment, please review the opportunities below and contact Alicia Ciesielski at aciesielski@frcs.org.

Prayer Team

  • Needed: fiver people to coordinate this effort — prayer team, emergency phone team, cards, food, Moms in Touch
  • Emergency Phone Tree:
    • Put together a list of people will to be called for emergency needs and begin those phone calls
  • Food Ministry
    • Coordinate meals for families in need

Events

  • Needed: multiple people throughout the year
  • Due to the number of events hosted by FRCS, please sign up to help with an area, and we’ll contact you prior to the events. Events include board meetings, open houses, concerts, teacher in-service, grandparents’ day, parent-teacher conferences, families in need, etc.
  • Provide food or snacks
  • Set up
  • Clean up
  • Launder table cloths/linens after events
  • Decorations
  • Photographers
  • Make phone calls acquiring needed information

Missions Helper

  • Needed: one person
  • Help with the coordination of the K-12 missions program at FRCS, including missions trips, outreach days, Go! Wednesdays, etc.

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Business Development Support

If you are interested in helping develop the businesses of Front Range Christian Ministries, please review the opportunities below and contact Alicia Ciesielski at aciesielski@frcs.org.

Holy Grounds Café

  • Needed: multiple people throughout the year
  • Every school day, people are needed in the early morning, lunch time and after school
    • Baristas
    • Cash Register
    • Customer Service
  • Cleaning (weekly)

Roasting Business

  • Needed: multiple people throughout the year
  • Research on world conditions and coffee bean purchasing
  • Roaster
  • Machine cleaner
  • Packager
  • Labeler

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