Volunteering

Volunteers are essential to a school community. 

Without our volunteers, we would not be able to offer everything we do at Dr. John C. Wickwire Academy.

Parents of Wickwire (POW) is a volunteer committee made up of parents, grandparents and guardians of students attending Dr. John C. Wickwire Academy. The primary role of the committee is to fund raise on behalf of the school. The money raised is used to purchase special items for the school or to fund special activities for the students.

In addition to fundraising, the POW committee assists with school activities as needed and as time and resources permit. Examples of this would be decorating the school lobby for Christmas.

POW is always looking for volunteers. For more information on how to become involved, please contact the committee at  pow.wickwire@gmail.com.

Other Volunteer Opportunities 

To volunteer at any school in the South Shore Regional Centre for Education, the volunteer must request a Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Check) and a Child Abuse Register - Request of Search form and submit both to the school where they would like to volunteer. These forms will then be forwarded onto the SSRCE Human Resources Department to be approved before commencing volunteering. These screening tools must be updated every three years.

If a volunteer will be driving students (with the exception of driving their own child), a Form J must also be filled out and submitted to the school before driving students.

Volunteering in a school is a very valuable experience. If you are interested in volunteering at Dr. John C. Wickwire Academy, please review the information above, as well as our volunteer application form. The appropriate paper work can be picked up from the office. We look forward to working with you!

We encourage any interested individuals to review the SSRCE volunteer policy.