Steps to be apart of The Cougars Parents Connect:

Fill out "Google Form" Sign-Up Sheet.
Register to Volunteer on PGCPS website.
Complete "Background Check and Finger Printing" process.
Complete "Safe Schools" trainings.
Inform Mr. Soto and Ms. Franklin that you have been approved.

Click the link below to sign-Up:

Cougar Parents Connect Sign- Up Form

(New & Returning Volunteers)

All volunteers are required to complete the online volunteer application annually. If you previously completed a fingerprint background check/CPS clearance and were approved to serve as a volunteer, be sure to indicate that you are a “Returning Volunteer” on this application. Once approved, your eligibility as an approved volunteer will expire on the last day of school for each academic year.

Returning volunteer renewal registration can be completed in just four easy steps!

Use the email address you originally registered with and your existing volunteer identification number (VIN) to complete your registration for the new school year.
Click the green plus + sign below the Register Volunteer column to enter/edit your personal volunteer detail that may have changed from the previous school year.
Read and sign the disclaimer
Submit your

Current PGCPS Employees

Current PGCPS Employees who wish to volunteer must log into the PGCPS Oracle Self-Service menu and select the option “Register to Volunteer.” Next select “Go” and then “Add Application” to initiate your application. Employees are required to provide a personal email address and a telephone number. For volunteer type, select Employee Volunteer. Once submitted your volunteer status will change to “approved”. Please note that the volunteer registration form is not available on Oracle’s Self-Service Limited menu. You must be logged into a computer on the PGCPS network or connect via VPN. Employees must complete this registration process annually to continue volunteering.

Employee volunteers are not required to complete Steps 2 and 3 below. Employees are required to complete all mandatory student safety (SafeSchools) compliance modules assigned to them based upon their current position using their employee SafeSchools account.

Once the volunteer application is filled out they will send you a VIN number to log onto safe schools to do the video training.

Services and Fees

Fingerprinting and Child Protective Services(CPS) Clearance $62.25
For all PGCPS employees, volunteers assisting on campus more than once each school year with students and/or chaperoning on field trips, and independent contractors. Fee may be waived if volunteer parent or guardian has a child in the Free and Reduced Meal Program (FARM). Parent or guardian must bring a copy of the FARM letter to the fingerprint office to qualify for the free fingerprint.