Volunteering with PAC
Volunteering with PAC
Per the Ivy Hawn Charter School of the Arts Parent Handbook:
"Volunteers are a crucial part of the success of Ivy Hawn. As a Volusia County public school, Ivy Hawn participates in the Volunteers in Public Schools (VIPS) program. To volunteer at Ivy Hawn, a completed and approved volunteer application must be on file. For each child, we request 10 volunteer hours. Volunteering at Ivy Hawn is a crucial part of the school’s success and helps to create and maintain strong relationships with families to best support our students. "
"To be cleared to volunteer at Ivy Hawn, you must complete a background check through Raptor and complete the volunteer application on VCS website. This can be completed by bringing your Driver's License into the school for scanning. If you plan to volunteer for an overnight field trip, additional screening must be successfully completed at least two weeks prior to the field trip. Please be aware the approval process does take time as a full background check is performed to maximize our students' safety. You must have an approved application on file to volunteer in classrooms, on field trips and any other school related activity. "
Ways to Volunteer with PAC:
Attend a PAC Meeting: Each PAC meeting you attend is worth 1 hour of volunteer time.
Craft PAC: A group of crafty parents who usually meet during the school day to create wooden rose bouquets, candy bouquets, or swag products to sell at upcoming events.
Decorating Committee: A group of creative individuals who help design, decorate, and take down decorations for school events and dances.
Lunchroom Volunteer: Cleared volunteers to help assist with students/staff with lunch duties in the lunchroom. Sign up to volunteer via sign-up genius.
Teacher Grant Committee: A committee to review, grade and award funding requests.
Magic Letter Committee: A group of volunteers who seek out grants and corporations to send out Magic Letters to, requesting funding towards special causes to our school, such as redoing the theater and/or building a new playground.
School Events: We're always looking for volunteers to assist during events throughout the year including Back to School Bingo, Ice Cream Fridays, Kona Ice Days, Trunk or Treat, Spring Fling, and School Performances. Look for Sign-up geniuses to volunteer for each event.
Small Business Saturday Volunteer Opportunity:
Holiday Shoppe Volunteers:
Raptor Link
VCS has strict safety and security practices and requires volunteers to sign in on the visitor management system (Raptor kiosk) or at the front desk. When visiting a school for the first time, a driver’s license or other form of official government identification must be provided.
* Every volunteer must have an approved application on file to volunteer.
* Each year, all volunteer applications expire on June 30.
* Volunteers must reapply on or after July 1.
* Approvals for the 2025-26 school year will be valid through June 30, 2026
It is very important that the information you enter on the application matches your government issued identification card including your full legal name. It is important that you provide a valid email address so you can be notified as to the status of your application and for future communication.
The first time you volunteer at a school, please be prepared to have your ID scanned into our system.
Click on the link below to complete the application: