Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteering at JOES fosters a sense of community and helps build meaningful connections with students, teachers, and parents. We can use YOUR help no matter how limited your time may be. Your ideas, energy, and contributions make José Ortega vibrant and fortify our community spirit.

Whether you have just 30 minutes or a few hours to spare, your ideas, time, and talents are greatly appreciated. Volunteering is a fulfilling experience, and we can align your interests and availability with exciting opportunities that benefit our children.

To stay informed, please register for ParentSquare, our parent platform.

There are many ways to lend a hand and make a difference at JOES:

Join the Morning Traffic Crew
It only takes 30 minutes in the morning (as little as 1x/week) and makes BIG difference to everyone’s morning! Sign up here.

Volunteer in the recess yard during lunch
Have a free lunch hour? Hang out with our students and help them play safely. Sign up here.

Help keep our school yard clean and beautiful
If you want to garden, but lack a yard in the city, join the Greening Team in their gardening efforts for our very large school yard! Join a Greening Party.

Help plan or run a school event
Our PTA holds many events during the school year and cannot do so without the help of our parent volunteers. Learn more about our different events here.

Become a room parent
Each classroom has a volunteer room parent to communicate with their class in person, via email and through the teacher, and enhance class community by arranging play dates, etc.

Contribute your unique talents and skills
YOU have many skills and talents to help your school community. Create event flyers, become a language translator, photographing events, lead a mural project, practice your DJ skills, provide live music for an event, create a student video, update our school website, etc. If you are interested in sharing your unique skill with our school community, please email us!

If you would like to volunteer or have any questions about volunteering, please email: pta-team@joseortegaschool.org.