Mississippi Opportunities
Volunteer Opportunities
05.22.13
Thank you Mississippi Volunteers!
Volunteers are always welcome and appreciated at Mississippi!  

Thank you everyone for all that you do to make a difference in the lives of our students at Mississippi Elementary! 

We greatly appreciate all that our volunteers do for students and staff!
 Please tell a friend and help spread the word about how much fun you have helping out at school. We can always use more volunteers…
there are many opportunities to help!

Everyone who wants to volunteer in any way at the school
MUST complete the two Volunteer forms.
These forms are available in the office or please call me and I would be happy to send one home with your child. We will make every effort to contact you to help out with the areas you indicated on your application. If you did not indicate any special areas on your application, please call me if you see something that would work for you.

Please look over the list, watch for flyers, call me, or email me!

We can use everyone's help!
To volunteer for events, contact Kathy Besst at 763-506-3537 or email her at Kathy.Besst@anoka.k12.mn.us.

Please remember:
All Volunteers must have a volunteer application
and criminal record background check completed
each year prior to the event. 

Volunteer Opportunities for 2012-2013:

(See below for more details.)


Box Top/Milk Caps/Soup Labels Organizing

Now that the collection is done, we need to cut, sort and count them. Volunteers do not need to stay the whole time.  Bring a scissor. Children can help with the sorting and counting also.

Contact Kathy Besst (763.506.3537) to volunteer.

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Cafeteria Pin Number Assistant:

During the first two (or possibly three) weeks of school, kindergartners and first graders need assistance with the lunch line and putting in their pin numbers.  Volunteering for this would occur during the kindergarten and first grade lunchtime.

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Kindergarten Data Collection:

Volunteers are needed three times during the school year (Sept., Nov., and March) to collect data from kindergarten students in Identification, Phonemic Awareness, and Concepts About Print. A two-hour training is required and provided sometime in early September.

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Letter Identification/Number Facts/Spelling Words:

Volunteers are needed to help students with learning their letters, number facts, and spelling words through using flash cards and other material.

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Thursday Folders

First grade is in need of two or three regular volunteers to rotate throughout the school year and stuff Thursday Folders. This would be done on Thursday mornings and generally takes about one to one and a half hours.

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Track & Field Day Volunteers Needed!

Volunteer help is needed for our Track and Field days.  We need about 30 volunteers to be timers, recorders, counters, ribbon holders, etc. All volunteers must have completed the Volunteer Application Form and Criminal History Form at least two weeks before this event. 

Event Dates are May 15th & 16th.
Click here to download a Track & Field Day volunteer form.

WHEN: Wednesday, May 15 
TIMES: 9:00-11:30
1:00-3:00
All day
TASK:  Volunteers will be teamed up and assigned to an event 
WHEN: Thursday, May 16 
TIMES:   9:00-11:30 
12:00-3:00
All day
TASK:  Volunteers will be teamed up and assigned to an event 

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TOPS/Workroom

Volunteers are needed on a rotating every-other-week schedule to complete projects in the workroom such as copying, laminating, cutting, etc. Training is provided. Hours are arranged to fit your schedule on that day.
Click the image below to download the volunteer form.

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Workroom Prep Help:

Volunteers are needed on a rotating every other week schedule to complete projects in the work room such as copying, laminating, cutting, etc.  Training is provided.  Hours are arranged to fit your schedule on that day.

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Mississippi Walk-A-Thon

When:  Thursday, May 30 

Time:  2:00 –3:15 pm


Start thinking of ways you can collect money: maybe save those extra coins in a jar that you find in the seat cushions, shovel a neighbors driveway, walk a dog, help unload the dishwasher, ask 25 people for $1.00 each and so much more!

What are we doing with this money:  It will going toward Mississippi technology. We are hoping to purchase more laptops and possible even get another laptop cart. This school year we were able to purchase 6 more Promethean Boards with the money we raised last year! Can we raise at least one more dollar this year? Last school year we raised $3,282.60.

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