What we expect

As a family, you are expected to contribute a minimum of 30 hours per academic year to the Monta Loma CEL community. This commitment is per family, whether you have one or more children attending Monta Loma. If you have more than two children attending, we do strongly suggest you spend more time.

The 30 hours can be spent in any way that you see fit, and that suits your lifestyle, skills and availability. On average this would be about 3 hours per month. It will generally be best if you spread your involvement out over the year, so that your child can be exposed repeatedly to your involvement, but this is not a requirement. As you will see, 3 hours per month is not very hard to do.

At Monta Loma Elementary School we are committed to participating in our children's education. The ways in which we participate looks different for some families than for other families. It is important for you to know that we want to make it easy for you to contribute you time in ways that work for you and your family. To this end, we have created different scenarios to describe how some families will participate. We realize that not all of these scenarios do not describe all of you, but please find one that is a close match for you to get some ideas.

How you might contribute

Remember, aunts, grandparents, friends and even neighbors that want to help regularly, or fill in for you, are more than welcome, and their contributions counts toward your time commitment. To help you see how easy it is to fulfill your commitment and to give you specific ideas we have put together a number of scenarios. The list below leads you to some scenarios that may apply to you.

  • Families generally not available during school hours or day time
    • English speakers
    • Non-English speakers
    • Bi-lingual speakers
  • Families that may have some time during school hours
    • English speakers
    • Non-English speakers
    • Bi-lingual speakers

The scenarios are offered to inspire your thinking. They are not meant to limit the possibilities. Monta Loma welcomes as much involvement and participation as each family is willing and able  to offer. If there is something you'd like to help with or you have a special talent you'd like to share, contact your volunteer coordinator and they can help make it happen

For specific opportunities, please see the links in the sidebar.