VOLUNTEER FAIR: AUGUST 29th @ 8AM in the Mills Cafeteria
Be a Part of the Team
Volunteer Opportunities
Be a hero & help make the lunch room a fun place to eat!
Many kids need help opening things!
Hallway & Safety Hero
Friends of Books
Like Dirt? Like Clubs?
LOOKING TO GET MORE INVOLVED AT MILLS? We have several opportunities so find the right one for you! Anyone who wants to volunteer needs to go through VOLY. Contact Ara Doffing for more information!
Join the PTA! Carve out some time for Mills PTA. Tasks can range from 30 minutes to a few hours a month. Email president.millspta@gmail.com, and they will help find a role that fits your talents and schedule! If you would like to take a more active role with the PTA, there are open committee positions like Arts in Education, our Go Green Initiative, Event Planning, Community Outreach, Spiritwear, & more!
Friends of the Library work with our awesome Librarian, Sarah Rasmussen, and her wonderful clerk, Lisa Vienneau, to help support the library. Join this dedicated team whenever you can and help by organizing our amazing collection of books in the library, supporting Book Fair operations twice a year, assisting students in locating books during their class time, or joining the illustrious Library Decorating Committee. Please contact sarah.rasmussen@austinisd.org for more details.
WatchDOGS is a family & community education initiative. WatchDOGS are fathers, grandfathers, uncles, and other father figures (21+) who volunteer for at least part of one day each year at an official WatchDOGS school. While on campus, volunteers may help in the cafeteria or library, complete general door & safety checks, read with small groups of students, assist in the front office, etc. The possibilities are endless! Our goal is to provide positive male role models for the students and to provide an extra set of eyes and ears in our school security protocols. Please reach out to Ara Doffing with questions at 512-841-2400.
Lunchtime Attendants help students open bags of chips, put straws in Capri Suns, and keep students focused on nourishing themselves. If you like loud environments, giggles galore, and the potential to quell high-jinks, then this is volunteer opportunity for you. Please contact our amazing Volunteer Coordinator and Clerk Ara Doffing.
Room Parents help facilitate communication between other parents and your child’s teacher. As a room parent, you will most likely solicit donations from parents for classroom parties and events, collect money for teacher gifts during holidays and Teacher Appreciation Week in May, organize volunteers for the classroom for events like field trips, and other tasks as decided by the teacher. Be a superhero to your kid and sign up to be a room parent.
Track and Field Coordinators work with Coaches Smith, Hoke, and Deric to organize events and raise funds for the PE department such as CATCH Night and Field Day and other PE projects. Most time commitment is concentrated around Track & Field Day in late March/early April. If you have any interest, please email lindsey.smith@austinisd.org for details.
Campus Beautification Committee AKA The Mills Dirt Club works almost every weekend cleaning up brush, cutting the grass, and just being an all around superhero team for the school. Like to garden? Like to get outside? This is the volunteer opportunity for you! Contact Jen Le at vpprograms.millspta@gmail.com.
Website Coordinator works with our Campus Innovation Coordinator to update the Mills website with current information. The volunteer would make weekly updates after the Principal’s Newsletter is released on Sundays. The time commitment is 30 minutes a week. Contact sara.r.sanchez@austinisd.org for more information.