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Field Trips

• Parents can only be assigned as volunteer supervisors if they plan to supervise on their own. This means that they will not be able to bring younger children along with them. If they are supervising students as a volunteer, it is imperative that their attention is on the children they have been assigned to supervise, and that they are not distracted by any younger children they have brought with them.
   
• Parents are not permitted to ride the bus (even as non-volunteers) if they have a younger child with them. Only parent volunteer supervisors are permitted to ride the bus.
   
• Parents may be permitted, at the full discretion of the classroom teacher, to bring younger children if they drive themselves to the location of a field trip. However, if they have a younger child with them, they cannot be assigned as a volunteer student supervisor once they reach the field trip location.
   
• There are field trips at some grade levels that have limited participant capacity, and, as a result, parents may not be invited to attend these trips, even if they drive.

Other Volunteer Opportunities

• Parents may volunteer in classrooms, but will only be permitted to bring younger children with them at the discretion of the classroom teacher. Some teachers make selective decisions regarding parent volunteers and the appropriateness of the environment for their younger children.
   
• If volunteers are working with students (e.g. helping with Library, Activity Days or Hands-on-Science), theiy must stay focused on their volunteer tasks. Exceptions to the rule include non-student related activities, such as Tel-A-Pal, Book Fair and Hot Lunch.

Please review the Division Administrative Procedures regarding volunteers. 

• AP 316: Volunteer Requirements and Vulnerable Sector Verification
• AP 318: Volunteer Community Coaches

For more information contact:
Brookwood School
Phone: 780-962-3942 
Email: Brookwood@psd.ca