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​Just a friendly reminder....
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Parents who were approved volunteers last school year DO NOT have to reapply for the 2021-2022 school year. Once our volunteer coordinator puts your name back into our database, you will receive an initial email thanking you for applying as a volunteer at Chicago Public Schools and within 72 hours after receiving the initial email; you will be emailed your volunteer approval letter for the new school year. 

NOTE:  All parents must pass a background check every year even if they were previously approved .  Also, Level 1 volunteers need TB tests every two years.  These are the only factors that may affect the immediate approval of a previously approved volunteer. 

Parents who submitted a volunteer application last school year, but DID NOT bring a copy of their identification to the main office should do so as soon as possible to complete your application process. (NOTE: You DO NOT have to submit a new application.)

Parents who are submitting applications for the first time must also bring in their identification after they receive a notification email stating that their application has been received.
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If you have any questions or concerns about becoming a volunteer at Healy School, please contact our volunteer coordinator, Carol Sims at (773) 534-9792.

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Please see below for important and NEW information pertaining to the volunteer and/or chaperone process.
Any adult interacting with students must complete a background check, this include ALL field trip chaperones.
Potential chaperones simply need to complete the short online application process by clicking the button below.

Level II volunteers include:

• A parent providing supervised volunteer service in their child’s school or classroom for less than 10 hours/week
• Any individual providing volunteer service for less than 5 hours/week at a school where s/he does not have a child enrolled
• An individual providing incidental volunteer service with no ongoing individualized interaction with a student(s) including those who speak at a class/assembly, judge academic competitions, give musical performance, participate in the “Principal for a Day” program, job shadowing event or other one-time event provided where there is direct supervision of the activity/event by regular school employees 
• A parent accompanying his/her child’s class on a one-day field trip or another type of extracurricular activity that does not involve an overnight stay
• An individual providing volunteer service on projects/activities involving no or nominal contact with children (home-based volunteer activities, volunteers serving at Central or Network office)

Level I volunteers must complete a background check and obtain a TB test. These volunteers include:

• A parent providing volunteer service in their child’s school or classroom for 10 or more hours/week
• An individual providing volunteer service for 5 or more hours/week at a school where s/he does not have a child enrolled
• Any individual chaperoning an overnight school-sponsored trip, regardless of the hours/week that the volunteer serves
• Any individual serving in a coaching capacity, regardless of the hours/week that the volunteer serves
• Any individual serving as a student teacher or pre-service teacher, regardless of the hours/week that the volunteer serves 
• Any individual serving as a One-on-One tutor or mentor, regardless of the hours/week that the volunteer serves
• Any individual providing volunteer service with students when such service may occur in an unsupervised setting, regardless of the hours/week that the volunteer serves
• Any individual providing volunteer service for a program where the program’s funding agency requires criminal record clearance, regardless of the hours/week that the volunteer serves
• Begin the process at least a month ahead of the scheduled field trip

​If you have any questions please contact Ms. Sims, Dean of Students.

VOLUNTEER APPLICATION