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Volunteers in Action!

2023 Varsity Letter in Community Service Awards

Congratulations to our 2023 Varsity Letter in Community Service recipients, who have volunteered more than 250 hours during high school. This year, nine students earned this award: Sopeara Chay, Celeste Martin, Alejandra Plascencia, and Michaela Renick of North Thurston, Maria Cassandra Claudio, Lacey Hunt, and Logan Hunt of River Ridge, and Madison Hehemann and Jenna Nguyen of Timberline! Read about their amazing volunteer work! >>

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NTPS Loves Volunteers!

Have you seen volunteers doing amazing things are your school? Email volunteersupport@nthurston.k12.wa.us and tell us about it, and we'll post it here for everyone to see.

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Volunteering with NTPS in Thurston Talk

We have a wide variety of volunteer opportunities in our district! Learn more about our new and expanding volunteer programs for individuals and groups - including mentoring, reading, athletics, and more! Read the article >>

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Kudos to the Horizons K-Kids!

The Horizons Elementary K-Kids Club has been busy this school year! Students kicked off the year with an anti-bullying campaign, organized multiple donation events (from food to school supplies to dog toys!), created thoughtful, handmade items to share in the community, cleaned up their school campus, and more! Read more & see project photos >>

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Julie Davis Shines in the Seven Oaks Art Room

Julie Davis has been volunteering in the art room at Seven Oaks Elementary for more than 18 years! She says helping students with art restores her mind, heart, and overall wellbeing. Read more & see photos from Seven Oaks >>

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Mountain View's Walking School Bus

Mountain View Elementary brought together students, staff, family and community volunteers, and Lacey police officers for a fun and safe walk to school the morning of March 9, 2022. Read more & see photos from Mountain View >>

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Teen Tech Genius Intergenerational Volunteer Event

NTPS high school students volunteered their time on December 1, 2021 at the Jubilee Lodge in Lacey at the district’s first intergenerational Teen Tech Genius program! The students helped coach senior citizens on how to navigate social media and answered questions about everything from podcasts to Zoom to Facebook! See photos >>

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Remembering Volunteer Fran Volkhardt

NTPS would like to recognize Fran Volkhardt for her exceptional volunteer service in our district. Fran passed away in Spring 2021 and leaves a legacy of encouragement and service to our students at Timberline HS and the FYR Center. Learn more about Fran's work >>

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Orchestra Mentors are Building Community Virtually

A group of secondary orchestra students are spending their Friday afternoons helping 5th graders learn their new instruments in virtual small groups. Read more about the creative new orchestra mentoring program>>

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Dedicated FYR Center Volunteers are helping from home!

A huge thank you to Family & Youth Resource Center volunteers, Amy Smith and Suzanne McKinley! They have both served as committed volunteers at the center since it opened in 2019 - and this year, they are helping from home. Read more about how Amy & Suzanne are helping >>

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Remembering Volunteer Tom Fell

NTPS would like to recognize Tom Fell for his exceptional volunteer service in our district. Tom passed away in October of 2020 and leaves a strong legacy of service to our district and community. Learn more about Tom's work >>

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Remote Volunteering Pen Pals Project

Meadows Elementary students and volunteers are staying connected through the challenges of 2020 by writing letters to one another as Pen Pals. Beginning in June as a way for volunteers to remotely support the school community, a total of 25 pen pals began exchanging cards, letters, and drawings every week or two. Over 150 letters have been exchanged in the 4 months since, and the project is expanding soon to Lydia Hawk! See more about pen pals here >>

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NTHS Student Volunteer Fair

Thanks to all of the community organizations that came out to the volunteer fair at North Thurston High School this December to share their volunteer opportunities with students looking to get involved and fulfill service hours for graduation. See more pics from the volunteer fair >>

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Timberline Coach & Tutor John Wilson

Star Volunteer John Wilson is staying connected to Timberline High School in a big way after retiring from 30 years of teaching math and coaching bowling at THS in 2016. John serves as a dedicated volunteer coach for the girls bowling team and as a weekly tutor in the after-school math lab. See more pics of John at the bowling alley >>

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Lacey Lions Serve at Health Screenings

Thank you to all three Lacey Lions Clubs for helping at our elementary and middle school health screenings this fall. We appreciate your commitment to serve NTPS schools through this activity each year. Thank you also to the many parent and community volunteers who stepped in to help with the busy days of screening activities. Together they served over 600 hours across 18 schools!

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North Thurston Public Schools does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following employees have been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination: Civil Rights Coordinator and Title IX Officer: executivedirectorHR@nthurston.k12.wa.us, 360-412-4453; Section 504 Coordinator: 504@nthurston.k12.wa.us, 360-412-4465. Address for both: 305 College Street NE, Lacey, WA 98516.

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