Lakewood Elementary PTA offers many opportunities to volunteer and we love having volunteers support our teachers, staff, students and school!
DISD requires all campus volunteers to complete a background check and VOLY Training. Please click here to get started!
Got Questions?
Email us at volunteer@lakewoodelementary.net and let us know what's on your mind!
Campus Beautification
This is a fun way to get your child volunteering during their grade-level campus clean-ups throughout the school year. These take place one Sunday afternoon per month in the afternoon.
Counselor Advisory Committee
The Lakewood Counselors host various events throughout the year like Red Ribbon Week (fall), Career Day, and Angel Tree (holidays). These events are run with the help of parent volunteers.
Fall Fest
Lakewood’s Fall Festival (Sunday, October 20, 2024), a community event for the whole family needs volunteers, prizes, cake walk items and more!
Fun Fest
Lakewood’s spring field day takes place during school hours and needs volunteers to run the activities for the kids.
Sign-Up Coming Soon!
FOL Math Maniacs and More
FOL is our school dad’s group that supports the school in so many ways. Math Maniacs (Tutors) are needed throughout the school year to support our students and families. Crossing Guards supplement the ones provided by DISD and keep our kids safe. The Fall Fest FOL Haunted Hallway is epic and needs volunteers to make it happen.
Garden Spruce-Up
Our Lakewood Gardens need sprucing up throughout the year and need your help to keep them maintained and looking nice.
LECPTA Home Tour
The LECPTA Home Tour (November 9-10, 2024) is a fundraiser that benefits our school and Woodrow feeder pattern schools. Docent and check-in volunteers are needed to make this event successful.
Sign-Up Coming Soon!
Library
Our school library needs help with re-shelving books throughout the year. Also, the Book Fair takes place in the fall and needs volunteers to make it happen.
Sign-Up Coming Soon!
LOLA
The Lakewood Outdoor Learning Area needs parent volunteers to assist every class during their LOLA time as well as LOLA after school and LOLA night!
Lunch "Buddies"
Join your child for lunch! NEW: Lunch Buddies occurs every Wednesday from Sept 4, 2024 - Dec 4, 2024. There will be two spots for your class each Wednesday. Please limit your lunch visit to one guest per student per semester!
'24-'25 Lunch Schedule, 30 min each: K 10:30, 1st 11:30, 2nd 11:00, 3rd 12:00, 4th 12:30, 5th 1:00
Lunch "Bunch"
Volunteer for lunch duty to work alongside teachers and admin during lunch AND see your child in action!
Monthly Lunch
This monthly lunch is a grade-level effort to supply lunch for the teachers and staff in the teacher workroom.
Peace Pantries
Many schools in our Woodrow feeder pattern have peace pantries that support economically disadvantaged students with food, uniforms and other supplies. These items are needed throughout the year, especially around holidays.
Room Rep
Two room rep volunteers are needed per class to facilitate communication with classroom parents and to support your teacher all year. Reps will be announced via Instagram the evening of Aug 27.
Secret Pals
We need volunteers to sign up for EVERY teacher and staff member to shower them monthly to show how much we appreciate them.
Stallion Store
Volunteers are needed to be “sales associates” at the Stallion (reward) Store for all students that happens at the end of each 9 week grading period.
Teacher Workroom
“Stock the Workroom” is a monthly, grade-level effort to supply our teachers and staff with all they need in their workroom space.
Thanksgiving Pies
A Lakewood tradition is to give each teacher and staff member a pie to take home for the Thanksgiving holiday.
Sign-Up Coming Soon!
And MORE!!
There will be more class specific sign up geniuses throughout the year that will come via class communication. Examples include mystery reader or class party items.
- Sunday, October 13
- Monday, October 14
- Wednesday, October 16
- Thursday, October 17
- Friday, October 18