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 * Welcome to the Parents At Lunch (PALs) Program **
 * Update August 2017 **


 * Thank you very much for your interest in the PALs program. Due to changes in staff scheduling last year that enabled increased supervision in the cafeteria and reduced the need for volunteer help, the PTG and school administration have decided to discontinue the PALs program for the 2017-2018 school year. Heartfelt thanks to our many volunteers who have given their time to be a PAL over the past eleven years. It has really made a diffference! **


 * If you enjoy seeing the kids during the social times of their school day, a great place to volunteer is in the Grounds for Learning school garden. Kids can explore, play and/or help with gardening during their after-lunch recess in the fall and spring. The garden can only be open if a volunteer is present, so it's a big help if you can do it! You don't have to be a gardener yourself to volunteer. Click here for more info -->> http://thoreaugfl.wikispaces.com/home **


 * - Kimber Lynn Drake **
 * PALs Coordinator **

Becoming a PAL is easy! Here's how:

Step 1: add your name to our volunteer roster by clicking here.

Step 2: click on a month in the left navigation bar to browse the calendar and choose a shift. Training shifts are available to new volunteers by contacting the PALs Coordinator, but your first shift does not have to be a training shift.

Step 3: on the day of your shift, please sign in at the office, get a visitor badge and arrive at the cafeteria by 12:05pm (if you want to catch all of 2nd grade lunch come at 11:50am). Check in with a noon aide and let them know whether you signed up to volunteer inside, outside or either.

If you are volunteering inside (cafeteria), please stay until the last group has been seated at 1:10pm. If you are able to stay for the entire lunch period (until 1:30pm) that's even better, but not required.

If you are volunteering outside (playground), you will exit to the playground with the first group of kids and the outside noon aides - please stay until the last group finishes recess at 1:50pm.

Some reminders: > 11:50am - Grade 2 > 12:10pm - Grade 1 and Kindergarten (Kindergarten 12:20pm on Thursdays) > 12:30pm - Grade 3 > 12:50pm - Grade 4 > 1:10pm - Grade 5 > 12:10pm - Grade 2 > 12:30pm - Grade 1 and Kindergarten > 12:50pm - Grade 3 > 1:10pm - Grade 4 > 1:30pm - Grade 5
 * All volunteers must be CORI approved. The approval process takes a few business days. To get approved, bring a photo ID to the Thoreau administrative office and fill out a form. Once completed, your CORI approval is valid for three years.
 * Volunteers must sign in at the office and get a visitor name badge for both inside and outside volunteer duty.
 * Lunch seating times are:
 * Lunch Recess times are:

For full details about the Parents at Lunch program, please click here.

Thank you for your interest in being a PAL!

- Kimber Lynn Drake PALs Program Coordinator 978.831.3058 Click here to view the 2016-2017 Concord school calendar.