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"Volunteering gives you an opportunity to change people’s lives, including your own. It is a way of giving back to your community while developing important social skills and gaining valuable work experience all at the same time. The ultimate win-win situation!" - H.H. Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Volunteers have a vast impact on local and global communities. The UAE stresses the culture of volunteering in promoting sustainable development in line with the UAE national agenda as well as UN sustainable Goals 2030.

The types of services our student volunteers can do:

Within the school:

    • Act as a classroom helper in the areas of: ICT support, collection of notebooks, tracking record of students’ notebooks, and be a member of the energy saver squad.
    • Mentor or tutor students.
    • Help children with special needs.
    • Volunteer in a school computer lab, canteen, library, and music room
    • Act as a playground monitor, stop bullying (Anti-bullying squad).
    • Help teachers during field trips, tracking or meeting records, and other events that take place within the school / section. (House day, investiture ceremony, and thematic assembly)
    • Assist with a specific club or interest group.
    • Assist sports teachers with sports and fitness programs or any events.
    • Help in preparing sectional board work.
    • Help with school band, visual arts, crafts, design courses, and special projects. (26 Jan, Convocation)

Outside the school:

    • Participation in events like walks for various causes, a cleanup day at a local beach, trail, waterway, or park.
    • Sign up to help with registration and administrative tasks before a school event.
    • Join other people or organizations (environment, art, cultural, science) in your community for various events associated with the government.
    • Passionate about a local, national, or global issue? Write to editors, school’s ‘Lighthouse’, sectional board, class boards.
    • Meal distribution at labour camps and old clothes donation.
    • Donating clothes, toys, books, helping charities in their areas through local organizations.
    • Be in touch with shelter homes, foster organizations, libraries, and religious organizations to enquire when they need volunteers or donated goods.

Parent Volunteering:

Our school thrives due to the dedication of so many parents, friends, and alumni who play a vital role in the ongoing community building.

We offer an opportunity for parents to volunteer as Honorary – Learning Support Assistants (H-LSA) to assist teachers in class and get more engaged with school. Parent volunteering is intended to promote goodness as such constructive involvement can produce a feeling of self-worth and respect. Enrolled parents will learn ways to be involved, handle students in a positive way and better understand the various aspects of daily school life.

The Circle of Happiness, Inclusion, and Wellbeing works closely with the H-LSA to integrate students with additional needs into mainstream classes with 1:1 support ensuring that all students are fully involved in-class activities. We have students with varied needs ranging from low/mild needs to those who have complex needs. Students who have more complex needs are assisted by H-LSA.