Volunteer

2023-24 School Year

Volunteers give the gift of time and are important to the overall functioning of schools.

To volunteer, please contact your neighborhood school. We particularly need bilingual individuals who would be willing to occasionally serve as translators for the parents of our ESL students.

Volunteer Clearances

Complete a volunteer application at the district office. You will be asked for photo id. Your background check will be processed using the Washington State Patrol system and you be contacted with your eligibility result. Applicants are also checked against the National Sex Offender database. Clearances are valid for two years. This is in accordance with RCW 43.43.830 through 43.43.845.

School Contacts

School	Phone
Burley Glenwood Elementary	360-443-3110
East Port Orchard Elementary	360-443-3170
Hidden Creek Elementary	360-443-3050
Manchester Elementary	360-443-3230
Mullenix Ridge Elementary	360-443-3290
Olalla Elementary	360-443-3350
Orchard Heights Elementary	360-443-3530
Sidney Glen Elementary	360-443-3400
South Colby Elementary	360-443-3000
Sunnyslope Elementary	360-443-3470
Cedar Heights MS	360-874-6020
John Sedgwick MS	360-874-6090
Marcus Whitman MS	360-874-6160
Discovery High School	360-443-3680
South Kitsap High School	360-874-5600
South Kitsap School District	360-874-7005

Opportunities

School Volunteers

Watch DOGS

South Kitsap Schools are inviting dads to come back to school and get involved through a national program called WATCH D.O.G.S. (Dads of Great Students). This father involvement initiative of the National Center for Fathering organizes fathers and father figures to provide positive male role models for the students and to enhance school security.

Watch Dogs are fathers, grandfathers, step-fathers, uncles, and other father figures who volunteer to serve at least one day each year in a variety of school activities.

For more information on this program visit www.fathers.com, contact your school's volunteer coordinator, or PTA/SA for more information.

Big Brothers Big Sisters

Senior Tax Exchange Program (STEP)

The Senior Tax Exchange Program will be operating in the 2023-2024 school year.

South Kitsap School District's Senior Tax Exchange Program offers qualifying residents an opportunity to receive a tax break on their local school tax (levy and bond) in exchange for their time and skills working within the South Kitsap School District. The program was created in response to concerns of local citizens who are living on fixed incomes and are experiencing rising property taxes. The program also offers more opportunities to increase the contributions of senior citizens in public schools.

To qualify for the program, residents must meet all of the following criteria;

must be 62 years of age or older;
own and reside in their own home within the SKSD boundaries;
receive Social Security or retirement income;
have a gross household annual income of more than $40,000 and less than $65,000.

Participating residents can provide their skills (valued at the current hourly Washington State minimum wage) to SKSD up to but not to exceed the resident's annual local school tax bill. The annual total may not exceed $430 per household. Participants will receive a two-party check payable to themselves and the Kitsap County Treasurer in time for the April and/or October collection deadlines. A minimum time donation is 20 hours and will be served between January and June 2024.

*Please note that application to this program does not guarantee acceptance. The applicant must successfully clear a Washington State Patrol background check to participate in the STEP program.

Please reach out to millera@skschools.org or call 360-874-7005 for an application.

Kitsap County offers another option for tax relief and information is available on the Assessor's website.