Volunteering / PTO
Helping Out at EES
Community and parent volunteers are an integral part of our school community. We welcome the involvement of guardians in our classrooms and our school building.
Volunteer at School
As required by the district and state laws, all volunteers must register using our EWSD volunteer registration system. If you have been asked to volunteer for a specific event:
Please ask your child's teacher, or another school employee, for a link to the online registration form.
Read the EWSD Expectations for Volunteers Guide (goes to our district website) before starting.
You can also learn more about our background check process on our District's Volunteer pages
Learn about Four Winds science education on our EES page.
Our PTO
Essex Town's PTO helps support students and staff, and looks for opportunities to enrich the school community with relationship-building events or by supporting in-school initiatives.
Visit our Essex Town PTO webpage
Sign up for the Membership Toolkit app!
Like us on our Facebook page
Help out with or come to our events!
Donate! We are always grateful for monetary or in-kind donations.
Four Winds Parent-Led Science Education
Four Winds at EES
EES students are enriched by learning about the natural world in monthly, hands-on workshops in their classrooms, and led by volunteers from the school community - parents, grandparents, caregivers, and community members.
Coordinators: Erin Guzowski & Breana Fucile
Summary: Four Winds is a wonderful program that enables volunteers (parents, neighbors, grandparents) to share science and nature with elementary school children in a fun and interactive way! Our amazing trainer, Deb Parella, gives us all the necessary background information and learning activities at periodic training workshops. She literally gives you all the knowledge and materials you need to share 1-2 hours of fun and education in the classroom. The kids adore these sessions where they get to do hands-on experiments, explore outside, and often make projects that they then take home to share with their family. If you are interested in volunteering, please email us or sign up here
Topics and Schedules- Training sessions for 2019-2020 are held at 8 AM in the EHS Cafeteria on these dates:
9/24/19 – Spiders
11/5/19 – Skulls
1/21/20 – Birds
3/31/20 – Owls
Learn about Four Winds Nature Institute on their website (link opens a new window.)
Mission: "Advancing the understanding and appreciation of natural science through community-based environmental education and research."