Volunteer
GHNO is Parent Powered!
There are so many ways to get involved and help out our great school. GHNO is truly parent-powered! Want to find out how you can volunteer? Let's get started!
IMPORTANT NOTE: Step 1-3 must *all* be completed each year.
Step 1: Background Check
Before volunteering on campus or class field trips, each person must complete a background check. The background check takes only 5 minutes to complete and is REQUIRED TO BE COMPLETED EVERY YEAR.
When your background check has been completed, you will receive an email from the "Raptor System" with the subject line "Your volunteer application is approved". Please allow 48 hours after submission.
Visit the Raptor site to fill out the background check form.
NOTE: Raptor is a paid service and requires a $6 service fee to complete and expedite the background check process.
Step 2: Print and Sign the FERPA Acknowledgement and PSO Confidentiality Agreement
Confidentiality is taken very seriously. Our school is legally required to protect the privacy of the students in their care, and so we ask volunteers to behave as an employee would with any student information learned while volunteering on campus.
Guidelines for the PSO are there to protect the culture of the parent community and preserve the working relationship between the PSO and the school.
Completed forms should be returned in person to the Front Desk.
If you cannot bring the physical form to the Front Desk, you may email your signed form to Kristin.Pelletier@GreatHeartsTXSchools.org AND Marianne.Horstman@GreatHeartsTXSchools.org. Please note the physical form is preferred.
Step 3: Watch the Volunteer Training Video
The video is provided by our lower school headmaster, Mr. Brogan. The video link takes you to the “swivl” host site.
Step 4: Tell us the areas in which you are interested!
Once you have COMPLETED STEPS 1-3 above, we invite you to fill out our Volunteer Interest form for any of our volunteer opportunities.