Service Hours

A thriving school community requires a meaningful commitment on the part of every family. St. Columba School has defined that commitment as at least 20 hours of service by each family. This is something that each family has agreed to during the student registration process. We are grateful that many of our families give of their time in a very generous way to enhance our school community. We could not function smoothly without the support of our school families!
In order to make the service hour commitment more tangible and to help our planning for events and activities, we will track the service commitments of each family through our service hour form. Below is a list of some of the service opportunities we have defined. This list encompasses more than 2,500 hours of service opportunities. While it is not all inclusive, we hope that this will be a starting place for you to determine where you would like to be involved.
Please use the service hour google form below as a way to track your hours once they are complete. You likely noticed that your service hours fee is billed up front according to your payment plan. An approval process will happen monthly for all hours that have been completed and your account will be credited back the portion of the service hours fee that has already been paid and the remaining balance will be zeroed out.
We know that several families have already completed hours with the field day, field trips, and more. Please go ahead and log all of those hours now. Our community is especially blessed for your efforts! We ask each family to track at least 20 hours, and we know many of our families give much more time than that. While we would be thrilled if families would track all of their hours beyond 20 so that we would have a clear understanding of the magnitude of shared time, we recognize that tracking everything you do might become a burden. So please feel free to log hours beyond 20 at your own discretion.
Thank you for taking the time to log your family’s service commitments for this school year. Serving one another and our community is a foundational tenet of our Christian beliefs. Through your gift of time, you are helping us to cultivate an environment of service at St. Columba, as we live out our faith as a community of God.
If you have any questions, feel free to call the school office (970)247-5527.
Service Opportunities & Approximate Service Hours
Classroom Service
Room Parents (10+ hours)
Each grade will have a parent representative, who helps oversee auction basket coordination and art project, classroom parties, and other classroom needs.
Classroom Help (Time varies per activity)
Assist teacher during the school day or take activities home to prep
Field Trip Chaperones (Time varies per trip)
Chaperone classroom field trips as requested by teacher
Kitchen Service
Daily Kitchen Help (2-6 hours per shift)
Assist Chef Kristyn with lunch prep, service, and clean-up
Thanksgiving Lunch Prep (2 hours per shift)
Assist Chef Kristyn with turkey lunch prep Nov. 17-19
Thanksgiving Lunch Service (2 hours per shift)
Serve our community lunch, Nov. 20
Administrative Service
Lost and Found Coordinator (Approx. 10 hours)
Organize lost & found items monthly, helping return items to owners. Twice a year take
unclaimed items to the thrift store and wash St. Columba items to be added to the swap.
Maintenance Help (Times vary by job)
Assist Glenn Gundrey in caring for our school campus. Varied seasonal work with flexible
scheduling includes leaf raking, touch-up painting, snow removal, safety help, etc.
Parents Association Help
Field Day(Times vary by job)
Help with planning, gathering materials, leading games, etc for our afternoon of fun
Book Fair (45-60 minutes per shift)
Help with set up/take down of our annual book fair, run the cash register for a shift, help
straighten books, oversee shopping
Hot Chocolate & Cookies w/ Santa(Times vary by job)
Help with planning, gathering materials, and day of help all needed
May Crowning(Times vary by job)
Work with school admin & PA to organize this special day, lunch service help also needed
Teacher Appreciation Week (Times vary by job)
Help us celebrate our amazing teachers and staff and thank them for their hard work
Service opportunities that involve contact with children require a background check and completion of a volunteer packet that is required by our diocese. Please stop by the office to get paperwork from Heidi or make sure your packet is up to date.