Ankeny Community School District

All volunteer opportunities listed as District Events will support various events throughout the year. 

The 4th Grade Famous Leader Fair will be held on Friday, May 16th, from 1:30 to 2:30 PM in the gym and cafeteria. This event will be an open-house format, allowing you to explore and celebrate the hard work of our Westwood students as they showcase their chosen famous leaders.

If your volunteer profile is up to date, the activity will immediately be added to your volunteer schedule.

If it does not show up on your volunteer schedule, you may need to update required volunteer documents. The office will send emails through the volunteer portal with instructions on how to update volunteer documents. (Please check spam folders!)

(Click "Fill in an application" or "Log in to your account" to get started!)

Have questions? Click here to email the office.

Please sign up to show your interest in attending the 5th Grade field trip. Teachers will randomly draw names to be assigned to the field trip. An email confirmation will be sent via the Better Impact portal, so please watch your SPAM folders!

After volunteers have been assigned, the volunteer opportunity will show up on the schedule tab of your Better Impact portal.

Any volunteer opportunity that will benefit a specific classroom at Westwood.

Grab your walking shoes and join in on a Westwood Tradition - Go the Distance Day!

Go the Distance Day is a nature walk to celebrate our Westwood family and physical wellness! The event is scheduled for May 2nd.

We are looking for volunteers to participate in the following ways:

• Course Cheerleaders All families are invited to gather at "Frog Park" to cheer for the students as they pass. (Event coordinators will be on sight to provide support if needed.)
• Classroom Caboose One volunteer per class to walk at the end of each class to provide additional supervision, if you do not see a teacher listed, the position has already been filled.

Please sign up to add your name to the list of interested volunteers for the TK field trip to Center Grove Orchard! Six names will be drawn at random from those on the sign up list. An email will be sent from the volunteer portal to those who were assigned to attend the field trip (please check spam folders).

When: Monday, May 19, 2025 9:00am-1:15pm

Where: Center Grove Orchard, 32835 610th Avenue, Cambridge, IA 50046 

Volunteer cost: $9.95 (payable at Center Grove that day)

Volunteers must arrive by 9am in order to purchase their admission ticket and be ready to meet the students when they get off the bus. Each volunteer will lead a small group of 3-5 students as the class explores the Berries and Babies Spring Experience, please be prepared for a lot of walking and varied weather conditions. Volunteers should bring a picnic lunch to enjoy with the students. Volunteers will assist the students until they load the bus between 1:00-1:15.