• Sun Valley visitors

    In order to keep our students and staff members safe, as well as to maintain a standard of consistency and uninterrupted instruction for our students, visitors are not permitted in classrooms, with the exception of parent volunteers (see below).

    For allowable visitors (during soccer games, music performances, district personnel, etc.), all visitors must enter through and check in at the front office where they will sign in and receive a visitor's badge; visitors will be required to wear the badge during their entire visit.

    Volunteering

    We encourage parent volunteers at Sun Valley Elementary School and wish to thank you in advance for your support. When volunteering in a classroom or for a field trip, please check in at the front office to sign in and get your volunteer badge. For the safety of all children, WCSD has a volunteer screening policy. We appreciate your patience and compliance in keeping our school safe.

    School Volunteer Application

    New this year! Beginning July 1, 2025, all volunteer applications will be submitted online to the school district's online volunteer management system, Raptor: https://tinyurl.com/WCSDVolunteerApplication.

    Please be mindful that the approval process may take up to three (3) weeks. For additional details, please see the WCSD Volunteer Screen and Background Checks Policy: https://tinyurl.com/WCSDVolunteers. 

    Overnight Chaperones

    If you wish to volunteer as an Overnight Chaperone on a field trip, you must be fingerprinted at least eight (8) weeks in advance of the field trip date, but no sooner than 6 months before the trip. In addition, you will receive a WCSD Volunteer Handbook.

    To be fingerprinted for overnight chaperoning, you must take the School Volunteer Application with an Authorized School Personnel Signature, as well as your picture ID to the Fingerprint ID and Background Office.  Fingerprinting personnel will give you a confirmation notice on the bottom of the form, which you must return to Sun Valley ES’s front office.

    The Fingerprint ID and Background office is located at 425 E. Ninth Street in Reno.  The office is located in the back on the left side of the building.  Fingerprinting can be done from 8:00am-12:00pm and from 1:00pm-4:00pm every Monday through Friday (excluding holidays).

    Once you are cleared, please remember to check in through the office and take a volunteer/visitor badge to wear EACH TIME you are in the school.

    Fieldtrips

    If you are volunteering for a field trip, please commit to attending the entire field trip and returning with the students to the school on the school bus.  For the safety of all children, WCSD has a volunteer screening policy.  We appreciate your patience and compliance in keeping our school safe.