Volunteer Opportunities

The Shipley community has a wide range of ways for you to donate your skills and ideas, depending on how much time you have to give. Please read through the following descriptions and let us know what interests you:

Community

Alumni Board
This executive committee oversees the proceedings of the Alumni Association. Members work to coordinate alumni activities and programs, as well as to support the School’s mission and current events.

Archives
Volunteers dedicate time to sort, inventory, and conserve materials from Shipley’s past.

Fine Arts Committee
This committee arranges for a different art exhibition each month, displayed in the Upper School Speer Gallery. Well-known local professionals as well as Shipley students, faculty, and alumni are represented.

Green Thumb
This group holds plant sales to support the award-winning Shipley Sprouts (Shipley’s horticultural program). They also decorate the School for each season, maintain the Middle School garden, and provide floral arrangements for special events.

Multi-Cultural Parents Association
The Multicultural Parents’ Association (MPA) welcomes all parents and guardians of students, as well as alumni and friends of Shipley. Its purpose is to encourage and support diversity and inclusiveness throughout the School. These volunteers organize cultural and athletic events designed to bring the community together.

Sports Publicity
Anyone in the Shipley community who regularly attends and takes photographs at School athletic events is encouraged to share them with the External Relations Office for public relations purposes, and use in school publications and on the school website.

The External Relations Office in Brownell House sponsors and supports volunteer activities for parents, alumni, and others, providing meeting and work space, as well as professional and staff assistance.