Volunteer

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School volunteers are valuable members of Team Colonial. Through donating your time and talents, you can help the Colonial School District continue to provide the tools, knowledge and resources for our students to succeed in and out of the classroom.

As a result of Pennsylvania laws, all volunteers must complete and submit a Volunteer Application by clicking here to the school where they would like to volunteer and obtain the following three clearances:

*Please note that if you've been a Pennsylvania resident for ten consecutive years prior to the date of your volunteer application, you may sign a waiver in lieu of obtaining the FBI Background Check. This waiver is included as part of the application packet. If you require an FBI Background Check, please use code 1KG6XN and choose "Digital Fingerprinting" as the service when registering on the IdentoGO website.

Frequently Asked Questions

I already have clearances from my work with another organization. May I submit these to my child's school in order to volunteer?

I don't remember how old my clearances are. How can I find out?

If I am visiting a school, do I need to get my clearances done?

How much do the clearances cost?

My criminal history clearance and child abuse clearance reports are both under five years old. Do I still need to obtain the FBI criminal history record report?

I am not familiar with the FBI criminal history record report. How do I obtain this?

The FBI Criminal History Record report is a fingerprint-based record check. An applicant must register to obtain the check online at by clicking here to go to the IdentoGO website. An applicant must follow all instructions on the indentoGo website. Applicants must enter the code 1KG6Y3 into the "enter code" block. Fingerprinting sites in this area can be found through the IndentoGO website.

If we already have clearances on file with the District, do we still need to have our licenses scanned?

Currently volunteers are required to have licenses scanned by the LobbyGuard system upon entering a school. However, you WILL NOT need to have your license scanned to volunteer once your clearances are on file and you are an approved volunteer. We initiated this requirement as a way to double-check the backgrounds of volunteers whose clearances may have been obtained more than a year ago. The recent changes to the state law ensure that we will have recent clearances on file for all volunteers, and the additional step of requiring a license scan on top of three clearances could prove to be prohibitive to those who want to volunteer. License scanning will continue at district schools as a way to track visitors in and out of the building.

Why do we have to get new clearances every five years?

Thank you for your interest in serving as a volunteer!

If you have any additional questions about the volunteer application process, please contact District Security Officer Tim McDonald via email by clicking here or by calling 610-834-1670, ext. 8203.

Volunteer Application and Clearance Links

Click on the name to access the corresponding document or link.

When you're ready, please submit the Volunteer Application and required clearances to the school where you would like to volunteer.

Thanks for being a valuable part of Team Colonial!