Three simple steps to getting started with MacFarland Middle School this year!
If you need any assistance, please contact us at info@dctutormentor.org or at 202-688-1261.
Program Information
Click here to watch a video message from MacFarland’s Principal Lucas Cooke!
Fall Program
MacFarland’s Fall Program will run Mondays through Fridays between 8:45am and 4:45pm. The school needs volunteers who can spend a minimum of 1 to 3 hours at least once a week helping middle schoolers with their coursework. Volunteers could choose to help with Humanities, English as a Second Language, or STEM classes. OR you could help with extracurriculars like sports, debate, biking, and more!
Volunteers from all backgrounds are needed, especially bilingual Spanish-English speakers. If there are specific subject areas that interest you or hobbies you’d like to center your volunteering around, please let us know!
Subject Areas & Extracurriculars
Volunteers can support classrooms in the following ways, including afterschool programs:
- Dual Language History (taught in both Spanish & English) – high need
- English Language Arts (taught in English)
- English Language Arts (taught in Spanish) – high need
- Math – high need
- Science – high need
- Social Studies
- Spanish – high need
- Afterschool programs (academic homework help, anime club, barbershop club, tennis club, fitness club, art club, broadcast journalism club, debate team, and bike club) – high need
Class Schedules
Monday – Thursday Schedule
- 1st period: 9:08am – 10:26am (all subjects)
- 2nd period: 10:29am – 11:47am (all subjects)
- 3rd period (8th grade): 11:50am – 1:08pm (all subjects)
- 3rd period (6th & 7th grade): 12:41pm – 1:59pm (all subjects)
- 4th period: 2:02pm – 3:20pm (all subjects except Math)
- Afterschool: 3:30pm – 5:00pm
Friday Schedule
- 1st period: 8:45am – 10:09am (all subjects)
- 2nd period: 10:12am – 11:36am (all subjects)
- 3rd period (8th grade): 11:39am -1:03pm (all subjects)
- 3rd period (6th & 7th grade): 12:29pm – 1:53pm (all subjects)
- 4th period: 1:56pm – 3:20pm (all subjects except Math)
- Afterschool: 3:30pm – 5:00pm
Dates
Fall volunteer opportunities started the week of September 30th, and volunteers are accepted on a rolling basis – your application is much anticipated! MacFarland operates according to the DC Public Schools Calendar.
Will you be away for a week or two? No worries! Volunteering is flexible – we’d love to have as many people involved including any friends or family who might be interested. Volunteers are also welcome and encouraged to join during and after school hours.
Application Process
- Use this contact information when asked who your DCPS or school contact is:MacFarland MS
- Sandra Walker-McLean
- Sandra.Walker-McLean@k12.dc.gov
- (202) 671-6033
- There is no “Submit” button for your background check application – clicking “Save” will submit your form. Once submitted, you will receive a confirmation email from notify@quickbase.com titled “DCPS Clearance Application Submitted”.
- Please note:
- You are not required to submit a drug test so please skip that option. You may be required to submit a Tuberculosis (TB) test only if you have traveled to an area where TB is common.
- If you do not have a Social Security Number (SSN), you may enter “9999″ as the last 4 digits of your SSN on the clearance application. However, you will need to send a copy of your passport photo page to dcps.clearance@k12.dc.gov after you have submitted your application. Please use the email subject “[Your First Name] [Your Last Name] Passport Photo Page for SOR Check” when submitting your documents after your clearance application submission.
- Please be aware that this link is typically active for about 24 hours. Therefore, it’s essential to activate it promptly and schedule your fingerprinting check.
Send us your clearance letter and volunteer preferences!
- Why this additional step? The Macfarland staff are extraordinarily busy managing the summer school and have asked DCTMI to only send volunteers who have completed their DCPS clearance process so MacFarland staff members don’t need to manage that process themselves.
