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MCHS Visitors / Volunteers

 Mt. Carmel High School visitors and volunteers will check in at the front office.  Will you be a visitor or volunteer at MCHS?  The following information will help you determine your next step.

Visitors are individuals visiting the Attendance office, Health office, Counseling office, a classroom on a limited basis, or attending an event on-campus throughout the school year.  For example, if you need to check your student in or out of school in-person for a last minute appt, visiting Health office, attending a scheduled appointment in the Counseling office, visiting as a guest lecture, college representative, and those helping with an event on a limited basis (registration, occasional general school need, etc.).  Staff preapproval is required prior to your visit, except for visiting the Attendance office for last minute appointments.  Please be sure to bring a state or government issued photo id with you when you check in at the front office on your day of arrival.
 
Attendance Hotline 858-484-8512 - You do not need to come in-person to check your student out if you call the Attendance Hotline at least 3 hours ahead of the needed release time for an Early Release Pass.
 
If your student is not feeling well during the school day, please ask your student to go to the Health office.

Volunteers are individuals that help on campus to support learning and activities, chaperone on a field trip, or help in a classroom on a regular basis.  At MCHS, staff preapproval is required to become a volunteer.  Volunteers will need to submit the required online volunteer paperwork to become a volunteer at MCHS.  Once the volunteer application has been approved, the approval is valid for the current school year or as the teacher needs the volunteer assistance during the school year, and will need to be renewed each year.

All visitors and volunteers coming on campus must be prearranged by the MCHS staff member with the front office  prior to the visit. All visitors and volunteers are required to sign in at the front office, present a valid state or government issued ID, and wear the printed name tag each day you are on campus.  This will help campus staff to identify people on our campus in maintaining a safe campus.
 
 
 
Welcome MCHS Volunteers 
 
Thank you for your interest in becoming a volunteer, and for the time and energy you contribute to the students and staff at Mt. Carmel High School.  PUSD has an online volunteer application process designed to streamline the application experience.    
 
At MCHS, we ask that ONLY people who have MCHS teacher/staff preapproval to volunteer for a planned activity or program, or if you are interested in helping with AP testing in May, to complete the online Volunteer Application.  This will allow us to process applications efficiently and ensure volunteers are ready as needed.  If you already submitted a volunteer application without teacher preapproval, we will need to deny the application for now, but please apply again once you have communicated with the teacher and received preapproval to volunteer.  We keep families informed of upcoming opportunities within the MCHS Newsletter and MC Counseling Scoop, and from our PTSA.  
 
Volunteer Applications 2026-2027
Application is now available
 
For additional PUSD volunteer information, visit PUSD Volunteer Process and Forms
MCHS Volunteers
Thank you for your interest in becoming a volunteer, and for the time and energy you contribute to the students and staff at Mt. Carmel High School.
 
Interested in becoming a volunteer at MCHS?  Once you have connected with a staff member in need of a volunteer, the MC staff member will provide the front office the name and the volunteer clearance level that will be needed.
 
Steps to become a volunteer - Complete the required online Volunteer Application forms annually (see links at the top of this page):
  1. Volunteer Application form - Submitting the volunteer application form will perform a Megan's Law background check.  All volunteers will be processed for level 1 clearance.  The need for Level 2 clearance will be determined based on how a volunteer will be assisting a teacher/staff member as per PUSD guidelines.
  2. Note - Your name on the application must match your name on the identification you use.
  3. Profile Photo - Please be sure the photo only has the applicant in the picture.
  4. Driver License or State/Government Issued ID Card.  Must be a valid, current government-issued photo ID (no military ID's).
  5. Tuberculosis (TB) Clearance Requirements - All TB clearances must be documented using the California School Employee Tuberculosis Risk Assessment Questionnaire form.  This is the ONLY form that can be accepted to satisfy the TB clearance requirement, and will be valid for 4 years.  If the assessment results requires it, a clearance chest x-ray report will be needed as well.  Please be sure the health provider signs page 2 and prints, places a label, or stamp with the Health Care Provider's name and address.
  6. Risk Assessment QuestionnaireTB Risk Assessment Questionnaire pg2
  7. Note - Other alternate forms of TB verification are no longer accepted, including physician notes, patient portal screenshots, and blood test results.
  8. AB 1913 Training Requirement for ALL level 1 volunteers.  Upload the certificate of completion; completed within previous 90 days.  PUSD employees can upload their current school-year AB 1913 completion certificate.  Training LINK is on our PUSD website.
  9. Code of Conduct form - You will add your name, sign, and date.
  10. Code of Confidentiality form - You will add your name, sign, and date.
 
Once all online documents have been processed and approved, you will be ready to begin volunteering.  If you are 
a current volunteer at another PUSD school or are a current PUSD staff member wanting to become a volunteer at MCHS, please complete all of the required volunteer forms online for MCHS, as each school site is required to have their own current volunteer documents.
 

TB Testing

All TB clearances must be documented using the California School Employee Tuberculosis Risk Assessment Questionnaire.  This is the only form being accepted.
 
We wanted to notify you of a change in the required tuberculosis testing for school volunteers effective July 1, 2017. Due to new regulations from both the state and county, PUSD nurses will no longer be providing TB clearance. If you are due for your screening (once every four years), we are hoping this advance notification will give you ample time over the summer to comply, before the start of the new school year. The law requires that TB clearance be completed by a licensed health care provider. The provider will determine if risk factors exist and provide a TB test, if needed. Here are a few nearby resources where you can obtain TB clearance. There may be a fee or co-pay involved at some locations:
  • Your primary health care provider
  • CVS Minute Clinic, 16773 Bernardo Center Dr., Rancho Bernardo, CA 92128 or,
  • CVS Minute Clinic, 12358 Poway Rd., Poway, CA 92064
  • Neighborhood Health Clinic, 460 N. Elm St., Escondido, CA 92025, 760-520-8100
  • Public Health Center, 649 West Mission Ave, Suite 2, Escondido, CA 92025, 619- 692-5565
Proof of TB clearance is mandated for volunteers working in public schools.  Again, thank you for your understanding and cooperation. And with your help, we look forward to another successful school year. 
 
Please review the TB Clinic Schedule and if you have further questions about the TB Clinic please call Health Services at (858) 521-2812.   
 

Megan's Law Background Check

 
The PUSD Volunteer Application is processed online, and a Megan's Law Background Check will be processed.
 
Each volunteer must have a current Megan’s Law background check from the online Volunteer Application form with Poway Unified School District. If you volunteer at more than one school in PUSD, please be sure to submit online volunteer forms with each school. 
 
Note - The online Volunteer Application forms are completed each year, and will need to be processed and approved before a volunteer can begin volunteering.  
 
All volunteer applications are processed for Level 1 clearance.
Level II volunteer clearance - The need for Level II clearance will be determined based on how a volunteer will be assisting a teacher/staff member as per PUSD guidelines.

Volunteer Code of Conduct Form - online

 
Volunteers are required to have a current Volunteer Code of Conduct form signed each year at each school site where they volunteer. 

Volunteer Code of Confidentiality Forms - online

 
Volunteers are required to have a current Volunteer Code of Confidentiality form signed each year at each school site where they volunteer.