Important Information for Volunteers at Rockwood Schools

We are excited to welcome volunteers and visitors to Rockwood schools! 

When schools and families work together to support learning, everyone benefits:

• Students do better in school and in life.
• Parents become empowered.
• Teacher morale improves.
• Schools get better.
• Communities grow stronger.

Visitors are those who are at school to eat lunch with their child, attend a meeting, class party, school assembly or event. Volunteers help schools deliver services to students and schools that go above and beyond what can be provided through district resources.

In order to serve as a volunteer at a Rockwood school, community members must follow the steps below:

1) Per Missouri Statute 168.133, those who wish to volunteer in a school must complete a one-time fingerprint background check through the Missouri State Highway Patrol and FBI. The cost for the background check is approximately $45 and is the responsibility of the volunteer. This background check only needs to be done once while you are a volunteer in Rockwood and does not need to be repeated annually.

Here is the link to the MACHS fingerprint registration portal. Please use the registration code of 1838 when you register. 

Send a copy of the fingerprint receipt to volunteerfingerprinting@rsdmo.org in the Rockwood Human Resources Department so the district knows you have submitted your background check. Once we have received the cleared results, you will be added to the district’s list of cleared volunteers, which is accessible by our school principals.

2.) Additionally, if you wish to volunteer in Rockwood, you must fill out the Intent to Volunteer Form each year prior to July 31 as part of the process to be cleared.

If you are a current Rockwood employee, SSD employee in Rockwood or a substitute in Rockwood, you are already cleared as a volunteer. However, you still need to fill out the Intent to Volunteer Form each year prior to Aug. 31 to let us know you plan to volunteer at your child(ren)’s school. It is also very important that employees fill out the form using their RSD email address. 

For more information about volunteering in Rockwood, please visit this page on the district website.