The Nokesville School
Tiger Task Force
Tiger Task Force
One of the many ways that TNS engages families in our school is through our Tiger Task Force. If you are not familiar with Tiger Task Force, it is our TNS-version of the Watch D.O.G.S. program that many of you may have already heard about or participated in previously.
Register for Tiger Task Force
The main goal of Tiger Task Force is to focus on bringing in family members and role models into our school to help out in needed areas of the building and to be a positive presence in our community.
This program is meant for signing up for a full day, even if that means only one time per year. When you sign up for a day, you agree to work the full day from 8:30 am to 2:30 pm.
Please sign up for no more than two slots for the school year so that we can get as many others involved as possible. Dates for sign-up begin in October and will end at the start of spring SOL's as the building schedules tend to shift dramatically during that time. If you check the schedule often and see that days are not filling in inside of a month out, then feel free to sign up for more.
Use the TNS Tiger Task Force SignUpGenius Link to register.
Tiger Task Force Daily Routine
Tiger Task Force members should arrive by 8:30 am and check in at the main office. They will sign in using our Raptor Security System. We will provide a black Tiger Task Force t-shirt and give parents a location to change so they can wear it during the school day. The office will provide a personalized schedule for the day and a school map. The schedule will be personalized a bit so that you have some quality time with your child(ren) but also help with things like perimeter checks, recess and lunch. Parents involved in this program must follow school-provided expectations, such as not being left alone with students, keeping staff and student-specific information and observations confidential, adhering to the schedule given to you, and acting in a professional and positive manner.
For example you will spend encore, lunch, recess and a 30 minute block in your child (ren) classroom and the other times throughout your day will be spent helping with perimeter door checks of the building, lunch duty for elementary and middle levels, monitoring outside door ways during transitions times and other duties as assigned by our security staff.
Background of Program
The TNS Tiger Task Force Program is another way for adult guardians to be more involved and invested in our school. The program is all about bringing in additional positive role models! The background behind the Watch D.O.G.S. program states the following purpose:
"The Dads of Great Students WATCH D.O.G.S. program is one of the nation’s largest and most respected school-based, family, and community engagement, organizations designed and developed by educators, experts and parent & guardian volunteers over more than two decades. Our programs for Elementary and Secondary School campuses help provide positive male role models for the students, demonstrating by their presence that education is important. Meanwhile, we provide extra sets of eyes and ears to enhance school security, reduce bullying and provide a greater sense of campus safety allowing students and teachers to focus on learning and instruction." Learn more background on this here: https://dadsofgreatstudents.com/about/.