YES! Day Volunteer
What You Need to Know
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Our YES! program is a middle-school hands-on learning experience that runs roughly from 8-11:30am. Note: Each school sets a different start time for their YES! Day. Please check the specific time on the event webpage for the school where you are volunteering.
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Volunteers will be paired up and assigned to a classroom to deliver one 30-minute activity to four separate groups of students.
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Volunteers do not need any experience in the session they lead -- they just need a willingness to present the given material to the students.
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Junior Achievement provides easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions on how to present the activities, as well as a kit with a script to follow and all materials.
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The students rotate through the activities, volunteers stay in the same classroom presenting their activity to 4 different classes.
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The teacher stays with their class the entire time.
This video, put together by Victoria Kozlek, 8th grade Computer Science teacher at Hazleton Area School District's Valley Middle School, provides insight into a typical YES! Day. This programming is presented live to students from members of the business community, college students, and other adult volunteers.
2025-2026 Schedule (new schools are being added regularly)
- Thursday, Sept 25: Wyoming Valley West Middle School
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Tuesday, Sept 30: Mountain View Jr/Sr High School
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Wednesday, Oct 01: Greater Nanticoke Area Educational Center
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Tuesday, Oct 07: Valley View Middle School
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Friday, Oct 10: Blue Ridge Middle/High School
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Tuesday, Oct 14: Valley Elementary/Middle School - HASD
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Thursday, Oct 16: Solomon/Plains Middle School
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Friday, Oct 24: Dallas Middle School
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Tuesday, Oct 28: Tunkhannock Intermediate Center
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Friday, Nov 14: West Scranton Intermediate School
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Wednesday, Nov 19: Hazleton Elementary/Middle School
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Tuesday, Nov 25: Wallenpaupack Area Middle School
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Wednesday, Dec 03: Carbondale Area Middle School
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Wednesday, Dec 10: Dunmore Jr./Sr. High School
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Friday, Jan 23: Northwest Area Middle/High School
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Wednesday, Feb 25: Hanover Area Jr./Sr. High School
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Thursday, Mar 05: Old Forge Jr./Sr. High School
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Friday, Mar 27: Millville Jr./Sr. High School
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Friday, Apr 24: Lake-Lehman Jr/Sr High School
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Tuesday, Apr 28: Good Shepherd Academy
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Wednesday, May 13: Bear Creek Community Charter School
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Friday, May 15: Freeland Elementary/Middle School
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Tuesday, May 19: G.A.R Memorial Middle School
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Thursday, May 21: Benton Area Middle/Senior High School
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TBD: Berwick Area Middle School
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TBD: Pittston Area Middle School
This is also a wonderful opportunity for staff members to get out into the community. Several companies use it as a team building exercise, or a way for employees to practice their public speaking and presentation skills to an unintimidating audience of middle schoolers.
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