The Forestry Commission have played a continuing and valuable part in the life of the school, with local area officers visiting and working with pupils as well as donating a Christmas tree each year. In 1977 the then head forester at Glenorchy Forest, Mr Burns, donated a special forest plot to the school and over the years this has been a source of great educational and recreational value, pioneering the environmental awareness that has become so central to the modern curriculum. Mr Burns' wife was a staff member for many years and fully involved in the life of the school - when the couple moved on the grateful school made a presentation to Mrs Burns and the school log notes the school's gratitude to the family. Subsequent forestry officers have maintained this link and pupils continue to work in the plot, planting saplings, repairing fences, removing litter, helping to ring nestling birds and generally becoming fully involved in environmental care. Two particularly poignant communal tree-planting ceremonies have recently taken place in Dalmally. A flowering cherry-tree was sited in the local churchyard on May 3rd, 1995, as part of the 50th anniversary commemorations of VE and VJ days. This year on the 3rd of April 1996 a rowan tree was planted as part of a region-wide ceremony in memory of the Dunblane tragedy.

The school has been involved in several community projects and been home to various local groups over the last twenty years. In 1980 a weekly discussion group for mothers of P.1 and pre-school children was organised, and a "rubbish sale" run by the school raised £176 for school funds as well as the newly-formed pre-school group which was held in Room 1 since this was not then occupied by a full-time class. Later in 1988, a group keen on discussing women's issues was also allowed to meet in the school's resources room. It was only in early 1996 that, due to restructuring of classes, the pre-five group had to move permanently to the village hall, but the school has often filled a similar function in the community.

Further Education classes, or adult evening classes, have regularly found a home in the school. In 1981 Glasgow University's extra-mural department provided a series of lectures on gems and minerals though this did not prove to be a popular subject at the time. In 1986 the response to evening classes in judo, computing awareness and conversational German was much more encouraging with around a hundred people turning up initially. During the 1987/8 session classes for the local community covered such subjects as country dancing, art, Gaelic history and culture, and weather forecasting.

As well as raising school funds the local community supported the school in many successful charity campaigns and events, such as the Schools for Africa Appeal in 1985; the Blue Peter Rumanian appeal in 1991 when the Oban Times photographed the school with a presentation cheque for £100; and during the sports day celebrations in 1992 a sponsored skip managed to raise £354 for the British Heart Foundation. Two ex-pupils from the McFarlane-Barrow family were personally involved in delivering food aid in Bosnia in 1992 and later Calum McFarlane-Barrow introduced two Croatian guests to the school to reinforce the message of the need for such aid.

Throughout its history the school has fully involved parents and the local community in the actual educational process, and sought to find ways of keeping them informed on pupils' progress. Parents backed a campaign to secure an extra teacher when the roll rose above 50 in 1980/1 although this effort was eventually unsuccessful. In April 1982 a parent's handbook was issued in line with the new parent's charter. In August 1985 one of Mr Kay's new initiatives was to establish a regular monthly Open Assembly for parents and friends of the school. This proved an immediately successful and lasting innovation, and was subsequently the natural forum for many interesting projects, performances and communal sessions. Parents were able to appreciate some of the work of their children while pupils had an opportunity to see the fruition of their classwork publicly acclaimed. On one such occasion, for instance, in December 1988 the P.6 & 7 pupils performed a Sabbath service from a synagogue. At the same time the school began to issue regular newsletters which pupils took home and which were also made available in local shops.

In 1987 the concept of the new School Boards was being discussed, giving parents even more power in the way their school is managed and in October 1989 the first such board for Dalmally was established with the majority of parents participating in the election of members. The board's first meeting was held at 8pm on the 30th of October and the members at that time included Mr Donald McLaren, Mrs Janice Kay, Mrs Nessie MacCallum, Mrs Jacqueline Strettle and also Rev. Hogg and Mrs T. Orr. The school's prominence in fostering community relations led to it featuring in a special video programme designed specifically for new school boards, and many of the above initiatives and projects were highlighted in the completed film.

All the school's annual celebrations and events have been fully supported by the local community. For example, parties and school discos often featured locals and ex-pupils such as Keith and Sharon McIntyre providing music. Further recreational events have included popular family treasure-hunts, while the local youth club leaders organised a series of well-run and very popular firework displays.

Parents and pupils were also involved in the decision concerning the new official school uniform in 1991. An informal sweatshirt style was chosen with a design by Eilidh Lawson providing the logo to be incorporated.

The school has not only provided local employment for support staff but been involved in placement schemes such as the YTS, and in 1988 discussion was initiated into the possibility of establishing a meals-on-wheels service to the local community from the school kitchen. These discussions continued until the service eventually began in 1994.