Watch D.O.G.S (Dads Of Great Students)
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P.A.L. (Peer Assistance and Leadership)
An award-winning, nationally recognized evidence-based prevention program whose mission is to enable young people to use their potential to make a difference in their lives, schools and communities.
http://palusa.org/
Students can be selected by their teacher, administrator, or parent, to be assigned a high school pal. PALS will spend 30 min/ once a week with their assigned student.
Positive Impact of Mentoring Programs
Young Adults Who Were At-Risk for Falling Off Track But Had a Mentor Are:
55% more likely to enroll in college
78% more likely to volunteer regularly
90% are interested in becoming a mentor
130% more likely to hold leadership positions.
EDUCATION
Mentoring has significant positive effects on two early warning indicators that a student may be falling off-track:
High levels of absenteeism (Kennelly & Monrad, 2007)
- Students who meet regularly with their mentors are 52% less likely than their peers to skip a day of school and 37% less likely to skip a class. (Public/Private Ventures study of Big Brothers Big Sisters)
Recurring behavior problems (Thurlow, Sinclair & Johnson, 2002)
- Young adults who face an opportunity gap but have a mentor are 55% more likely to be enrolled in college than those who did not have a mentor. (The Mentoring Effect, 2014)
- In addition to better school attendance and a better chance of going on to higher education, mentored youth maintain better attitudes toward school. (The Role of Risk, 2013)
No Place for Hate Designated School
No Place for Hate
® initiative provides schools and communities with an organizing framework for combating bias, bullying and hatred, leading to long-term solutions for creating and maintaining a positive climate. No Place for Hate schools receive their designation by:
Building inclusive and safe communities in which respect is the goal, and all students can thrive.
Empowering students, faculty, administration and family members to take a stand against hate and bullying by incorporating new and existing programs under one powerful message.
Engaging schools and communities in at least three anti-bias activities per year, which ADL helps to develop.
Sending a clear, unified message that all students have a place to belong.
https://www.adl.org/who-we-are/our-organization/signature-programs/no-place-for-hate
Become a Community Mentor
http://www.cfisd.net/en/parents-students/parent-involvement/mentor/
Before and After School Programs
http://www.cfisd.net/en/parents-students/community-programs/after-school-programs/