How do volunteers sign up?

• Download online registration form ;
• Fax completed forms to the Partners In Education office at 281-894-3959; and
• Email your intent to participate to vipsrsvp@cfisd.net (be sure to reference what event, the date of the event and contact information).
  

What is the Reach Out to Dropouts?

District staff and community members will participate in a Reach Out to Dropouts Walk on Saturday, Sept. 6, in an effort to bring students who have not re-enrolled back to school.

The purpose of the event is to help raise the graduation rates among Houston-area youth through community partnerships, aiming to ensure that all students have the skills for college, training or good jobs. CFISD is one of several school districts participating in Expectation Graduation’s outreach through Reach Out to Dropouts.

For additional information on the Reach Out to Dropouts program, go to INSIDE Cypress-Fairbanks ISD .

What days are volunteers needed ?

Volunteers are needed to assist with phone banks on September 2 and/or 3 and for the walk on September 6. The following are the times volunteers are needed:

• PHONE BANKS (Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 2-3) 
  • 1st Shift:  8:30-11:00 a.m.
  • 2nd Shift: 10:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
  • 3rd Shift: 12:30-3:00 p.m.
• WALK (Saturday, Sept. 6) 
  • 8:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m.

Phone banks will be set up at the CFISD Instructional Support Center located at 10300 Jones Road.

What are the duties of volunteers?

Volunteers assisting with the phone banks on September 2 and/or 3 will make phone calls to help locate students who did not return to school for the 2008-2009 school year.

Volunteers participating in the Reach Out to Dropouts Walk will go door-to-door in small groups to contact high school students and leave information about school resources available to meet their needs.

Thirty-minute training sessions are included in the times listed above.

There is a special need for volunteers who are bilingual (Spanish or Vietnamese) to assist with the phone banks and the walk.

For additional information, call the PIE office at 281-894-3950.

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