Expanding HTS School Visits
Results: 150 students from 5 High Schools mentor 1500 students from 20 Title I schools
HTS in 2017-2019:
HTS expanded its efforts to cover Title I schools in District 3, and now twenty schools invite HTS to do in-class science mentoring on Late Start Thursdays, a two-fold increase from last year. HTS’s expansion required new chapters at five high schools. Over 200 volunteers from LASA HS, Austin HS, Anderson HS, Bowie HS, McCallum HS mentor over 1500 students in 4th and 5th grade classes.
HTS in 2016-2017:
HTS visited 16 Title I elementary schools in District 1 to do a presentation on health and how to avoid preventable diseases. Ten schools invited HTS to do monthly in-class mentoring in science fair elements from the school curriculum to promote health awareness. 400 students from 5th grade classes or a select group from the ten participating schools received mentoring through school visits.
HTS expanded its efforts to cover Title I schools in District 3, and now twenty schools invite HTS to do in-class science mentoring on Late Start Thursdays, a two-fold increase from last year. HTS’s expansion required new chapters at five high schools. Over 200 volunteers from LASA HS, Austin HS, Anderson HS, Bowie HS, McCallum HS mentor over 1500 students in 4th and 5th grade classes.
HTS in 2016-2017:
HTS visited 16 Title I elementary schools in District 1 to do a presentation on health and how to avoid preventable diseases. Ten schools invited HTS to do monthly in-class mentoring in science fair elements from the school curriculum to promote health awareness. 400 students from 5th grade classes or a select group from the ten participating schools received mentoring through school visits.
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HTS Mentors through School Visits |
School Visits
- On Late Start Thursday, HTS volunteers travel to different Title I elementary schools, some drive 45 minutes away from their own high school to North, East and South Austin.
- Late Start Thursdays in the Austin Independent School District are scheduled monthly, when high school classes start at 10:15am. This allows HTS high school members to volunteer while elementary schools are in session, without volunteers missing their own high school classes.
- From 7:15-9:15am, HTS volunteers promote health research and assist the students with their science fair projects. Every HTS session includes being active for 5 minutes to prove or disprove a health-related hypothesis. The quick activity generates data that is gathered and analyzed. Conclusions derived from analyzing results help children understand the scientific process and the content provides helpful information on health. Additionally, volunteers explain science fair elements using health examples.
- These high school volunteers act as the younger student's mentors and role models!
- HTS volunteers become community leaders.