NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 16, 2015
Sixth Avenue Elementary School Launches Program for Dad Volunteers
Sixth Avenue Elementary is launching a new program to recruit more Dads to volunteer. The WATCH D.O.G.S.® (Dads Of Great Students) program was also recently launched at Vista PEAK Exploratory.
Thanks to the program, Vista PEAK Exploratory logged more than 1,000 male volunteer hours during the last school year. Sixth Avenue Elementary hopes to see similar success in signing up more fathers to spend the day at school.
A typical daily schedule for a volunteer is as follows:
7:45-7:55 Check-in at the office and receive your official WATCH D.O.G.S.® ‘Dog Tag’ nametag to place on your official WATCH D.O.G.S.® uniform T-shirt above the WATCH D.O.G.S.® logo. Have a photo taken of you and your student(s) for the Wall of Fame.
7:55-8:20 Assist with student arrival in the bus and car areas.
8:20-8:45 Take part in orientation with the WATCH D.O.G.S.® School Representative.
8:45-9:00 Patrol hallways, parking lot, buildings and perimeter
(Special Attention: Get a feel for the layout of the building)
9:00-9:45 Volunteer for _____________ in room ______.
9:45-10:00 Patrol hallways, parking lot, buildings and perimeter. (Special Attention: Upstairs Passing 9:50-9:55am)
10:00-10:40 Volunteer for ______________ in room ______.
10:40- 1:35 Lunch and recess interaction – we encourage you to eat lunch with your own student(s) and visit with the other students during this time. Also assist PARA professionals with lunch and playground duty.
1:35-1:45 Patrol hallways, parking lot, buildings and perimeter. (Special Attention: Outside Playground)
1:45-2:15 Volunteer for _______________in room ______.
2:15-2:25 Patrol hallways, parking lot, buildings and perimeter. (Special Attention: Upstairs Passing 2:20-2:25pm)
2:25-2:55 Volunteer for _______________in room______.
2:55-3:05 Take the WATCH D.O.G.S.® ‘End of Day’ online survey.
3:05-3:30 Assist with student dismissal in the bus and car areas.
About WATCH D.O.G.S.®
WATCH D.O.G.S.® is the father-involvement initiative of the National Center for Fathering. It was created in 1998 at George Elementary in Springdale, AR. Since then, the program has spread to more than 4,000 schools across the United States and internationally.
Studies by the U.S. Department of Education have demonstrated that a positive adult male role model will have a uniquely positive impact on the development and educational success of a child. The U.S. Department of Education has identified the WATCH D.O.G.S.® program as an effective way to increase male involvement in our nation’s schools.
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Interested media may contact APS News Media Specialist
Patti Moon at 303-326-2755 for more information
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