TurnAround Agenda: Public Schools Outreach

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Public Schools Outreach (PSO)

Public Schools Outreach serves as the primary vehicle for the delivery of social services to urban youth and their families in 61 public schools in Dallas County as part of the church-adopt-a-school program.

PSO maximizes students' success by creating healthy conditions at school and in the home. Activities promote four messages:

Stay-in-School
No Drugs or Alcohol
Sexual Abstinence
No Violence

Relationships are developed with students through a combination of activities that include:

School-based Mentoring

Our mentoring program cultivates trusting relationships between adult role models and students. Mentees develop social skills, begin planning for college and set future career goals. Students develop a sense of belonging among their peers, families and communities.

Life Skills Education

Our life skills program address abstinence, anger management, school dropout and substance abuse.

High School Heroes

High school student leaders are given an opportunity to inspire elementary and middle-school youth to stay in school and reach their highest potential.

KAGE Events

School-wide events are held four times per year bringing thousands of middle and high school students together for an assembly addressing substance abuse, abstinence, violence prevention and the importance of staying in school.

A State-of-the-Art Youth Center

Our youth center serves as a safe, neighborhood hub for social events and entertainment for teenagers.

APPLY TO BE A HIGH SCHOOL HERO

Our Focus is Prevention

Our desire is to reach children before they are exposed to negative influences. We provide long-term solutions that bring lasting change. We accomplish this by directing our efforts on high schools and their corresponding middle and elementary schools.

Participating Public Schools

Carter Cluster	Cedar Hill Cluster	Duncanville Cluster	Kimball Cluster	Lancaster Cluster
Coordinator:	Coordinator: Ashley Randolph	Coordinator: Allen Lockhart	Coordinator:	Coordinator: Catrina Campbell
High School Carter High	High Schools Cedar Hill High Cedar Hill Collegiate High School Disciplinary Alternative Education Program (DAEP)	High School Duncanville	High School Kimball	High School Lancaster
Middle School WH Atwell	Middle Schools Bessie Coleman Joe Wilson Int. Permenter Middle 9th Grade Ctr.	Middle Schools Kennemer Reed Byrd Intermediate Schools Brandenburg Daniel Hardin Alternative Schools Summit Education Center PAGE School	Middle School TW Browne	Middle Schools Elsie Robertson GW Carter 6th Grade STEM Center
Elementary Schools Adelle Turner Birdie Alexander Mark Twain Martin Weiss TG Terry Umphrey Lee Ronald McNair	Elementary Schools Bray High Pointe Highlands Lake Ridge Plummer Waterford Oaks	Elementary Schools Smith Alexander Merrifield Central Hyman Fairmeadows Acton Hastings Bilhartz	Elementary Schools Leslie Simmons Thomas Tolbert LO Donald Daniel Webster Lenore K. Hall John W. Carpenter Maria Moreno Jimmie T. Brashear Margaret B. Henderson	Elementary Schools Rolling Hills Beltline Pleasant Run West Main Houston Rosa Parks/Millbrook Lancaster Additional Schools J.D. Hall Learning Center