The Plan

Maddi, Kara, and Gisela

About Us
We are a group of seniors in the Academy for Global
Studies at Austin High. Our task is to design and
carry out a service project focused on an issue with
local and global implications.
We chose to focus on the lack of access to
experiences outside of the classroom. All of us have
been fortunate enough to learn the positive impact
learning outside the classroom has on students, so
we wanted help spread this awareness.

Target Group
We are targeting students from Title 1 schools, like
Perez Elementary.
Schools with 40% of their students from low-income
families are eligible to receive Title 1 funds. These
funds are used to develop and sustain school
programs aimed at improving academic
achievement.
90% of students at Perez Elementary are on free or
reduced lunch.

Our Goal

Have a day of learning and fun out on Town

Lake with the children of Perez Elementary.

Help kids learn how to have fun outside and how

to continue to involve nature in their lives.

What We Need

Buses

Volunteers

Canoes

Posters and flyers (advertise event)

Funds

Permission slips

Who We Must Contact

Perez Elementary School

Rosalinda Rivera, Parent Support Specialist

Students and Parents

Texas Rowing Dock

Buses (AISD bus service)

Fundraising

Ideas

Bake sale

Sign-up sheet released a week before for those

who want to donate homemade, individually
wrapped baked goods

We will also bake goods of our own

GoFundMe (spread through social media)

Friends, family, neighbors

Neighborhood email network (List Serve)

GoFundMe

gofund.me/khkqcpfg

The Day

April 9th

8:20 a.m. meeting at Perez Elementary

Load buses and head to Town Lake

Upon arrival, the children will be split into two groups

One group will be briefed on canoe behavior and after will

continue to go out on the canoes. The other group will have
a lesson guided by the Austin Wildlife Center.

Lesson will include a talk given by the Austin Wildlife Center

about endangered animals and their ecosystems

Snacks will be provided

Trash cleanup may be included in lesson and experience

Halfway through the day (about 1 hours), groups will switch

activities

Training Day

April 2nd

Volunteers will arrive at Zilker by 10 a.m.

Volunteers will be taken through the day step by

step, and the instructions they will be giving the kids.

We will inform volunteers on expectations on

disciplining the children, if needed, as well as their
dress code on the day

Maybe get a t-shirt for all volunteers?

Service hours will be given to the volunteers for their

time on training day and the actual event.

Getting Volunteers

We will ask English teachers to inform their students of this

opportunity to volunteer. We will ask the teachers to give
interested students our contact information so we can
create a volunteer list.

We will also contact Ms. Attra because of her involvement

with National Honor Society.

We will take volunteers from any grade at Austin High and

expect to need anywhere from 15 to 20 depending on the
amount of children expected to attend. The more
volunteers we get, the more students we can bring. Were
planning on a 1 to 5 ratio of volunteers to students.

Teachers will also be invited to volunteer, if they are

interested.