Volunteer Opportunities

Opening Doors to Success

Volunteers visit the homes of potential dropouts in five High School attendance areas on the Saturday after the first week of school. These schools are Berea, Greenville, Greer, Southside and Travelers Rest.
 
Volunteers work in teams of four. Each team includes at least one school district employee and one Spanish speaking member in areas with high Hispanic populations.
 
Teams knock on the doors of students who have not shown up for school during the first week but whose name is on the school roll and no record of transfer can be found. Team members encourage students who are located to return to school that day and will provide parents with a folder of information about school district programs and available social services.
 
Our next Opening Doors to Success Day will take place in August 2010!

If you would like to be part of the committee that arranges for this day, sign up!


 

Mentors

Volunteers are needed to act as mentors to rising 9th-grade students who are identified as "at-risk" based on performance in middle school. Successful completion of the 9th grade is crucial to assure that students will graduate from high school. Because failure rates are very high at the 9th grade level, it is necessary to give students as much extra support as possible. Mentors are a proven way to give extra support that has a high probability of making success more likely for these students.
 
Graduate Greenville works to recruit and train mentors. A mentor should offer support, friendship, guidance and leadership. Tutoring would be an extra added benefit but is not a necessity. Mentors are asked to commit to meeting with the student a minimum of four hours a month for the duration of the school year and the summer following.
 
Activities engaged in by the student and mentor could include school-related activities but are not limited to that. 
 

Summer Enrichment Program

Graduate Greenville will provide a summer enrichment program for targeted rising 9th graders at Berea, Greenville, Greer, Southside and Travelers Rest High Schools during July, 2010. Volunteers will be needed to pick up lunches from a local restaurant and deliver them to the school. Volunteers with personal motivational stories to share about their own struggles with school are also welcome as well as volunteers who could teach pertinent skills to students; i.e. finances, character development, career development, etc.
 

Graduate Greenville Committees

The work of Graduate Greenville is accomplished through committees that include school district staff; members of the community from higher education, business, churches, non-profit organizations; and other committed citizens. Involvement in the committees goes beyond attending meetings. Each committee member is expected to add their expertise, talents and/or connection to resources to help complete committee tasks.