Our Programs
Education
The Reality
- Already 45% of children in Dallas County are Hispanic.
- The Dallas ISD serves a 65% Hispanic student population.
- Only 54% of these students who enter ninth grade will graduate from high school.
- Only 2 out of every 100 Hispanic students will graduate from college (2-year and 4-year programs).
- Many Hispanics in the greater Dallas area speak limited English, have low levels of education and are unfamiliar with the American school system. Students from these families traditionally receive little or no support in their academic quests at home.
Without social intervention many Hispanic children face failure in school, economic uncertainty, unstable families and dangerous neighborhoods.
Dallas Concilio: Bridging the Gap
Study after study shows that parent involvement in a child’s education is a vital part of the learning process. The Dallas Concilio believes it is imperative to focus on parental involvement. We have implemented the following programs and are recognized as experts in this area
- Parent Institute for Quality Education (PIQE) 2002: This curriculum teaches parents how to take a participatory role in assisting their children to remain in school, improve their performance in class, graduate from high school, attend a college or university and earn a degree.
- Parents Advocating for Student Excellence (PASE) 2006: This evolved from PIQE to address specific issues faced by individual high schools we work with through Destination: Graduation - an initiative of the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas to reduce the dropout rate in the Dallas ISD.
Ways You Can Help
Join us in our mission to enhance the quality of education for our Hispanic community. You can support us by:
- Volunteering as an instructor for our parent involvement classes.
- Partnering with the Dallas Concilio as an individual financial donor.
- Providing funding for our education programs.
PIQE Schools: Fall 2008
- Gabe P. Allen Elementary School (Dallas ISD)
- Arcadia Park Elementary School (Dallas ISD)
- Annie Webb Blanton Elementary School (Dallas ISD)
- C. F. Carr Elementary School (Dallas ISD)
- George Washington Carver Learning Center (Dallas ISD)
- Nancy Cochran Elementary School (Dallas ISD)
- Lorenzo de Zavala Elementary School (Dallas ISD)
- Amelia Earhart Learning Center (Dallas ISD)
- Thomas Edison Middle School(Dallas ISD)
- John B. Hood Middle School (Dallas ISD)
- Sidney Lanier Expressive Arts Vanguard (Dallas ISD)
- Eladio Martinez Learning Center (Dallas ISD)
- Mi Escuelita Preschool (Nonprofit Organization)
- L. G. Pinkston High School (Dallas ISD)
- Raul Quintanilla Sr. Middle School (Dallas ISD)
- Thomas J. Rusk Middle School (Dallas ISD)
- Sequoyah Learning Center (Dallas ISD)
- H. Grady Spruce High School (Dallas ISD)
- Stevens Park Elementary School (Dallas ISD)
- Sam Tasby Middle School (Dallas ISD)
- George W. Truett Elementary School (Dallas ISD)
PASE Schools: Fall 2008
- Thomas Jefferson High School (Dallas ISD)
- Justin F. Kimball High School (Dallas ISD)
- Plano East Senior High School (Plano ISD)
- W. W. Samuell High School (Dallas ISD)
- Williams High School (Plano ISD)