Volunteer activities vary from school to school, and volunteers can help with a wide variety of activities in many places in the school, such as:

• Classroom
• Booster tutoring
• Office
• Library
• Field trips-driving, escorting
• Science lab
• Musical assistance, such as violin tuning
• Noon supervision
• Kinder playground supervision
• Art

Want to get involved? Register today, and contact your child’s school or PTA.

As a Read Houston Read volunteer, you can help a 1^st grade child develop a love for reading by sharing a book with them. It only takes an hour of your time each week to instill a lifelong love of reading in a student. Connect with your student virtually this year to keep them engaged in reading, even at home.

For more information: https://www.houstonisd.org/readhoustonread

To register as an HISD volunteer:

https://www.houstonisd.org/vipslogin

http://houstonisd.org/voluntarios

 Please Note: If you are planning to volunteer in Read Houston Read, Real Men Read or Reading Roundup, please be sure to choose the program on your application under “Organizations”

Houston Real Men Read is a mentoring program in which gentlemen who are business and community members from across the greater Houston area volunteer one hour of their time once a month to read to students in third grade in HISD schools. 

For more information: https://www.houstonisd.org/realmenread

To register as an HISD volunteer:

https://www.houstonisd.org/vipslogin

http://houstonisd.org/voluntarios

Please Note: If you are planning to volunteer in Read Houston Read, Real Men Read or Reading Roundup, please be sure to choose the program on your application under “Organizations”

Code, connect and mentor educators and students. Volunteer during HISD Hour of CODE week. 

STEM

A mentor with the Ascending to Men Project (ATMP) acts as a positive role model and advocate for students who need guidance and opportunities for educational, social, and professional growth. The Ascending to Men Project (ATMP) aims to cultivate these areas of growth for students of color in the Houston Independent School District.

HISD Ascending to men

Mentor young men of color virtually to ignite positive changes in their lives, schools, and communities by preparing them to attend and graduate from our nation’s top universities

Virtually mentor with the Resilient Outstanding Sisters Exemplifying Success (ROSES). Be a positive role model and advocate for students who need guidance and opportunities for educational, social, and professional growth.