Watch D.O.G.S. (Dads of Great Students) Program implemented at ML

The PTO and Site Council are co-sponsoring and coordinating the implementation of the WATCH D.O.G.S. Across America®   at Meadow Lane . We are very excited to offer this program as a way to get ML dads or grandfathers, uncles, or other male adults involved more at school.

History

WATCH D.O.G.S. Across America®  started after a 1998 middle-school shooting in Jonesboro , Ark. , prompted one father, Jim Moore, to get involved. He wanted to help prevent such violence from occurring at his child's school - or at any school.

Program Goals

WATCH D.O.G.S. strives to:

•  Raise the banner of positive fathering through the forum of schools across America and the world.

•  Awaken fathers to the values and benefits of committed fathering.

•  Change culture by which every child has a father or father figure to connect with in a positive way at school.

•  Help every school in America be positively impacted by the committed involvement of fathers and father figures in their children's life.

The program very simply allows fathers or father figures such as grandfathers, uncles, or other male adults to volunteer at least ONE DAY at their child's school during the school year.

WATCH D.O.G.S. ( D ad's O f G reat S tudents) perform a variety of tasks during their day. Examples are: monitoring the school entrance, assisting with buses and cars, reading to classes, small groups or individual students, assisting with recess, eating lunch with the students and other activities that engage the WATCH D.O.G.S. with not only their own children but other children.

If YOU would like to be a WATCH D.O.G.S. DAD, please contact the school office for a "Registration Form". We would love to schedule YOU for a day at school with YOUR child(ren).

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