Project Raise Your Hand
Serve Students. Support Teachers.
Empower Parents. Engage Communities.
We connect districts with community partners to create sustainable solutions to some of our schools’ biggest needs. Our goal is to prepare and equip every student for a successful future.
One Purpose
Every South Carolina student is precious and full of potential. We hold high expectations for them because we believe in their resilience and capability. But high expectations require high support. And that requires effort from each of us: our schools, our responsibility. Project Raise Your Hand seeks to build sustainable partnerships to maximize the efforts of educators, parents, and community leaders working together to support our students’ success. Working together, we can build a vibrant, hope-filled future for our students and state.
Our schools, our responsibility
HIGH EXPECTATIONS, HIGH SUPPORT
A HOPE-FILLED FUTURE FOR EVERY STUDENT
An Investment with Great Return
Our need has never been greater for strong, unified partnerships among community sectors to bring lasting hope and support to all our public schools. Our state’s future depends on our collective “yes”!
Just one hour of volunteer mentoring per week resulted in…
67-77% fewer
unexcused absences per school year*
36-44% fewer
discipline referrals per school year*
79% increase in
student’s self-confidence and connectedness to others*
95% of teachers
say mentors make a difference for students**
*Gordon, Janet, et al. (2013). Effects of a School-Based Mentoring Program on School Behavior and Measures of Adolescent Connectedness. School Community Journal, Vol. 23, No. 2. pp. 227–250.
**DeLaRosa, Shawna. (2022). 95% of all teachers say mentors make a difference for students. K-12 DIVE.com, January 19. https://www.k12dive.com/news/95-of-teachers-say-mentors-make-a-difference-for-students/617250/
Who Can Participate?
Anyone with a heart to serve, and who meets district requirements, may join the Project Raise Your Hand movement.
Individuals
Faith Organizations
Businesses
Community Groups
Project raise your hand
Sustained Engagement for Transformation
Thriving communities not only share the same geographical space, but also common sectors, interests, and goals – they are interdependent on one another to not just survive but thrive. Building a healthy network of support through sustained engagement from all community groups is vital to ensuring our shared future. Our schools are our responsibility. Together, we can make them better than ever.
We Work With Districts
We Solicit Volunteers
We Connect Volunteers to Districts
We Build Networks
We Spread Hope!
Connect with a district
Ready to Raise Your Hand?
Join the movement to serve and support a school or district by sharing your time, talents, skills, and resources.