These Partners in Education provide assistance such as student mentoring; professional job shadowing; student incentives for academics, attendance, effort, and use of social skills; sponsorship of major district-wide events; art and cultural opportunities; teacher recognition; parent involvement programs; employee release time; and consultation services.

More than 2,500 community members, including parents, grandparents, and other friends of children and their schools contribute their time and talents as Volunteers in Public Schools (VIPS) or America's Promise mentors. The volunteers in these two programs are an essential part of the AISD educational team, contributing over 60,000 hours during the school year.

Additionally, parents contribute hundreds of hours to make schools better through their involvement in PTAs and PTOs, booster clubs, and excellence councils. These parent-teacher associations are active in almost every school and they work to strengthen the partnership between home, school, and community.

As Schools of Promise under the America's Promise program, all AISD campuses benefit from enhanced community volunteer participation and involvement. With more than 300 businesses and organizations involved in more than 500 partnerships in education, and over 2,500 community members, grandparents, and friends volunteering in our schools, it is clear that education is at the forefront of community interest.

The benefits of school/business partnerships are many for businesses and their employees. By being directly involved with the schools, employees gain a sense of the Amarillo community as a whole, as well as an increased understanding of the challenges facing public education.

Business partners also impact the lives of individual students, thereby shaping better-informed consumers. Their efforts assist in transferring skills and knowledge that help students to become effective future employees. Employee morale is always improved by being part of a civic-minded company.

Are you interested in becoming one of AISD's Partners in Education? Following are some opportunities for involvement, or we can customize your partnership to best match your strengths and abilities with our students' needs. Contact Denise Blanchard, AISD's Program Director for Community Partnerships, for more information or to sign up!
806-326-1013 or e-mail denise.blanchard@amaisd.org

• Providing mentorships for students
  • career mentoring
  • personal mentoring
  • America's Promise mentoring with reading or math assistance
• Serving as mentors for parents, encouraging and supporting involvement in school activities
• Advising students in project development
• Business teams working with students and school administrators
• Allowing students to participate in work-environment programs
• Making business departments available to schools
• Providing summer internships for teachers
• Providing job-shadowing sites for teachers and students
• Serving as a tour site for Teachers Touring Businesses Day
• Providing products of your business to schools
• Passing along surplus materials and supplies to schools
• Judging at science fairs, Academic Decathlon, and other academic competitions
• Providing awards or other incentives to promote academic excellence, good citizenship or attendance
• Working with your company's corporate foundation to provide funding for special school programs and projects
• Serving as a Career Day speaker
• Sharing talent or expertise in areas such as art, music, carpentry, history, travel, or public speaking
• Reading stories to students or listening to students as they read
• Hosting field trips to businesses or cultural sites
• Assisting with production of school publications
• Assisting with the costs of educational materials and equipment
• Assisting with the funding for a variety of school or district wide activities, programs, or events
• Hosting special events such as TAKS-completion celebrations and end-of-the-year celebrations
• Display student work at business site

• 1st Capital Bank
• 47th District Attorney
• 887 Media
• Acme Brick
• Acoma Pine
• Admarc Southwest
• Albertsons #4203
• All Star Dodge
• Amarillo Area Foundation
• Amarillo Association of Realtors
• Amarillo Botanical Gardens
• Amarillo Bulls
• Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
• Amarillo Civic Center
• Amarillo College
• Amarillo College CIS
• Amarillo College Community Link
• Amarillo College Conservatory Theatre
• Amarillo College IS & Technology
• Amarillo College Museum of Natural History
• Amarillo Community Federal Credit Union
• Amarillo Computers
• Amarillo Economic Development Corporation
• Amarillo Education Foundation
• Amarillo Fire Dept.
• Amarillo Gear
• Amarillo Globe News
• Amarillo Hi-Plains Kiwanis Club
• Amarillo Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
• Amarillo ISD Council PTA
• Amarillo Little Theatre
• Amarillo Medical Services -- EMS
• Amarillo Museum of Art
• Amarillo National Bank
• Amarillo North Lions Club
• Amarillo Opera
• Amarillo Panhandle Humane Society, Inc.
• Amarillo South Rotary
• Amarillo Sox Baseball
• Amarillo Symphony
• Amarillo Thermo King
• Amarillo Tri-State Exposition
• Amarillo Urgent Care Clinic
• Amarillo Wesley Community Center
• Amarillo West Rotary Club
• Amarillo Zoo
• AmaTechtel
• Ambassador Hotel
• American Quarter Horse Association
• American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame & Museum
• Animal Lodge
• Animal Medical
• ASARCO LLC
• AT&T Pioneers
• Atmos Energy
• Auto Inc
• Auto Plex BMW
• Axigent Technologies Group
• B&W Pantex
• Bahama Buck's
• Baptist Community Services
• Barnes & Noble Booksellers
• Barney's Auto Service
• Beef 'O' Brady's
• Bell Helicopter
• Bethesda Outreach Center
• Big Brothers/Big Sisters
• Big Texan Steak Ranch
• "Boy Scouts of America, Golden Spread Council"
• Brown Buick GMC
• Bruckners Truck Sales
• BSA Hospital
• BSA Hospital -- Nursing Service
• Buckner Children's & Family Services
• Bureau of Land Management
• Camp Fire USA
• Canyon Road Animal Hospital
• Cat Man Du
• "Charles Lynch, Architect"
• Chick-Fil-A
• CiCi's Pizza
• City of Amarillo
• City of Amarillo Animal Control
• City of Amarillo Engineering
• City of Amarillo Parks & Recreation
• Coca Cola
• Coffee Memorial Blood Center
• Coldwell Banker First Equity Realtors
• "Corinna Isbell, Inc."
• Coronado Pet Shoppe
• Craig Methodist Retirement Community
• Critter Camp
• Crown of Texas Arabian Horse Club
• "Denny's Restaurant, #6674"
• Don Harrington Discovery Center
• Donut Stop Inc.
• Downtown Kiwanis
• Dr. Steve Austin
• Education Credit Union
• Eveline Rivers Workshop
• Faith City Mission
• Familia Dental Clinic
• Family Photo
• Fiesta Foods
• First Data Retail ATM
• First State Bank
• First United Bank
• FirstBank Southwest
• Fish Pros
• "Forrester, Carroll - Photography"
• Freeman's Flowers
• Frito Lay
• Furr's Family Dining
• Gatti's Pizza
• Gene Messer Ford
• Gilliland Family Foundation
• "Girl Scouts of TX OK Plains, Inc."
• Golden Corral
• Happy State Bank
• Harrington Cancer Center
• Hastings
• "Healthy Smiles, Eddy Sauer, DDS"
• "Healthy Smiles, Steve Austin, DDS"
• "Healthy Smiles, Chris Brady, DDS"
• "Healthy Smiles, Tom Karr, DDS"
• "Healthy Smiles, Robert McCausland, DDS"
• "Healthy Smiles, Richard Smith, DDS"
• "Healthy Smiles, William Kemp, DDS"
• "Healthy Smiles, David Woodburn, DDS"
• "Healthy Smiles, Kimberly Gilbert, DDS"
• "Healthy Smiles, Brent Hawkins, DDS"
• "Healthy Smiles, Laura Turner, DDS"
• Heart Group
• High Plains Food Bank
• Hillside Christian Church
• Hoffbrau Steaks
• Home Depot
• Hope Veterinary Clinic
• Interstate Bank
• "Irwin Greenhouses, Inc"
• Jason's Deli
• Jim's Custom Repair
• Johnny Carino's
• Josten's
• Junior Achievement of the High Plains
• Kabuki
• KACV-TV
• Kaleidoscoops Ice Cream & More
• KFDA News Channel 10
• "Kids, Inc."
• Kim's Tae Kwon Do Institute
• Kiwanis Club of Amarillo South
• Kiwanis Club of Amarillo Southwest
• Knight Association
• Kool Smiles Dentistry for Kids
• KVII TV
• La Fiesta Grande
• Leadership Amarillo & Canyon
• Leal's
• Lions High Plains Eyeglass Progam
• Living Way Fellowship
• Lone Star Ballet
• Lone Star Machine
• Maverick Boys & Girls Clubs of Amarillo
• Maxor National Pharmacy Service
• Mays Foundation
• "McCarty-Hull, Inc."
• McDonald's
• McGavock Nissan
• Menchie's Restaurant
• Merrill Lynch
• National Home Health Care
• National Weather Service
• Networks
• Noah's Ark Pet Hospital
• Northwest Texas Healthcare System
• Northwest Texas Surgery Center
• NW Women's & Children's Center
• Office Depot
• Orkin Inc.
• Outback Steakhouse
• "Panhandle Eye Group, LLP"
• Panhandle Plains Historical Museum
• Papa John's Pizza
• People's Federal Credit Union
• Pinnacle Community Church
• "Pioneer General Contractors, Inc."
• Plains Chevrolet
• Plains Dairy
• Plains Plumbing
• Plum Creek Specialty Hospital & Healthcare
• Potter County
• Potter County Attorney's Office
• Potter County Information Technology
• Potter-Randall 911
• Railroad Artifact Preservation Society
• Region 16 ESC
• Retired Seniors Volunteer Program
• Rosa's Cafe
• Rotary Club of Amarillo
• Rotary Club West
• Run Business Solutions
• Sam's Club
• San Jacinto Lions Club
• SBC
• Schlotzskys Deli
• Scholastic Books
• Scottco Mechanical
• Security Specialists
• Servi-Tech Labs
• Share the Road!
• Smile for a Lifetime - Dr. Harwell
• Snack Pak 4 Kids
• Sonic Drive-In
• South Georgia Baptist Church
• Southwest Airlines
• Southwest Dairy Farmers
• Southwest Honda
• Spellmann & Associates
• State Farm Insurance
• Street Toyota
• Suddenlink
• Swan Animal Clinic
• Tarpley Music
• TechSpray
• Texas Agri Life Extension Service
• Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
• Texas Alliance for Minorities in Engineering
• Texas Department of Public Safety
• Texas Forest Service
• Texas Panhandle Builders Association
• Texas Panhandle Poison Control Center
• Texas Roadhouse
• Texas Tech Health Sciences Center
• Texas Tech OB/GYN
• Texas Tech Pediatric Clinic
• Texas Tech Retiree
• Texas Tech School of Medicine
• The Church at Quail Creek / Care 4 Kids Fndn.
• The Oxbuilt Company
• The Secret Place
• Thomas Creek VA Health Care System
• Toot n Totum
• Turnkey Computer Systems Inc
• Tyson Foods
• United Supermarkets
• Wal-Mart
• Welcome Pardner!
• Wells Fargo
• Wendy's
• Western Bowl
• Western National Life
• Westgate Computers
• Westgate Mall
• Wildcat Bluff
• Window On A Wider World (WOWW)
• Working Ranch Cowboys Association
• WTAMU College of Education & Social Sciences
• WTAMU Horse Center
• Xcel Energy
• Yarbrough Vet Clinic
• YMCA
• Zachry Engineering Corporation