Tarrant County Youth Collaboration

ollaborative partnerships within the schools through mentoring, parental involvement, neighborhood events, and other activities that increase family and community development.

- DCNT (Dancing Classrooms North Texas) a social development in school program taught through arts and physcial education through the medium of ballroom dance. This international program founded by Pierre Dulaine transforms students by demonstrating the power of positive, productive social behavior and physical activity. DCNT now serves over 7,000 students annually in HEBISD, FWISD, DallasISD, ArlingtonISD, the Dallas Catholic Dioceses schools, and Uplift Education Charters.

- TEAM UP! (Tarrant Education and Athlete Mentoring: Uniting Partnerships!) in partnership with Learning Through Sports establishes a strong academic resource for all 16 Tarrant County school district students in grades 3rd-5th, and provides a strong character education resource for middle school students (6th-8th grades). combines engaging, virtual curriculum with on campus professional athlete mentoring to motivate students to stay in school and build 21st Century Skills. Kid’s College is a K-8th grade skill-building program that combines sports video games and standards-based skills practice to build on each student’s proficiency on state-aligned measures in math, science, and language arts.