Adopt-A-School Program

In the early 1990s, the Hurst Police Department developed the Adopt-a-School program with the intent of bringing police officers and other police employees together with the Hurst area H.E.B. elementary schools to provide mentoring, tutoring, and classroom presentations. In 2005, the program replaced the D.A.R.E. program in Hurst elementary schools. It has since been expanded to include Hurst Junior High school and, in some cases, L.D. Bell High School.

The program goal is to form an alliance between police, schools, parents and students in helping students find a unique path to adulthood that avoids drugs and unnecessary failure. Students are guided toward life choices that help them succeed and thrive through the creation of positive relationships with parents, teachers and the police and through learning important life skills.

Presentations are available to all age groups and are uniquely tailored toward the students’ individual grade and age level. Courses include: Stranger/Danger, Coping with Aggression, Bullying, Bicycle Safety, Internet Safety, Saying “No” to Drugs, Gangs and Support Systems, Dating Violence and many other topics.