Dropout Prevention Program Provides McWhirter Students Books for the Break

Communities In Schools-Bay Area (CIS-Bay Area) recently treated McWhirter Elementary School students to books for their holiday break. CIS-Bay Area is a dropout prevention program serving Clear Creek and Dickinson Independent School Districts.

CIS-Bay Area's program coordinator at McWhirter Hillary Gramm gathered books for all Third through Fifth Graders to take home for the break. Books were donated by University of Houston-Clear Lake and Half Price Books.

For more information on the program, visit www.cisba.org.

Photo: McWhirter Elementary students choose their books to take home for the holiday break.