Kujawa Elementary Educator Tara Rollins Honored by Houston A&M Club

The [icons icon_name=”icon-external-link” icon_size=”14px”]Houston A&M Club  will honor Tara Rollins, information literacy specialist at Kujawa Elementary School, for her service in the field of education. Rollins will be recognized at the Dean’s Roundtable hosted by Texas A&M University’s College of Education and Human Development. The reception and dinner will be held May 2 at 6:00 p.m. at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center in College Station.

At the Dean’s Roundtable, members will have the opportunity to recognize educators like Rollins who make a difference in the lives of students.

According to a story posted a year ago by the university, Rollins has bee living out the Aggie core value of selfless service. Rollins is a leading volunteer for the Caring Aggie Mentoring Program (CAMP), an Aggie-founded and Houston-based organization of approximately 120 active volunteers who mentor 300 children from disadvantaged economic backgrounds.

The mission of CAMP, which was established in 2005, is to mentor children in Title 1 schools as they develop through school and inspire them to pursue higher education by reinforcing excellent academic standards; building confidence and leadership skills; providing fun, life-enriching experiences; and role modeling qualities of success. This is a long-term program that follows students from the third grade until they graduate high school.

Rollins’ group of students is currently in ninth grade.  She is also a member of the planning group, which consists of at least one person per grade level plus the founding members of CAMP.  She serves as the ninth grade lead.

“The mission of this organization is to encourage students to graduate from high school and to pursue college or obtain additional training at a trade school,” said Rollins. “Activities include monthly field trips. Some field trips are educational and others are intended as an interactive event to get to know the students better.

“We also visit colleges as well as institutions or businesses where students may later get a job. We follow our students from third grade all the way to graduation and have intentions of mentoring them in college.”

In addition to serving as information specialist at Kujawa Elementary School, Rollins also serves as assistant chair on the Vendor Committee for the Technology and Curriculum Conference of Aldine.