C.A.R.E./ D.A.R.E. Program
The Chemical Awareness Resources and Education (C.A.R.E.) program provides the Park Cities/North Dallas community with programs, classes, referrals and resources designed to address prevention, treatment and recovery from substance abuse. D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) is a police officer-led series of classroom lessons that teach sixth graders at McCulloch Intermediate School how to resist peer pressure and live productive, drug and violence-free lives.

The Elisa Project
The Elisa Project, founded in 1999, is dedicated to educating the community on all aspects of healthy living including the prevention of eating disorders. The Elisa Project’s Park Cities school programs are specifically designed to meet the needs of both professionals and students and include body image, nutrition, and eating disorders. Confidential consultations are also provided to the community to help identify treatment options and provide the most recent research and current information available on eating disorders.

The Family Place / HPISD Youth Education Programs
The Family Place Youth Education and Prevention Services Programs are an essential piece of preventing family violence in the future. Services provided with this funding help reach out to HPISD 5^th-12^th grade students with the message that family and dating violence is wrong and help is available at The Family Place. Counselors work with MIS and HPHS students teaching them about bullying and problem solving skills. HPHS and MIS students receive dating violence and sexual assault prevention education to teach students to be peer leaders in their community and how to make their relationships safe.

HP Arts
HP Arts is a non-profit agency founded in 1987 to enrich students’ educational experiences on all six HPISD campuses by encouraging their interest and participation in fine arts and providing the greatest opportunity to develop their individual potential with programs, professional artists, equipment and instruments.

HPHS Community Service Council
HPHS Community Service Council offers information and organizes community service projects throughout the city of Dallas for high school students for whom community service is a graduation requirement.

H.P.H.S. Habitat for Humanity Campus Chapter
The Highland Park High School Habitat for Humanity Campus Chapter was organized by students and teachers to support the work of Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity through three functions: recruiting volunteers for building projects, fundraising for projects, and educating students and families about the need for quality affordable housing.

HPHS Student Emergency Fund
The Student Emergency Fund provides financial assistance to those HPHS students who ask for help. During past years, the Fund has provided monies for daily lunches, school supplies, workbooks, field trip tickets, prom tickets, prescription lenses, graduation fees, workshops and convention costs.

Highland Park Education Foundation
The Education Foundation was founded in 1984 to support quality education in the Highland Park Independent School District. The Foundation’s mission is to seek resources to assist in the preservation and enrichment of quality education throughout the HPISD. Gifts to the Foundation, once used to enhance our schools, now provide critical support to many areas of HPISD including programs vital to the education of our children, teacher salaries district-wide, and scholarships benefiting students and teachers.

Highland Park Literary Festival
The Highland Park Literary Festival sponsors professional writers’ visits to Highland Park High School classes to talk with students about their profession and their craft. Writing workshops and readings are aimed at informing and inspiring student writers. An evening presentation by a well-known author is open to the Park Cities community.

Highland Park High School Science Festival
The Highland Park Science Festival hosts over 40 speakers representing careers in science, engineering, medicine, research, and technology.  The mission of the festival is to encourage and inspire students to enter these vital and in-demand careers.

Park Cities Heritage House at Dallas Heritage Village
The Park Cities Heritage House was originally located in the Park Cities and is now on site at Dallas Heritage Village at Old City Park which is operated by the Dallas County Heritage Society. Annual maintenance is needed for the home that provides the public with a structure that represents the Park Cities area.

University Park Public Library
The University Park Public Library provides a free, public community library for all Park Cities residents. As a non-profit organization, its purpose is to encourage community awareness of and involvement in the University Park Public Library and to stimulate and accept gifts, endowments and memorials for the Library.

Ben W. Wiseman Scholarship Fund
The Ben W. Wiseman Scholarship Fund provides scholarships for graduating seniors of Highland Park High School and for continuing education for Highland Park High School teachers.