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THE EAGLE ACADEMY FOUNDATION
New York, NY
$50,000 to provide continued salary support for the Eagle Academy Foundation President, responsible for the replication of the Eagle Academy, the ongoing success of existing schools, and ensuring that all initiatives support and advance the mission of meeting the needs of underserved young men in urban areas. This network of all-male, grades 6-12 college preparatory schools will include 3 schools by the fall of 2010: a 9-12 grade school in the South Bronx; a 6-12 grade school in the Ocean Hill/Brownsville section of Brooklyn; and a 6-12 grade school which will open in Jamaica, Queens in the fall of 2010.
EAST SIDE HOUSE SETTLEMENT
Bronx, NY
$40,000 to support a new College and Career Advisor position at the Bronx Haven High School which serves 100 over-age and under-credited students between the ages of 16 and 21 who would otherwise drop out of school. These students have multiple needs for educational and youth development supports requiring individualized, intensive services to help them complete their educations. The Advisor will work closely with 45-50 graduating students to help them complete the college search and application process, apply for financial aid, explore potential careers and transition to college or post-secondary education. The school is a partnership between East Side House, the NYC Department of Education and New Visions for Public Schools.
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FAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
Bronx, NY
$35,000 to provide salary support for the Guidance Counselor at this K-8th grade charter school located in the Highbridge section of the Bronx. The school is committed to expanding the educational opportunities for its students, most of whom come from this underserved South Bronx neighborhood with a high level of poverty. The Guidance Counselor is responsible for supporting students with their behavioral and social needs, and as the school expands into the middle school grades, preparing the students for transition to high school and directing them through the high school admission process.
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GIRL SCOUT COUNCIL OF GREATER NEW YORK
New York, NY
$30,000 to support the second year of their Career Exploration Program serving girls at 5 under-resourced South Bronx middle schools. The program is designed to help ensure that larger numbers of low-income girls from minority backgrounds enter college or vocational school after high school and pursue career opportunities that will bring them fulfilling jobs that create economic self-sufficiency. Through this in-school program they are providing a three-year progressive curriculum to counter race and gender stereotypes and build excitement about the wide range of careers to which the girls can aspire, while enhancing their academic performance and strengthening their self-esteem.
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GRACE OUTREACH
Bronx, NY
$25,000 in support of the Achieving College & Training ("ACT") program which assists students in building upon their success in earning their GED diplomas. The grant will allow them to increase the percentage of the Program Manager's time focused on College Prep from 40 percent to 70 percent. They plan to support their GED graduates by offering enhanced college preparatory services, and assistance with both the development of job skills and linkages to well-regarded training programs. Grace Outreach provides programs for low-income women ages 18 and over who are seeking to enhance their academic skills, attend college and secure employment.
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IMENTOR
New York, NY
$25,000 for a new program matching 25 students in the freshman class at the Urban Assembly School for Careers in Sports in the South Bronx with mentors who commit to work with the students throughout their high school careers. The goal is to increase the likelihood that the mentees will graduate from high school. iMentor improves the lives of young people from under-served communities through innovative, technology-based approaches to youth mentoring and education. They match young people one-on-one with volunteer adult mentors, offering them a chance to develop their literacy and technology skills and connect to valuable career and educational opportunities.
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KIPP NEW YORK
New York, NY
$40,000 to provide support for the new KIPP NYC College Prep High School which opened in the summer of 2009 with its first class of 9th graders. The school serves the full bell-curve of students and provides a level of differentiated instruction that will support all students in gaining a rigorous Regents Diploma. It will provide students with the additional resources that low-income students need to succeed in high school and college, including counseling, college guidance, extended school day and year. KIPP NYC is a network of six free, open enrollment public charter schools in New York City that will grow to nine schools: four elementary schools, feeding four middle schools, feeding the KIPP NYC College Prep High School.
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MADISON SQUARE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB
New York, NY
$35,000 to help support the Explorers Academy which provides educational programming for their youngest members ages 6-9. All youth participate in one hour of homework help per day and four hours of academic enrichment each week led by Education Assistants. Through this first phase of their education continuum for club members ages 6-18, they hope to ignite a love of learning by providing cross-disciplinary learning opportunities to reinforce critical literacy and math skills. Madison, which is celebrating its 125th Anniversary this year, currently serves over 5,300 youth at clubhouses throughout New York City's most disadvantaged communities in Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx.
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NEW ALTERNATIVES FOR CHILDREN ("NAC")
New York, NY
$35,000 to provide salary support for a Special Education Teacher/Reading Specialist for their newly designed "Learning Project". This teacher would work with children who have serious unmet needs for reading remediation and other learning issues that require resources not available in their local school districts. The teacher will assess the particular issues confronted by each child and develop individualized plans for remediation to address these needs. They expect to serve approximately 25 children per year. NAC is a child welfare agency in NYC providing health and social services exclusively to families that have children with severe disabilities and chronic medical conditions.
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NEW HEIGHTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
New York, NY
$25,000 in salary support for a new Reading Strategist position to provide intensive, small group or one-on-one literacy intervention services to identified struggling readers in grades 5-12. They will target general education students who do not benefit from other literacy services such as those for English Language Learners and special education students. Approximately 57 percent of their high school students and 36 percent of their middle school students arrive at NHACS scoring below the standard (proficiency levels 3 or 4) in reading. The School was founded in 2006 to provide a college preparatory education to students in grades 5-12 living in Washington Heights and Inwood.
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NEW YORK CARES
New York, NY
$35,000 for support of their college initiatives which guide students through the transition from tenth grade through twelfth grade. First, the Sophomore Skills program volunteers help students to build their basic math, English and test-taking skills so they can succeed in their core classes and on standardized tests, particularly the SAT test. Next, the SAT Prep program volunteers use the Kaplan curriculum to prepare high school juniors to take the SAT test. Finally, their College Prep program volunteers help high school seniors to navigate the difficult college application process, and prepare the students to smoothly transition into college life. New York Cares addresses pressing community needs by mobilizing caring New Yorkers in volunteer service.
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PENCIL
New York, NY
$50,000 to support the Senior Partnership Coordinator position for Brooklyn and Staten Island. The Coordinator is responsible for supporting a network of school-based partnerships between businesses and NYC public schools. The Coordinator is vital in developing and sustaining partnerships by providing one-on-one technical assistance to partners from the inception of the partnership to the execution and evaluation of its projects and initiatives. Founded in 1995, PENCIL builds and supports customized relationships between private sector leaders and public school principals to inspire innovation and transform public schools.
| SETON HALL UNIVERSITY
South Orange, NJ
$50,000 towards support for the New Urban Teacher Development Program in Newark, a project of the University's Academy for Urban School Transformation. Through this initiative, they will support 25 educators teaching in Newark's Public Schools one to three years (i.e., non-tenured) and identified by their school principal, Newark Teachers Union, and Superintendent of Newark's north region as experiencing challenges in their new career working in a large urban school district. The goal is to facilitate teacher improvement and urban adaptability early enough in the careers of new urban teachers to truly make a difference.
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THE FRIENDS OF TEAM ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
Newark, NJ
$50,000 to support an Academic Intervention Program at SPARK Academy, TEAM Charter School's first elementary school which opened in 2009. The program works to quickly address any learning issues as they become apparent based on a variety of assessment tools. The Interventionist positions ensure that students who are struggling receive significant additional support in small groups and through individual attention until they master the skills. Over the next four years, SPARK will continue to grow one grade at a time to become a 500 student, K-4 elementary school feeding into a TEAM middle school and high school, laying the path for TEAM students to get a college-preparatory education for all 13 years of their primary education. TEAM, part of the national network of KIPP Charter Schools, serves low-income, minority students in Newark, New Jersey.
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| TOTAL EDUCATION GRANTS: $525,000 |
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