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You can help one student succeed in school and avoid many pitfalls such as gangs, drugs, and teenage pregnancy which directly correlate to the current 55% high school drop-out rate! Summit Educational Association, a volunteer based tutoring and mentoring program located in the
Summit provides an initial orientation and continual support to volunteers who work each week with their assigned student in a classroom environment for 1 hr 15 min to help them with academics and character development (goal setting), and 45 min of organized sports. The program meets on weekdays from 5:00PM-7:00PM or Saturdays 10:00AM-12:00PM. (Boys meet Tues, Thurs or Sat & Girls meet Mon, Wed or Sat). All parents participate directly in the process.
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“What I really like about Summit is that my mentor helps me with my homework. Another thing I like about Summit is that we have gym and I get to jump rope or play wi th others. My goal for Summit is to improve my math skills.” - Martha Castro, 5th Grader |