City year detroit. Overwhelmingly these students come from urban communuities like detroit that face high levels of poverty. We have 105 americorps members serving in 11 detroit schools think you have what it takes. City year helps students and schools succeed by delivering research based academic and social emotional supports designed to help students come to school every day ready to learn achieve at high levels and graduate from high school prepared for college and career.
In 25 cities throughout the country city year focuses on providing student supports in grades 3 9 through initiatives designed to ensure that every student graduates on time. City year asks young people to serve students as tutors mentors and role models for one or two full schools years. There is an urgent crisis in america over 1 million students drop out of high school every year.
City year is an education nonprofit organization dedicated to helping students and schools succeed. Beyond performances and assemblies the auditorium space is used throughout the day as a gathering space for meeting and break out sessions tutoring. The auditorium at clark prep has the potential to become a transformational project for the school.
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