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Ask any
student whether he or she will graduate
from high school, and the vast majority
- 92 percent - say they expect to earn a
diploma.
For many
of these students, the reality is much
different. Only seven in 10 actually
finish high school. When it comes to
Hispanic, African-American and Native
American students, that statistic drops
to six in 10. Students have the will to
graduate, but they often do not have the
necessary support.
 Recognizing
a need to help students stay on the path
to graduation, many
public radio stations, including
WFSS 91.9 FM, are participating
in an innovative new program,
American Graduate, to combat
the dropout crisis in this country. More
information about the national
initiative can be found
here.
In Cumberland County there are several
resources for dropout prevention and
intervention. Cumberland County
Education Foundation is a Non-Profit
Organization located in Fayetteville,
North Carolina. Programs and services
include career
exploration, online learning, job
shadowing, mentoring and much more.
For more information you may click here.
The Cumberland County
School (CCS) system maintains a dropout
rate that is below the state average.
This school year, new initiatives are
being implemented to keep students in
school. For example, the Extended Day
Program is a new component of the
system’s comprehensive high schools.
Through the on-line courseware, NovaNET,
these students receive flexibility in
scheduling and increased opportunities
for credit recovery.
The community is also being engaged in
the CCS’ efforts. The school system is
partnering with the
Find-a-Friend program to offer
comprehensive services to students
through an after-school program titled
LIFE (Leadership, Integrity, Fitness,
and Education). LIFE, which is held
four days a week on the campus of
Walker-Spivey High School, is available
to all CCS students, ages 12 – 18.
Through the program, students have
access to tutoring, college preparation,
character building, life skills, career
development, health/fitness activities,
mentorship, and community service.
District and community collaboration is
another key component. The CCS’
Coca-Cola Valued Youth Program (VYP),
a cross-age peer tutoring program, is
funded by the Committee on Dropout
Prevention. VYP is in its second year of
implementation, and boasts that 95
percent of the
Fuller Performance Learning Center
(PLC) students who participated during
the 2009-2010 school year stayed in
school, and completed the program! PLC
students were regarded as interns, and
tutored Ferguson-Easley Elementary
students four days a week. In return,
the students earned up to two credits
toward graduation. Other supportive
components included college field trips,
guest speaker engagements, mentorship,
parent nights, incentives, student
recognition, and a weekly seminar.
To learn more about these programs or
how to refer students, contact Natasha
Scott, executive director of Student
Services, at 678.2433.
Today
more than thirteen thousand middle and
high school students across the state
are preparing to G ain
E arly A
wareness and R
eadiness for U
ndergraduate P rograms
through
GEAR UP.The program
at
Fayetteville State University,
is a national initiative that
began in 1998 to encourage more
American youth to have high
expectations,
stay in school, study hard and take the
right courses to prepare for college
While many of their parents could depend
on manufacturing, tobacco, textiles and
furniture to provide a good standard of
living for the family, these kids will
need more education to be successful or
even to compete at all.
For students at
risk of dropping out, Algebra I can
often be a stumbling block. That's why
WNET designed
Get the Math, an alternative,
engaging approach to Algebra I. The
program uses real life examples such as
fashion designers and recording artists,
to show students how Algebra I is
critical to success in those industries.
Get The Math education centers in the
University of North Carolina system is
located at Fayetteville State
University. .
For more information you may click here. |
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Teens to
the top or The T4 Project is a
year-long community engagement
project funded by the
Corporation for Public
Broadcasting and the National
Center for Media Engagement. The
T4 Project is focused on the
economic,
social & psychological
impact that a high dropout rate
brings to a community and
highlighting community programs
that already specialize in
dropout intervention via a
strong media campaign,
mobilizing community members
toward involvement through
mentoring and providing access
to resources for parents and
students and other
organizations.
Representatives of North
Carolina state government
communicate via this Web site.
Consequently any communication
via this site (whether by a
state employee or the general
public) may be subject to
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About |
The T4 Project
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Mission |
To bring community
awareness to the
impact of high drop
out rates in
Cumberland County
through strategic
partnerships with
successful area
intervention
programs, an
aggressive media
campaign, and
community
mobilization to
encourage citizens
to get involved with
these programs by
volunteering &
mentoring
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Funded by the Corporation for
Public Broadcasting
through the National Center for
Media Engagement.
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When
many people hear the word "dropout" they
think of high school students. Yet the
tendency toward dropping out of school
can start as early as elementary school
or before. Did you know that if a child
isn't reading on grade level by fourth
grade, they will likely never catch up?
The
North Carolina Highway Patrol also wants
parents and students to know that
dropping out can impact a teenager's
ability to get a drivers license.