WFSS
T-4 Project Roundtable Discussion with Cumberland County Schools
Air Date: 3-9-12
Please see Video at right.
Tune in this week for an Interview with Natasha Scott, Student
Services with Cumberland County Schools
to hear more about projects going on as CCS observes Make a
Choice Week.
That's Friday morning at 9:00am on Klaus & Co.
About American
Graduate
WFSS
Public Radio has
been selected by the
Corporation
for Public
Broadcasting
(CPB) to be the
American Graduate
public media hub
station for
Cumberland County.
The American
Graduate is a
recently launched
national initiative
to help local
communitiesfind
solutions to address
the dropout crisis
in the United
States. To visit the
National American
Graduate website
click here.
Stay in School :30 second Video
(Click here to view video)
Resources available
in Cumberland County
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.
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.
About
The T4 Project
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
The
Dropout
Prevention
Forum
held
on
September
22,
2011
on
the
campus
of
Fayetteville
State
University
was
a
time
for
community
leaders
to
maximize
efforts
in
dropout
prevention
in
Cumberland
County.
The
forum,
moderated by Khalil Shakeel,
Counselor at E. E. Smith High
School, provided
an
opportunity
for
the community and education
stakeholders to
gain
a
better
understanding
of
what
is
being
done,
what
works
and
what
gaps
exist
in
the
Drop-out
prevention
and
intervention
programs
available
in
Cumberland
County.
The
T-4
Project
is
part
of
American
Graduate:
Let's
Make
It
Happen,
a
public
media
initiative
made
possible
by
support
from
the
Corporation
for
Public
Broadcasting.
Funding
from the
Corporation for
Public Broadcasting through the National Center for
Media Engagement enabled
WFSS
91.9
FM
to
host
this
event.
Hear the
WFSS T-4 Project
Roundtable Discussion
with Cumberland County Schools.
This aired on Klaus & Company on
March 9, 2012.
WFSS T-4 Project
Round table Discussion
with
Cumberland County Schools
Funded by the Corporation for
Public Broadcasting through the National Center for
Media Engagement.
Community Partners:
Cumberland County
Schools
Valencia Applewhite, Fayetteville City
Council Member
Find-A-Friend
Center for Community Criminal Justice &
Service Learning
Great Oak Youth Development Centers,
Inc.
Fayetteville
Technical Community College, GED Program
NAACP, Cumberland County Chapter
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tips to
help
students
stay on
path to
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free to
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those
with us.
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on how
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Graduate
has made
an
impact
with you
or
someone
you
know. If
you have
a
personal
success
story
you
would
like to
share,
we would
love to
hear it.
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have any
resources
WFSS
can post
onto the
website,
please
feel
free to
share
those as
well.
North Carolina's Story 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?
While
62.3% of North Carolina students rank
"proficient" or level 3 on their end of
grade tests in reading, 37.7%, or over a
third of students, do not. This can sow
the seeds of quitting school early later
on. In fact, based on this year's fourth
grade reading scores, many states are
already planning the number of new
prison cells they will need in the next
century.
According to the
North Carolina Department of Public
Instruction Web site, adults who do not
have a high school diploma are:
more likely to be
incarcerated;
more likely to suffer from
poor health;
less likely to earn enough
money to support themselves or a
family;
more likely to need help
from government, social service
agencies and charities.
The financial
costs for the state are staggering.
According to the
Alliance for Excellent Education (AEE),
almost 54,000 students dropped out
from the Class of 2010 with
devastating effects on themselves
and their communities. The AEE
estimates that if the dropout rate
could be cut in half, the following
positive benefits could be realized:
$292 million in increased
earnings
$221 million in increased
spending; $71 million in
increased investments
$655 million in increased
home sales; $30 million in
increased auto sales
2,600 new jobs with a $376
million boost in economic growth
North
Carolina Resources If
your child needs help, ask for
assistance. Start with your school
district and ask them what alternative
programs/strategies are in place to help
students at risk of dropping out.
Click here to visit the Web site for
dropout prevention for the
North Carolina Department of Public
Instruction (NCDPI).
Information on the series of parent
empowerment workshops that NCDPI can
offer is
found here. The person to contact is
Debora Williams at
(919) 807-3912.
Communities in Schools of North Carolina
offers comprehensive support for
students in most counties of North
Carolina.
This site will help you locate the
program in your area or you can phone
1-800-849-8881.
If you are Hispanic or Latino, the North
Carolina Society of Hispanic
Professionals offers dropout programs in
some areas of the state. Contact info is
here and more information on the
dropout and school achievement programs
is
here.
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.
DMV will
revoke the driver license of any person
under age 18 when it receives notice
from proper school authorities that the
student is no longer eligible for a
Driving Eligibility Certificate.
Other
radiostations
in North Carolina and around the nation
are working on the American
Graduate Project. Check back
here for links to the projects that WUNC
in Chapel Hill, WFDD at Wake Forest
University, and are conducting.
Funded by the
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
through the National Center for Media
Engagement.
WFSS
91.9 FM Public Radio Station, 1200 Murchison Road, Fayetteville, NC
28301
Phone: (910) 672-1381 Fax: (910) 672-1964
Email:
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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.