RESOURCES FOR INNER CITY CHILDREN

RICH’s mission is to provide high-quality educational resources, free of charge, to inner city schools in Washington, D.C. RICH operates from a pedagogical foundation that the greater a student’s academic need, the more important the experience of the teacher. RICH’s professional instructors have an average experience level of twenty years.

WELCOME TO RICH

On June 4, RICH was featured on Channel 9’s Friday’s Heroes segment. Read the full story and watch the video by clicking here.

What if I told you that Washington, D.C., is known as a dropout factory, with just 58% of our youth graduating from high school and fully half of these dropouts ending up in jail?

Resources for Inner city CHildren wants every student to achieve academic success, graduate from high school, become a productive adult and live up to his or her potential.

CLICK HERE TO READ ABOUT RICH HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE GRADUATES

In 2009-10, RICH’s education professionals provided over 3,000 hours of instruction and mentoring to the students and teachers of the César Chávez Public Charter School for Public Policy’s two high school campuses. Encouraged by the positive results in these inner city school communities, RICH is committed to expanding these services in the coming years.

RICH is also a source of information for all Washington-area residents, professionals and non-professionals alike, who want to advance the educational development of inner city children. RICH also coordinates with organizations that provide tutoring services, psychoeducational testing, college counseling, advocacy, occupational therapy and other educational resources.

Click here to download the RICH REPORT to learn more about Resources for Inner city CHildren

GRADUATION TIME FOR RICH STUDENTS

First, let’s congratulate Al’Landrew, who took RICH’s SAT class at the Maya Angelou Public Charter School way back in 2005. He was dubbed a “natural genius” by his math teacher, Stan Hall, and was accepted at Virginia Tech’s engineering program. His math and science background, however, prevented him from being able to complete all the graduation requirements in engineering in four years, so Al’Landrew switched to psychology and will be earning his B.S. in August of 2010. Al’Landrew looks forward to eventually being a counselor to kids like himself who are growing up in adverse circumstances. He often had to be late to high school because he was in charge of getting his younger siblings off to their school, and Al’Landrew wants to help youngsters overcome their adversity.

On the high school front, let’s congratulate Joseph, who took RICH’s SAT class in 2009 and is graduating in June of 2010 from Maya Angelou and will attend the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore next year. Joseph has been through a lot of personal difficulty as an adolescent, and his graduation is a cause of true celebration.

At the César Chávez Public Charter School for Public Policy, we have worked with many graduating seniors for four, even five, years. One such grad who stands out is Sarah. Sarah has had to fend for herself much like Al’Landrew, and has shown remarkable perseverance. She has learned how to advocate for herself and has shown great leadership as she has gotten older. Sarah will be attending the new four-year college at the University of D.C. in the fall of 2010.

Another Chávez student who deserves a lot of acknowledgment is Antonio, who received many services from RICH over the years. Eventually, however, Antonio became largely self-sufficient. He will be attending the Community College of the University of the District of Columbia, and, as with many of our alums, we will be keeping up with his progress.

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GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY EVALUATES RICH’S PROGRAMS

RICH thanks the evaluation team at George Washington University, headed by Dr. Kathryn Newcomer. Click here for the report regarding how RICH helps lower the high school dropout rate. The report estimates RICH returns approximately $1,000,000 per year in money saved due to fewer dropouts and future incarcerations. (Please note that the term “dropout” in this study refers to anyone who leaves Chávez before graduation.) A report comparing the academic performance of RICH students to non-RICH students is forthcoming.

RICH’s MATHLETES PARTICIPATE IN MOODY'S MEGA MATH CHALLENGE

Moody's Math Challenge

Four students of the Capitol Hill campus of the César Chávez Public Policy Charter High School participated in the Moody’s Mega Match Challenge on Saturday, March 6. These students were led by Paul Penniman, executive director of RICH. The four students are part of RICH’s MATHletes program.

RICH’s MATHletes program targets the best math and science students at Chavez and enriches their curriculum with topics to help prepare them for a rigorous college program.