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“Ms. Barbara completely changed my life. She has given me advice when I have needed it. She has helped me with my homework, but not in a way where it seemed that she gave me all the answers. We have stayed in school very late finishing papers. This year she found me a great therapist for my learning disability. Ms. Barbara is an awesome tutor and is one of the four influential people I hold in my heart. ” — Jesse, a student at Chavez, who has increased his grades from mostly F’s to all A’s and B’s after working with RICH tutor Barbara Taylor

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“As a teacher, I cannot speak enough about what an AMAZING resource you and RICH have been. It is a powerful weapon in my arsenal. I don’t think I could do what I do without RICH without leaving behind 6-10 kids a year.” —— Ayo Heinegg, Chavez senior thesis teacher

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Executive Director Paul Penniman with MATHlete Jason, at his high school graduation. Jason is attending Pepperdine University.
 

Results from 2010-11

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Forty-one students in our “Keep Up” Tutoring Programs significantly improved their grades or test scores and sustained that improvement for the rest of the school year. Seven of these students had been in our “Village Watch” program, where we monitor students’ progress and intervene if necessary. Twenty-five additional students were monitored and maintained their good standing in school.

The Saturday Academy at Cesar Chavez: Eighty math students and 34 English students were able to significantly increase their test scores. Twenty-eight thesis (term paper) students were able to catch up in their work and finish on time for graduation.

The MATHletes programs: Fourteen students participated in math contests, attended extra enrichment classes, were peer tutors and/or maintained honor roll grade point averages.

The teacher mentoring programs: Two rookie teachers were mentored and decided to re-commit for at least another year.

The DREAM ACTion committee at Chavez continued to produce student leaders skilled in advocating for their fellow students who are immigrants and who, despite being in the country legally, cannot receive publicly financed college aid packages.

The Word STARS at Anacostia: Three students who had read at the kindergarten or first grade level increased their level by at least two grades, and two more readers increased by 1-2 grade levels.

The Attendance Task Force: After home visits by RICH, nine students changed their attendance habits from not attending on most days to attending on most days.

Academic Success

Academic success is measured in an increase in test scores, and in students staying in school and ultimately graduating. In these areas, RICH intervention has been successful. In the last academic year, over 200 students raised their grades or test scores and maintained that improvement after working with RICH.
Student Retention Rates
Student retention rates continue at a high level for those students whom RICH tutors. Since the inception of its programs in 2003, more than 95% of RICH’s students at its partner schools who received significant tutoring time or SAT instruction remain on track to graduate or have graduated from high school, much higher than the citywide average of 58%. According to the National Youth Policy Forum, half of all high school dropouts are incarcerated by age 35. RICH’s work has a direct impact on lowering the incarceration rates of our urban, low-income youth.