NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH CONNECTION
To establish a level playing field for all members of our community, so all may enjoy a better quality of life.
In May 2015, NOC opened two new Learning Centers North of the Broad in Beaufort. Following a very successful Virtual Summer Learning Program, both centers are now in full swing, bringing education support to children living in the Marsh Pointe and Parkview Apartment complexes.
To learn more, read the “Beaufort Fall Newsletter”:
This year, NOC is making a special effort to introduce incentives that encourage students to excel in the after school learning sessions. Students who score high on Compass Learning exercises and attend classes regularly are recognized for their efforts and performance. Students earn the right to pick prizes from the “Jelly Bean” Treasure Chest by accumulating 20 jelly bean points when they score 100% on their Compass Learning skill building tests. Each student who earns 20 jelly bean points has a star placed on the Jelly Bean Board. Students love this recognition and work hard to earn jelly bean points. Each month, attendance awards are presented to the students for perfect attendance.
Other NOC program centers have also instituted incentive programs for children for attendance and performance.
For the 16 million American children living below the federal poverty line, the start of a new school year should be reason to celebrate … But it doesn’t usually work out that way. Providing social services in schools is one way to address this problem, but NOC’s after school programs offer an alternative option.
Educators like to say that third grade is the year when students go from “learning to read” to “reading to learn.” …
“If I were a parent and I had a struggling third grader, I would get whatever help I could to help get them up to speed,” said Deborah J. Stipek, dean of the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University. “But if I were a state policymaker or superintendent, I would say, ‘What can we offer these kids in pre-K, kindergarten and first grade so they aren’t behind when they get to third grade?’ ”
This month, more than three million high school students will receive their diplomas. … But one-third of the nation’s African-American and Latino young men will not graduate.
