End of Year Program Highlights All Schools

END OF YEAR PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Elementary-Middle & High Schools Served 2011-2012 School Year What You’ll Find… Elementary-Middle School program highlights and personal stories Finney High School program highlights and personal stories Reading Works, our Family Literacy program personal stories pg BOARD OF DIRECTORS Pamela Good President Calvin Cupidore Financial Consultant Antoine Dubeauclard Media Genesis Alan Kalter Ann Arbor, MI RJ King dBusiness Jack Krasula Trustinus Lionel Margolick Margolick Financial Bill McGrail Windward Capital Advisors Andrew Meyer MyBuys, Inc Our Mission What We Do Marina Houghton, C.P.A Wolinski & Company, C.P.A., P.C Beyond Basics is a holistic program that brings targeted reading, writing, art, expanding horizons, outreach and mentoring programs to Detroit students in K-12 grades Through intensive one-on-one reading tutoring, by trained staff, we get children reading at grade level in just weeks! We guide and inspire at-risk children to develop fundamental educational skills Above all else, we move these children beyond the basics and prepare them for productive and meaningful lives Michael Morse Michael J Morse, PC Pamela Parrish Detroit, MI Thomas Proctor Bloomfield Hills, MI Gordon Rains Bloomfield Hills, MI Schools – Students Served 2011-2012 ADVISORY BOARD David Farbman Outdoor Hub Name Ira Jaffe Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss Burns Elementary-Middle School Carver Elementary-Middle School Thirkell Elementary Finney High School Josh Linkner Detroit Venture Partners, LLC Students Served 827 633 858 601 Linda Orlans eTitle Expanding Horizons Schools 2,513 Chris Perry Global Chevrolet Marketing Total students served 5,432 Who We Are Volunteers annually Tutors and Program Staff Administrative Staff Cultural, Educational and Corporate Sponsors Board of Directors 2,500 25 45 19 pg Beyond Basics Programs READING Through one-on-one tutoring, we get children reading in just weeks With the help of many volunteers, we also bring a variety of reading programs that assist the students in learning to read WRITING Our writing center consists of an onsite publishing center where we publish students’ original stories in hard-covered books for them to take home Beyond Basics Publishing Centers have published over 60,000 books in participating schools to date! In the high school, we run a journalism program open to all the students to participate in reporting and running a student newspaper EXPANDING HORIZONS – MENTORING & PARTNERSHIPS Students who have not traveled outside their city boundaries gain an expanded awareness of the world around them and the opportunities that exist by participating in a variety of liberal arts, cultural and professional experiences in our Expanding Horizons programs In addition, we run two programs in the schools that benefits the students; Caring for Kids activities which helps provide the students with necessary items and our Mentoring Matters program where we bring in leaders who give motivational presentations and help inspire the students ART WITH THE MASTERS We provide focused art instruction in a small group setting where students are taught the techniques of art masters and use these learned skills in their projects We provide Field Trip opportunities to galleries and corporate offices where often, their own work is on display This year we focused on artists Henri Matisse and Jackson Pollock International Art and Writing Project Through the annual International Art Project, Beyond Basics extends an opportunity for school children around the world to creatively express their vision of peace and sharing it with others Through the ongoing International Writing Project, students are given the opportunity to creatively express their thoughts and dreams about their lives on a variety of subjects through writing essays They were able to share their work with one another through a centralized website which encourages them to communicate with one another sharing ideas and stories about their lives READING WORKS THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY, AND WXYZ SPONSORED Family Literacy pilot project reaching out to older siblings and parents in the community at Thirkell Elementary School pg All School Status 2011-2012 As of June 2012… We directly touched the lives of 5,400 children We had the commitment of 46 organizational and business partners We are supported by over 2,500 volunteers We published 3,024 books through our Publishing Centers this year and have published 70,000 books to date Student Participation by School Economically Disadvantaged pg Elementary – Middle Schools Burns Elementary/ Middle School Thirkell Elementary School Carver Elementary/ Middle School About the School: About the School: • 7724 14th Street • 4350 Terry Street Detroit, MI 48206 Detroit, MI 48227 • Principal Jacquelyn Caldwell • Principal Dr Clara Smith • Ethnicity 99% African • Ethnicity 99% African American American • Free Breakfast Lunch 98% • Free Breakfast Lunch 95% Jacquelyn Caldwell, Principal Clara Smith, Principal About the School: • 18701 Paul Street Detroit, MI 48227 • Principal Delores Harris • Ethnicity 84% African American • Free Breakfast Lunch 80% Delores Harris, Principal pg Read to Rise Tutoring K-8 Beyond Basics provides intensive, one-on-one tutoring to public school students who have been identified through testing and teacher recommendations as significantly below grade level Trained tutors teach students using a nationally recognized reading curriculum that combines phonics practice with an age-appropriate series of books Additional Reading Programs Beyond Basics also works to inspire the love of reading in all students in every school where we have a presence We this through three activities: •The Reading Buddies are trained adult volunteers that read one-on-one with students •Book Clubs are reading groups led by an adult volunteer Together the group reads a character building short story or poem and a related activity •Award Winning Author Readers are volunteers who read to small groups or classrooms of children This program helps fill the need all children have to be read to, as well as, builds knowledge and vocabulary of children’s literature that their peers have experienced pg pg pg Publishing Centers K-8 3,024 Books published this year The Publishing Center is open to all students in the school Students improve their writing skills with the help of volunteers Working one-on-one with a mentor, students write and revise stories, which are then published with hardbound covers The students take pride in publishing their stories and the hardbound book is proof of their achievements pg Finney High School About the School: • • • • 4180 Marlborough Detroit, MI 48215 Principal Jared Davis Ethnicity 100% African American Free Breakfast Lunch 62% Jared Davis, Principal pg 22 Read to Rise Tutoring – High School Beyond Basics provides intensive, one-on-one tutoring to public school students who have been identified through testing and teacher recommendations as significantly below grade level Trained tutors teach students using a nationally recognized reading curriculum that combines phonics practice with an age-appropriate series of books Additional Reading Programs Represented by Grade Level Total (N=20) Beyond Basics also works to inspire the love of reading in all students in every school where we have a presence We this through three activities: •The Readers Reading are trained adult volunteers that read one-on-one or in small groups with students •Book Clubs are reading groups led by an adult volunteer Together the club reads age appropriate stories for discussion and share the students’ poetry or short stories with one another in this group activity •Author’s that Inspire visit with students to discuss their writing, theme and the process for publishing a book pg 23 pg 24 pg 25 High School Journalism Program Finney High School Student Newspaper: The Highlander The Journalism Program, is open to all students interested in reporting, and writing about school news, opinions and events Beyond Basics staff assist the students in conducting interviews, writing and editing interesting and informative articles and training the students on how to create a newspaper layout using the InDesign program The school newspaper helps to build community among the students and staff as one of our students said “The newspaper brought pride back to Finney.” Outcome Highlights • Served the entire student body • Elevated school pride and spirit! pg 26 International Art and Writing Project Student artwork currently on display at the DIA through June 3rd Through the annual International Art Project, Beyond Basics gives the opportunity for students around the world to creatively express their vision of a universal theme This year’s theme was “Peace.” Through the on-going International Writing Project, the same students are given the opportunity to express their thoughts and dreams about their lives through writing essays on a variety of topics All Beyond Basics International Art and Writing participants share their artwork and essays with each other through a secure website set up for them to display their work and communicate with one another through the site pg 27 Expanding Horizons – High School This program allows students to participate in a variety of liberal arts, cultural and professional experiences such as Book Club, Character Building, Music, Life Skills, Field Trips and much more • Caring for Kids A student was able to get braces with the help of a supporter Mercedes Benz Financial Services donated notepads and folders for the students Don Tocco donated a copy of his book Art of the Journey to a group of students • Mentoring Matters Florine Mark Josh Linkner Mayor Bing • Field Trips and Activities Students participated at the Ladies Luncheon The Finney newspaper team took a field trip to Lahser High School to see how they publish their newspaper Students participated at our 10th Anniversary Event Value of High School In-Kind Donations: In-Kind Value for Volunteers & Professionals $20,000 $93,000 $29,111 $93,000 In-Kind Value for Events, Field Trips, etc 29,111 In-Kind Value for Materials, Supplies, etc 20,000 Total $142,111 pg 28 pg 29 pg 30 pg 31 Reading Works: Family Literacy Pilot Project pg 32 pg 33 pg 34 Thank You to our Sponsors Karen & Drew Peslar Foundation Carl’s Foundation pg 35 Thank You to our Sponsors pg 36 ... Elementary-Middle School program highlights and personal stories Finney High School program highlights and personal stories Reading Works, our Family Literacy program personal stories pg BOARD OF DIRECTORS... volunteers who read to small groups or classrooms of children This program helps fill the need all children have to be read to, as well as, builds knowledge and vocabulary of children’s literature... expanded awareness of the world around them and the opportunities that exist by participating in a variety of liberal arts, cultural and professional experiences in our Expanding Horizons programs In