The Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection, located in Syracuse, New York, is an after school program that encourages students to successfully complete their high school education and graduate. This program reaches out to students who exhibit two out of six risk factors:
poor attendance
over-age for grade level
failure in two or more core subjects
multiple school suspensions
low standardized test scores
living in poverty
The Hillside program approaches their goals by teaching 7th to 12th grade students career development and helping them with their homework, as well as providing mentoring and after school extra-curricular activities. Most importantly, Hillside works diligently to instill a sense of motivation, self-confidence and self-pride in their students. Their approach involves around the clock mentors who check-in with the students every morning at the students’ public high school, as well as transport them to and from their high school to the Phoenix Center, and eventually to their individual homes. Hillside is a successful and dedicated organization whose members are not just educational mentors but also act as life coaches and dependable adults these adolescents can turn to for support and stability.
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