Organizations Filed Purposes:
Building a better future for our children by providing activities designed to promote their spiritual, social and emotional well-being.
Our Shore Way to College program is a Next Generation Scholars program and provides college and career readiness services for more than 180 9th, 10th, and, 11th grade students in Somerset County Public Schools whose family income is 130% below the poverty level. The program provides College and Career Interns at the 2 high schools, College Coaches at the 2 local youth centers. Students have access to tutors during and after school, participate in college awareness workshops, college and workplace tours, and summer work opportunities with soft skills training. Parents also participate in financial aid workshops. Our 2019 External Evaluator highlights include, 134 students created individualized college and career plans, 37 students participated in weekly Sallie Mae Kids2College researched based curriculum, 211 duplicated students attended 8 college tours, workplace visits, and 1 overnight tour. 61 unduplicated students participated in tutoring, 38 parents and 35 students participated in financial aid workshops, 81 students participated in Drone technology workshops, 96 unduplicated students and 12 staff participated in college awareness sessions, technical support, and staff training, 15 students participated in soft skills training and summer work program at 10 local businesses. 2019 Tutoring data is still being compiled, however during our 2018-2019 school year, 63% of students who participated in tutoring improved their Language Arts grade between Quarter 2 and Quarter 4, while 79% improved their Math grades during the same time period.
Our FACES (Families, Academics, Character, Enrichment & Service Learning) of Somerset program is a 21st Century Learning Center program located in Crisfield, Md., serving more than 60 at risk youth during our afterschool program, pre-K to 8th grade. Our program focuses on improving literacy skills through our evidenced based literacy curriculum I-Ready. Services are provided Monday Friday and include academic instruction, STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) enrichment activities, homework assistance, character development, community service, recreation, field trips, parent outreach, and a hot meal each day from the Maryland Food Bank. This program includes assistance for children of incarcerated parents, and Sustainable Somerset healthy eating activities. 99% of our students are minority students, 97% qualify to receive Free and Reduced Meals, and 61% are reading below grade level. Per our Grantor Performance Indicators, over the last school year we served 78 students, provided 41 evidenced based programming session, 81% met criteria for regular attendance, 32% increased their reading grades by at least 1 letter grade.
Our Full Steam Ahead program is a 21st Century Learning Center summer program designed to prevent summer slide in at risk youth. Our program operates Monday Friday 8am 4pm and provides academic enrichment, STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) activities, , character development, service learning projects, recreation, field trips, and breakfast and lunch each day from the Maryland Food Bank. In 2019 our program served 82 students.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Vernel Cottman | President | 1 | $0 |
| Reba Mccready | Secretary | 1 | $0 |
| Annette Huddleston | Treasurer | 1 | $0 |
| Albert Bell | Vice-President | 1 | $0 |
| Richard Warren | Director | 0 | $0 |
| Donna Long | Director | 0 | $0 |
| Violet Lee | Director | 0 | $0 |
| Kutresa Lankford-Purnell | Director | 0 | $0 |
| Mccoy Curtis | Director | 0 | $0 |
| Tracey Cottman | Director | 0 | $0 |
| Marie H Billie | Director | 0 | $0 |
| Elmer Barkley | Director | 0 | $0 |
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