Seattle, Washington - Sound Youth
Notre Dame AmeriCorps*National Direct of Seattle shares a longtime partnership and vision with Sound Youth AmeriCorps*VISTA, a program of The Church Council of Greater Seattle.
In partnership for youth, NDA-Seattle and Sound Youth VISTA, serve at sites in the greater Seattle and Puget Sound region. Currently, members serve within Seattle Public Schools, the Highline School District, tribal communities, and at a secure residential crisis center for youth.
Our NDA members directly serve our community by providing college readiness curriculum, implementing after-school enrichment activities, assisting in classrooms, teaching reading and literacy skills, mentoring and counseling youth, teaching self-expression and cultural preservation through media, and facilitating the reunification of adolescents with their families.
Site Director: Lauren Mehl
Phone: 206.525.1213 xt.3933
Address: 4 Nickerson St Ste 300
Seattle, WA 98109
E-mail: seattle@ndmva.org
Websites: www.soundyouth.org
College Access Now (CAN)
http://www.collegeaccessnow.org/
The College Access Now program is dedicated to helping promising, low-income young people prepare for and earn admission to college. Our mission is to identify high school students who a) are economically disadvantaged; b) among the first-generation in their families to go to college and c) demonstrate potential and motivation to pursue higher education. Program participants will then be provided with four critical services: SAT/ACT test preparation; intensive assistance in the college admissions process; help in obtaining financial aid and scholarships; and guidance in transition to college. The program is founded on the belief that given the resources and support these students will be successful in graduating and going to college.
Community Schools Collaboration (CSC)
CSC Website
Community Schools Collaboration provides services at school sites that are tailored to address the special challenges facing low-income and refugee and immigrant students, including English language and literacy support, homework help, and participation in cultural and enrichment activities. Community Schools Collaboration works to build partnerships with schools, municipalities, and other agencies to better serve youth and families.
Native Lens (part of Longhouse Media)
longhousemedia.org
Longhouse Media, a Washington State non-profit corporation, was launched in 2005 with the support of the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community. Within our primary program, Native Lens, we have had the opportunity to work with over 900 Native youth in Washington State and from across the country, to support their growth and expression as well as create digital media which aims to break down the pervasive stereotypes of Native people and promote cross-cultural learning opportunities. The mission of Longhouse Media is to catalyze indigenous people and communities to use media as a tool for self-expression, cultural preservation, and social change. We draw from both traditional and modern forms of artistic expression, storytelling, teaching, and inquiry.
Read Right
www.readright.com
Read Right is a literacy class for high school students who are reading below grade level. The program utilizes a combination of reading out loud and independently, listening to books on tape, participating in group critical thinking exercises, and a variety of tailored writing exercises once a week. Read Right has a 100% success rate. Students improve their reading by as many as seven grade levels, often in the space of one semester; they continue until they are reading at ninth-grade level, at which point they return to a regular Language Arts class and often go on to take honors and AP classes. Tutors work with four students at a time, so each student receives a great deal of personal attention from their tutor. Read Right is designed to give students the opportunity to constantly experience success, and when they are ready to graduate the program they are asked to reflect on their experience and to listen to a "before and after" tape of their reading, so they can fully understand their degree of improvement.
Hepatitis Education Project
www.hepeducation.org
The Hepatitis Education Project (HEP) is a Seattle-based non-profit organization committed to providing support, education and advocacy for people affected by hepatitis and to helping raise awareness among patients, medical providers, and the public about the facts concerning hepatitis. In an effort to reach youth in the Greater Seattle area with medically accurate and appropriate information about hepatitis, HEP is seeking an AmeriCorps*Direct member to fill the role as Youth Outreach Program Officer. With the support of HEP’s site supervisor, the Youth Outreach Program Officer will work with schools and youth focused service provider organizations in and around Seattle to schedule and facilitate education sessions, offer free hepatitis C testing where appropriate and link at-risk and positive youth with local resources and services. He/she will also coordinate with partner organizations to identify and train peer leaders, who will in turn work with the member to reach at-risk peers with information about hepatitis and other blood-borne infections.
Our 2009-2010 partner sites currently serve within:
Seattle Public Schools: Garfield High School, Franklin High School, and West Seattle High SchoolHighline School District: Tyee Educational Complex (Odyssey – The Essential School; Global Connections; Academy of Citizenship and Empowerment), Bow Lake Elementary School, Chinook Middle School
Tribal Communities: Swinomish, Lummi, Muckleshoot, Tulalip, and Sho-Ban
Notre Dame Mission Volunteers - Americorps
403 Markland Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21212
Phone:(410) 532-6864 - Fax: (410) 532-2418