Community partners: Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Interfaith Tutoring, Teach For America, Historical Brewers Hill Association, Greater Milwaukee Urban League , City Year, SPARK Early Literacy Program, Schools That Can Milwaukee, Girls Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast and Mount Zion Baptist Church
Clubs & Sports: Girl Scouts, Student Council, Student Ambassador Program (Red Shirts), Yearbook Committee, Math Hoops, Student of the Month, Basketball (B/G), Cheerleading and Track.
Boys & Girls Club – CLC Program
Boys & Girls Clubs provide a place where all youth, no matter their circumstances, can make great discoveries about themselves and engage in educational and recreational activities. The Boys & Girls Club provides a Before-School Program beginning at 7:30a.m. and a After-School Program ending at 6:30p.m. that includes bus services. Scholars engage in daily homework help, NBA Math Hoops, Girls Scouts, Art, Dance, Character & Leadership development and Computer Literacy activities all within a safe environment, led by positive role models and leaders. For more information, please contact the Program Manager, Alvin James at [email protected].
SPARK
SPARK is an early literacy intervention program geared towards grades K5-2nd. Scholars work one-on-one with tutors throughout the school year for three half hour tutoring sessions per week. Sessions consist of building skills in word study, reading, comprehension, vocabulary and writing. For more information, please contact the Program Manager, Jan Kaufman at [email protected].
City Year
City Year is an education focused, nonprofit organization that unites young people of all backgrounds for a year of full-time service to keep scholars in school and on-track to graduation. Here in Milwaukee, City Year corps members work in eight Milwaukee Public Schools, serving as tutors, mentors, classroom support and role models. At Carver Academy, a team of ten diverse corps members provide targeted support in the areas of attendance, behavior, and course performance in reading and math in grades 3 – 7. Corps members also support after-school programming, as well as partner with the school to run family and community engagement events, such as literacy and math nights. For more information, please contact Impact Manager, Jacqui Cheney at [email protected].
Title I School wide Program
The U.S. government funds the Title I Program and these resources are accessed by Carver Academy. Title I funds are used to provide additional academic support and learning opportunities to help children master challenging curricula and meet state standards.