Notable
Progress
Committed
students from our target
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Aspire
is partnered with 19 public elementary schools in the Cleveland
area. |
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Over
100
self-motivated and creative middle school girls are enrolled
in the tuition-free program each year. |
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Aspire
has retained 92% of its admits. In the first six years,
218 students have been involved in the program. In
that time, only 18 have left or been dismissed. |
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70%
percent of our students had perfect attendance this summer.
Nineteen of our most recent graduates (33 total) had perfect attendance for
all three consecutive summers. |
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52 of 131 (40%) of Aspire graduates to
date had perfect attendance for three consecutive years. |
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68%
of our students qualify for free or reduced lunch |
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75%
of our students come from families where no one holds a
four-year degree |
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The student population is 74% Black, 13% White,
9% Biracial, and 4% Hispanic |
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Continued success of Aspire Alumnae |
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45 alumnae (50%) attend overnight leadership conference at
Case Western Reserve University |
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Evaluation team surveys 94 of 98 alumnae. |
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78% of alumnae self report that their
grades are As and Bs |
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63% of alumnae stated that they are a
leader of a school organization |
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Committed
faculty |
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Since
the launching of our web site in late fall of 2002, over 120
college students have downloaded an Aspire job application
each year. There are only 12 openings. |
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Students
from several of the nation's leading colleges and universities,
including Brown, Columbia, Denison, Harvard, Northwestern,
Princeton, Smith, Spelman, Wesleyan, and Yale have chosen to teach at Aspire. |
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Last
summer, 100% of the college students stated that the Aspire experience has made them more likely to choose a career in education or reinforced their decision to begin a career in education. |
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6 of the 9 high school students
involved in 2006 indicated that the Aspire experience has made them more likely to choose a career in education |
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Growing
Visibility
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As a founding member of the National
Partnership for Educational Access (NPEA), launched in
November, 2007 we can share best practices with a wider group
of colleagues. |
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On July 26, 2007 Aspire was featured on
the front page of the Metro section of Cleveland's Plain
Dealer. |
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Aspire
was one of three finalists for Northern Ohio Live's
Awards of Achievement in the area of civic leadership.
Aspire was also featured in the August 2006 issue of
Northern Ohio Live in the Noble Pursuits section. |
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The directors of Aspire were recognized by The Gund Foundation
as emerging leaders of Cleveland. Cammy Dubie was one of 14
leaders who met with Gund board members at their most recent annual meeting in July. |
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The Aspire Program now has an endowment of over $193,000 with
combined gifts from:
-The Raymond J. Wean Foundation,
-The Estate
of Jane Bleeker Pulliam, HB Class of 1937
-The Glenn
and Wendy Looman College Access Fund,
-The
Martine Vilas Conway 1949 Endowment
-Hathaway
Brown School Classes of 1950 and 1962, and several
individuals.
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