by RRF Agency Admin | Dec 15, 2016
The auditorium at LeMoyne-Owen College was a sea of dressed-up teenagers and proud parents Friday afternoon. But it’s not graduation quite yet: Today was Soulsville Charter School’s third annual “Decision Day,” where each of the school’s 53 seniors announced to family...
by RRF Agency Admin | Dec 15, 2016
There was a time when classroom subjects that touched on community health focused more on youths’ characters than their circumstances. In the 1980s, First Lady Nancy Reagan’s “Just Say No,” campaign encouraged them to be strong in the face of peer pressure and resist...
by RRF Agency Admin | Dec 15, 2016
When Samara Francisco grew up in Memphis-area schools, she didn’t dream of returning one day as a teacher. And she hadn’t even heard of “project-based learning.” But the new teacher at Soulsville Charter School now hopes to bring projects into her ninth-grade...
by RRF Agency Admin | Dec 15, 2016
When Devonte Collins took his first practice ACT test as a sophomore at Soulsville Charter School in Memphis, his score was eight points below the benchmark for being considered college-ready and receiving much-needed scholarship money. A year later, when he took the...
by RRF Agency Admin | Dec 15, 2016
Program: Carleton Summer Quantitative Reasoning Institute Location: Northfield, MN Program/Application Website: https://apps.carleton.edu/summer/sqri/ Application Due Date: 02/15/2017 Program Dates: July 16 – August 4, 2017 Requirements: Writing sample (two...
