T.O.O.L.S. (Taking On Our Life Skills)
This concept is a response to the tenant mothers in Carr Square Village
who are taking leadership responsibility to give their sons a better future.
It was their contention that young people who experience the satisfaction
of success through constructive choices will choose to remain productive
the rest of their lives.
A major gap in support services and activities for young black males
in the Carr Square area existed. Public schools offer limited after-school
programs. There was a shortage of positive adult black male role models
and mentors. A lack of year-round after school and weekend activities which
challenge these youths and keep them constructively occupied.
A group of tenant mothers discussed these concerns and a leadership
committe circulated a survey to about fifty families with young sons in
the household. Returns indicated a strong interest in the following:
after-school tutoring in academic subjects, planned social events, sports
activities and an emphasis on spiritual values.
Presently, this program provides after-school tutoring, on-the-job
training for teenagers (by providing jobs as aides to the teachers), field
trips, etc. The summer program focuses on communication (reading, writing,
and speaking) computation and logic (mathematics), development of social
skills through field trips, invited guest and sporting activities.
| Created: 26 Apr 97 |
| Lasted modified: 30 Apr 97 |
| Author: CARR SQUARE |
| Site maintained by: CARR SQUARE |