Elev8 Success Stories

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Elev8's Computer Course: Bridging the Digital Divide

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A computer class at the Orozco Community Academy has quickly connected multiple generations of the Pilsen neighborhood in Chicago.

Reavis Robotics Rocks!

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RoboticsThe Reavis robotics team brought home the "teamwork" award in the Chicago South regional tournament of Illinois’ First LEGO League. The award has special meaning at Reavis, where Elev8 programs have been teaching team building and related skills for two years. >>

Elev8 Chicago Celebrates Successful 2009

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Elev8 Chicago's 2009 accomplishments were many. All five schools  — Ames, Marquette, Orozco, Reavis and Perspectives – successfully followed the Elev8 recipe to help students and families grow. They opened health centers, developed engaging summer and extended-day programs, and enticed parents into their schools with classes, workshops and social events.

Math + Money = Music

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In a collaboration with Elev8 partners Creative Alliance and Kariz Kids, students at Tench Tilghman middle school in Baltimore produced their very own CD this fall. Students learned how to create original instrumentals, format and structure songs, operate recording software, as well as the business side of the music industry. >>

Food in Focus: An Elev8 New Mexico Photo Project

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Food in Focus Students from the Native American Community Academy, Grant Middle School and Wilson Middle School worked with their teachers, families, providers and  Elev8 staff to produce Food in Focus, a photography exhibit that appeared in the Rotunda of the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque in December 2009.

The show offers a revealing look at how youth view themselves and their cultural identity through what they eat, how the food is prepared, and how this creates a close relationship within their families and communities. >>

Elev8 Cooks Up More Learning When School’s Out

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Some of Elev8’s after-school offerings bring classroom subjects to life. For example, Sisters4Science gives girls the chance to meet women in science-oriented careers. On one Tuesday in November, nine young women from Perspectives sat down and talked with Gladys Nash, a registered nurse and case manager of high-risk obstetrics for the University of Chicago Hospitals.

Healthy Demand At Marquette Health Center

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In its first three months, Marquette Elementary School’s new health center attracted twice as many clients as expected.

Parents love it,” said Meredith Casey, the nurse practitioner at the center, which is run by Access Community Health Network. “I think a lot of people are switching over here because they like the care that they’ve gotten, and they like the convenience.”

Extended Learning Program Helps Basketball Team

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Basketball at Wilson Middle School in Albuquerque, NM, is popular, but last year the team was forced to forfeit a number of games because too many of Wilson’s athletes had low grade-point averages.

Elev8 Chicago Goes Streetside With Health Fair, Art Show

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Elev8 Chicago is becoming fully rooted in all five of its middle schools with the opening of on-site community health centers.

Elev8 New Mexico Hip Hop Students Wow NMSU Audience

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On April 18, 2009, Elev8 New Mexico students gave an "off the hook" performance of rap and Hip Hop dance as part of the Soul Verse Open Stage at New Mexico State University (NMSU) in Las Cruces, NM.

Students Learn Stay Cool When Tensions Heat Up

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Students at Ames Middle School in Chicago received important lessons in how to cool tensions and warm relationships as part of Elev8 Chicago's summer learning programs.

Elev8 Parents Get Lessons in Budgeting

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Elev8 New Mexico provided a much needed and timely support for families through its financial literacy program.

Elev8 School Based Health Center Steps Up to the Plate

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When a teacher at Gadsden Middle School, in New Mexico, noticed that Eddie, a 7th grade student, had been suffering from headaches and anxiety and his grades were dropping, the teacher sent him to the school's new Elev8 health center.

Reavis Students Showcase Afterschool Talents

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On a rainy spring evening at Reavis Elementary in Kenwood, the hallways were lit and bustling. Three seventh-grade girls in cheerleading outfits leapt and waved their pom-poms, shouting, “Hi, welcome to the showcase!”

Elev8 Chicago Parents Tour Field Museum

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As part of the growing relationship between the Field Museum of Natural History and the Elev8 program, nine parent mentors from Marquette Elementary School in Chicago Lawn recently participated in a special tour of the museum.

Elev8 Chicago Students 'Keep it Real'

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It’s not as if the 7th-graders at Perspectives-Calumet Middle School are strangers to street violence. But still, the man in front of their class a few weeks ago grabbed their attention in a way their teachers often don’t.

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