[WardFive] Fwd: A Special Announcement: Empowering Males of Color

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From: DC Public Schools <dcpscommunications@dc.gov>
Date: Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 1:00 PM
Subject: A Special Announcement: Empowering Males of Color
To: ward5coe@gmail.com

Today, we announced an exciting new initiative: Empowering Males of Color (EMOC). Through EMOC, District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) will take a close look at the challenges and successes Black and Latino males experience from pre-K to Grade 12. We will work with the community, as well as school and district leaders to find ways to make school more exciting, increase academic success, and prepare our males of color for college, careers and life beyond DCPS. We'll do this by: • Engaging: Work with the community to provide mentors to our male students of color • Improving: Award funds to schools that have promising approaches to improving academic success • Innovating: Open a new all-male high school that seeks 100% admission to four-year universities How you can get involved: MENTOR! Our goal is 500 mentors for 500 students. You don't need to be a superstar. You don't need to be perfect. All you need is a desire to see a student succeed and the commitment to get him there. SIGN UP TO BE A MENTOR! ENGAGE! Check out our website at EMOCDC.org and join the conversation using #EMOC.

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