C2K MINISTRIES INC

There is a great divide in our academic systems. Impoverished areas like ours suffer from proper funding. Our accountability programs for that funding are under-resourced at best. Because of the system, our children are programmed to pass state tests so that the school district gets funded. In other words, we are not teaching kids to learn. We are preparing kids to regurgitate information for the sake of a test and funding.

Our goal and aim are to unlock the learning potential inside of a child and teach them how to process the information given.

The disparity between the resources in a wealthy community and a poor one is significant. We want to close that gap by providing our students with the same tools and resources that a prosperous community would have. By providing our students with those resources, we believe that more kids have a chance of escaping the cycle of poverty, and will grow up to be a responsible citizen, father, mother, parent, and grandparent who can positively affect change in their community.

Our holistic after-school program called RE:Direct is one example. Four days a week we two hours with 25, under-resourced students. During that time our students are fed, mentored, tutored with homework, work on a laptop with a reading comprehension program, , and provided an art activity or some free time to be a kid.

Delta Leadership Academy is a 3 year program for grades 9-12. The program provides leadership training and discussion, money management skills, investing skills, ACT prep materials & online courses, college visits, grade accountability, application prep, all geared to give students a chance to get into college.

Our strategies are to provide the resources necessary to make all of this happen so that our kids are afforded the same chance as others.

We have an active community of people that stand for what we are doing. This ranges from our school system to parents and local leaders.

We will continue to build upon our strong team. Our staff will need to increase as well as volunteer development.

1. The program had a total of 106 volunteers with 72% volunteering more than once.
2. A total of 168 students were served with 72% of them being our target grades of K-4.
3. 78% of the students served saw an increase in grades in two or more classes.
6. 100% Students grades were at a "C" grade or higher.
7. All students served were promoted to their next grade. No child was left behind.
8. 100% of our students have increased in math and reading proficiency.
9. 100% of our students outperform their peer group in grades.