Promotes academic excellence and character development among greater New Haven youth. A public charter middle school that provides students with a focus on community involvement, citizenship, and academic achievement. Yale volunteers are trained by the teaching staff and work with students in targeted tutoring sessions. Facilitates independent individual and group tutoring for students at nearby Hillhouse High School.
Activities range from social to academic.
A program of the New Haven Ecology Project and the first Public Charter School with a focus on the urban environment. Offers a comprehensive high schol curriculum, and students build and operate an urban farm at the base of West Rock Ridge. Conducts team science demonstrations and after-school science clubs for elementary school students. Sharon Moore, Volunteer Coord. This Dixwell neighborhood center serves youth, teens and the elderly with a wide variety of services.