Training in conflict resolution comes with orientation. To be here at all, students have to want to succeed. Many of those who stick it out, he notes, later go into social work for a career - and it's easy to see why. She smiles with satisfaction. They call this a school, but I call it a community.
Students arrive older.
On average, Satellite students are 17.5 years old when they are admitted. Though few arrive with more than a tenth-grade standing, they can expect to complete Satellite's graduation portfolio requirements in about two years. With the school's help many also take on concurrent courses or internships, either in local community colleges, technical cooperative programs, or experiential learning programs. Students have prior attendance problems. Chambers Street site attendance has shown steady improvement since joining the Coalition, with 82 percent of students present each day, based on data collected with strict attention to accuracy.