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Support our Students: Saturday Academy at East Carolina University

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Serving Children and Families Through Community-University Partnerships

Part of the book series: Outreach Scholarship ((OUTR,volume 1))

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Support Our Students (SOS) Saturday Academy is an outreach partnership program with the Department of Child Development and Family Relations, School of Human Environmental Sciences at East Carolina University (ECU), the Boys and Girls Clubs of Pitt County, Inc., and the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Youth Services Division. Saturday Academy is an expansion of the SOS concept of improving academic performance among at-risk middle-school students. The SOS Initiative is a public-private partnership that links parents, schools, churches, agencies, and corporations in a collaborative effort to provide mentoring, resources, support and guidance, and safe places for young people.

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  • Jones, B. W. (1996). Support our students evaluation project: Final Report. Durham, NC: North Carolina Central University Institute for the Study of Minority Issues.

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  • North Carolina General Statues. (1994). Article 3, Chapter 143B.

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  • Support our students (SOS): Year in review. (1995). Raleigh: N. C. Department of Human Resources.

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  1. East Carolina University, USA

    Cynthia E. Johnson & Elizabeth A. Carroll

  2. Boys and Girls Clubs of Pitt County, Inc., USA

    Jay Faron

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  1. Bowling Green State University, USA

    Thomas R. Chibucos

  2. Boston College, USA

    Richard M. Lerner

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Johnson, C.E., Carroll, E.A., Faron, J. (1999). Support our Students: Saturday Academy at East Carolina University. In: Chibucos, T.R., Lerner, R.M. (eds) Serving Children and Families Through Community-University Partnerships. Outreach Scholarship, vol 1. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5053-2_40

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