Program Overview
Project H.E.L.P. is a nonprofit early academic intervention program that significantly improves academic performance among underachieving elementary school students.
The program works to measurably improve student performance in reading and math by providing children with personalized and prescriptive help from their own classroom teacher, extra time to learn, small class size, and active parent participation.
Project H.E.L.P. provides students a 175 hour educational opportunity offered with the framework of a four week, full day Summer Term, and an eight month School Year Extension, which provides before school instruction during the course of the school year.
• Small Class Size
Project H.E.L.P. class size is limited to 12 students, allowing for individualized instruction and a high degree of contact and bonding between student and teacher.
• Teacher Continuity
The most powerful teaching relationships at the elementary school level are those in which teachers have a true understanding of the academic, social and psychological needs of the children they serve.
Project H.E.L.P. is designed so the student’s teacher during the Summer Term is also his or her teacher during the school year (and School Year Extension), enabling the teachers to gain an understanding of, and build a relationship with, their most needy students prior to the start of the traditional school year.
• Parental Involvement
Project H.E.L.P. requires parental involvement in the child’s education, as parental involvement is the top indicator of student success. Parents meet with their child’s teacher a minimum of six times per year and agree to help children with daily reading and homework.
• Accountability
Project H.E.L.P. employs diverse accountability tools to evaluate its success including standardized state tests and other instruments designed to measure additional contributors to school success such as student self-esteem, attitude, homework completion, and attitude toward their schooling experience.
Project H.E.L.P. students have consistently demonstrated significant growth in their standardized test results, with gains in the areas of reading and math exceeding similar students at the district, county and state levels. (Please visit our results page for more information.)
The program works to measurably improve student performance in reading and math by providing children with personalized and prescriptive help from their own classroom teacher, extra time to learn, small class size, and active parent participation.
Project H.E.L.P. program elements include:
• Expanded and Extended Instructional OpportunitiesProject H.E.L.P. provides students a 175 hour educational opportunity offered with the framework of a four week, full day Summer Term, and an eight month School Year Extension, which provides before school instruction during the course of the school year.
• Small Class Size
Project H.E.L.P. class size is limited to 12 students, allowing for individualized instruction and a high degree of contact and bonding between student and teacher.
• Teacher Continuity
The most powerful teaching relationships at the elementary school level are those in which teachers have a true understanding of the academic, social and psychological needs of the children they serve.
Project H.E.L.P. is designed so the student’s teacher during the Summer Term is also his or her teacher during the school year (and School Year Extension), enabling the teachers to gain an understanding of, and build a relationship with, their most needy students prior to the start of the traditional school year.
• Parental Involvement
Project H.E.L.P. requires parental involvement in the child’s education, as parental involvement is the top indicator of student success. Parents meet with their child’s teacher a minimum of six times per year and agree to help children with daily reading and homework.
• Accountability
Project H.E.L.P. employs diverse accountability tools to evaluate its success including standardized state tests and other instruments designed to measure additional contributors to school success such as student self-esteem, attitude, homework completion, and attitude toward their schooling experience.
Project H.E.L.P. students have consistently demonstrated significant growth in their standardized test results, with gains in the areas of reading and math exceeding similar students at the district, county and state levels. (Please visit our results page for more information.)
