Baton Rouge

City Year
Baton Rouge
In School & On Track
Providing the right supports to the right students at the right time
2013-2014 School Year Impact Report
and 2014-2015 School Year Look Ahead
The Challenge
1
More than one million students give up on school every year. Half of the students who drop out
come from just 10% of schools. Here in Baton Rouge, even with promising recent annual gains,
the four-year graduation rate is 68%. The consequences are dire, both for the students who drop
out, and for our community. High school dropouts are eight times more likely to be incarcerated
and three times more likely to be unemployed.
In order for Baton Rouge to continue sustained economic growth, the next generation
of students must have access to excellent education and be engaged in our community.
Even though every child has the potential to succeed, many face challenges in the classroom and
at home that make it hard for them to stick with school.
The Solution
2
Educational researchers have found that struggling students can succeed with the right support at
the right time. However, teachers and schools do not always have the time and resources to meet
each student’s specific needs. City Year addresses these challenges through a unique, datadriven strategy, proven to keep more students in school and on track to succeed.
Wearing their signature red jackets, City Year AmeriCorps members are there for kids every day,
all day, year after year. When students are absent, corps members get them to come in. When
students fall behind in class, corps members tutor them before, during, and after school so they
can catch up.
With City Year’s help, under-resourced schools receive the additional people power necessary to
support the thousands of struggling students in Baton Rouge. Through addressing the needs of
the whole child, City Year helps transform the whole school.
A Day in the Life
6:30
am
1:1 literacy
tutoring
10:00
1:30
lead afterschool
homework program
am
calls to absent or late students to
encourage them to come to school
12:00
am
pm
pm
7:30
in-class academic and student
engagement support
meet with teacher to review
student progress and plans
3:00
am
greet students to get
them ready for the day
arrive at school
before students
8:00
1:00
7:00
am
4:00
pm
run afterschool clubs and
service projects
pm
lunch mentorship program
pm
1:1 math
tutoring
2:00
pm
calls to parents to share
students’ positive progress
5:00
pm
team regroup and planning time
5:30
pm
break for
the day
2013-2014 School Year
by the Numbers
2,300
NUMBER OF STUDENTS SERVED BY CITY YEAR BATON ROUGE
90%
of teachers agree or strongly
agree that City Year corps
members foster a positive
environment for learning
86%
of teachers agree or strongly
agree that City Year corps
members increase students’
active engagement in learning
108,800
HOURS SERVED BY CITY YEAR BATON
ROUGE AMERICORPS MEMBERS
84%
of students tutored by City
Year increased their score
on state assessments.
*average score increase was 25.84%
48%
of students tutored by City
Year moved from below
proficient to proficient or
above on state assessments.
looking ahead to the 2014-2015 school year
Broadmoor Middle School
1225 Sharp Rd.
Baton Rouge, LA 70815
Capitol Middle School
5100 Greenwell Springs Rd.
Baton Rouge, LA 70806
Claiborne Elementary School
4700 Denham St.
Baton Rouge, LA 70805
Melrose Elementary School
1348 Valcour Dr.
Baton Rouge, LA 70806
Merrydale Elementary School
6700 Rio Dr.
Baton Rouge, LA 70812
Winbourne Elementary School
4503 Winbourne Ave. Baton Rouge, LA 70805
City Year Baton Rouge is part of a larger solution...
City Year Baton Rouge
2014-15 School Year
• 1 City
• 6 Schools
• 64 AmeriCorps Members
• 2,900 Students
• 108,800 Service Hours
City Year, Inc.
2014-15 School Year
• 25 Cities
• 260 Schools
• 2,800 AmeriCorps Members
• 150,000 Students
• 4,760,000 Service Hours
“”
City Year is there for us all: for students, ensuring they remain on track
and able to succeed in the 21st century; for teachers, helping to analyze
student data and create individualized plans to help students who are
struggling; for administrators, who have a lot going on and on any given
day just need someone to pull a student aside and talk to them.
Ms. Viola Jackson, Principal, Capitol Middle School
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
Kendrell Tyler
Alumnus
Broadmoor Middle School
Kendrell Tyler was always asleep in
math class. Monday through Friday, Mr.
Noel, a City Year AmeriCorps member
who tutored him, made it part of his
daily routine to head towards the back
of the class and rouse Kendrell from
his slumber so he could pay attention
to Pythagorean Theorem or Isolating
Variables. He would usually wake up
for a few minutes, scribble a couple
of notes, and then put his head back
down. Even though Kendrell was a
natural at math and usually could
discover the right answers through
his own critical thinking skills, he was
turning in classwork that was only
30% complete.
The problem was that Kendrell had math
as his last class of the day. Kendrell
would invariably tell Mr. Noel, “I let you
down, but I’m gonna make it better
tomorrow.” But Mr. Noel realized they
needed to make it better together.
So Mr. Noel began one on one tutoring sessions with
Kendrell and each tutoring session ended with a one on
one basketball match. The tutoring helped boost Kendrell’s
mastery of math concepts, and the basketball gave him
some energy and encouragement to get through the day.
Mr. Noel’s interventions worked. In addition to
becoming more awake and alert during class,
Kendrell’s attendance improved dramatically. Over
the second semester, Kendrell missed 50% less
school than he did in the first semester. As a result,
he increased his score 42% on his math state
assessments- surpassing the progress of his peers.
Kendrell also increased his score 22% on his English state
assessments. At the end of the year, he was proficient in
both of these core subjects.
And Kendrell’s improvement extended outside of the
classroom. He became a leader in City Year’s Boys
II Men lunch group, a socio-emotional and leadership
development group for young men. At his 8th grade
graduation and awards ceremony, Kendrell also received
the team’s coveted City Year Starfish Award. Kendrell will
be moving on to Broadmoor High School as a freshman
this year, and his ultimate goal is to become a NASA
rocket scientist!
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
Kim and
Dustin LaFont
City Year AmeriCorps Alumni
Front Yard Bikes, Founders
Kim and Dustin LaFont have a lot to be proud of—a
new marriage, meaningful careers as public school
teachers, and a unique afterschool initiative called
Front Yard Bikes which is a youth empowerment BuildA-Bike, Earn-A-Bike program. By participating in Front
Yard Bikes’ afterschool and summer programs, youth
learn life skills that expand far beyond bike maintenance
such as respect, teamwork and personal responsibility.
Participating children also expand their horizons and
explore the city with trips to the library, the State Capitol
and city parks.
How did they get to this point in their lives and in our Baton
Rouge community? That’s a
story that City Year is proud of.
Four years ago, Kim (then
sporting the surname Rick)
came to Baton Rouge from
West Palm Beach, Florida to join
City Year and volunteer in Baton
Rouge’s public schools.. At City
Year, she met Dustin LaFont, of
Houma, Louisiana, and for ten
months they served side by side
at Glen Oaks Park Elementary.
After their City Year, Kim joined
Teach Baton Rouge to earn her
certification in Early Childhood
Education, and taught
Kindergarten at University
Terrace Elementary, where she
still teaches today. Meanwhile
Dustin pursued a Master’s
in Education through LSU’s
Holmes program and began teaching History at Westdale
Middle School in 2012. They married in June 2013!
Both Kim and Dustin continue to serve with City Year as
well on our local Baton Rouge alumni board, with Kim
leading the charge as Alumni Board co-chair. “Our time
serving with City Year in local schools introduced us
to the social and economic divide in the city of Baton
Rouge, and after our service year, we are trying our
best to improve and bridge those divides. Through our
involvement with the alumni board, we can see that City
Year is doing the same,” reflects Kim.
City Year Baton Rouge 2014-2015 Board of Advisors
Laura C. Poché - Board Chair- Counselor at
Law, Board Certified Estate Planning and
Administration Specialist, Rabalais Law
Rudy Aguilar - Partner, McGlinchey Stafford
Ross Barrett - General Partner, VCE Capital/
Louisiana Ventures, LP
Lori Bertman - President & Chief Executive
Officer, Irene W. & C.B. Pennington
Foundation
Dan Gardiner - Director, Postlewhaite &
Netterville
Gwen Hamilton - New Schools for Baton Rouge
Barbara Haymon - Community Volunteer
Luke Kissam - Chief Executive Officer, Albemarle
Corporation
Phillip May - President and Chief Executive
Officer, Entergy Louisiana
Matthew G. Rachleff - Partner, I>Mpact
Jennifer Eplett Reilly - Co-Founder and Trustee,
City Year Inc.
Tricia Sanchez - Trustee, The Boo Grigsby
Foundation
Tommy Teepell - Chief Marketing Officer, Lamar
Advertising Company
Robert Schneckenburger - President, JPMorgan
Chase Bank
Erin Monroe Wesley - Executive Vice President
and Chief Operating Officer, Baton Rouge
Area Chamber
City Year Baton Rouge 2013-2014 Sponsors
Lead Sponsors
Corporation for National and Community Service
East Baton Rouge Parish School System
Volunteer Louisiana
Team Sponsors
Albemarle Foundation
Capital Area United Way
Entergy Louisiana
JPMorgan Chase Foundation
New Schools for Baton Rouge
Sponsors
$100,000 +
The Boo Grigsby Foundation
Entergy Louisiana
Irene W. and C.B. Pennington Foundation
Jennifer and Sean Reilly Family Fund
JPMorgan Chase Foundation
New Schools for Baton Rouge
$25,000-$99,999
Albemarle Foundation
Bain Capital
Capital Area United Way
Capital One Bank
City of Baton Rouge
Huey and Angelina Wilson Foundation
$10,000-$24,999
All Star Automotive Group Fund
Andreeff Family Foundation
Charles Lamar Family Foundation
ExxonMobil
Suzanne and David Hamm
Lamar Advertising Company
The Lemoine Company, LLC
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center
Raising Cane’s
The Reilly Family Foundation
Winifred and Kevin P. Reilly, Jr. Fund
Reserve Telecommunications
$1,000-$9,999
AC Plastiques USA
Beth and Rudy Aguilar
Colleen and Mike Armgardt
Bailey Construction and Development, LLC
Annette Barton
Fran and Bob Bayham
Candy and Robert Be
Kellie and Robert Belk
Dana and Jim Bernhard
Leslie and Scott Berg
Janet Boles
Buquet & LeBlanc, Inc
Ann Connelly Fine Art
Celtic Marine Corporation
Christen Elizabeth Clement Foundation Inc
Credit Bureau of Baton Rouge Foundation
Kelly and Sean Finan
Donna and John Fraiche
Gordon and Teri LeBlanc Family Fund
Amy and Jay Gutierrez
Ashley and David Hamm, Jr.
Laura Hamm
Hannis T. Bourgeois, LLP
Ava and Cordell Haymon
Barbara and Brian Haymon
Jones Walker LLP
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Kean Miller LLP
Cary and Ric Kearny
Dr. Shaun Kemmerly
Kenneth Brown Design
Keta Group, LLC
King, Krebs & Jurgens, PLLC
Kathryn and Luke Kissam
KPMG
Kracht & Frazier LLP
Jolie and Brent LeBlanc
Lee Michaels Fine Jewelry
Karen and Connie Lewis
Susan and Richard Lipsey
Megan and Blue Loupe
The Louisiana Insurance Center
Lauren and Phillip May
Jill and Layne McDaniel
McGlinchey Stafford
The McMains Foundation
Adrienne and Jim Moore
Our Lady of the Lake College
E.J. and Marjory B. Ourso Foundation
Postlethwaite & Netterville
Powell Group Fund
Torie and Richard Preis
Red River Bank
Dionne Rousseau and John Pojman
Melissa and Jimmy Sanchez
Tricia and Chuck Sanchez
The Matt & Catherine Saurage Fund
SGS Petroleum Service Corporation
Terrie and Edmund Sterling
Talbot, Carmouche & Marcello
Brenda and Tommy Teepell
Themelios Ventures, LP
Ely and Ted Thurmond
Tom and Lisa Adamek Family Fund
Tutta and Cyril Vetter
Kim and Mike Wampold
Milford Wampold Support Foundation
Wells Fargo Advisors
Whitney Bank
Milton J. Womack, Inc.
Friends of City Year
Patti Abney
Grace Andrews and Kevin McGroarty
Lori Andrews
Anonymous
Carolyn Armgardt
Mellie and Trevor Bailey
Verdie Batiste
Sandy and Skip Bertman
Patti Beste
Bistro Byronz
Angie Blount
Katie Blunschi
Carol and Randy Bonnecaze
Lori and Jerry Boyce
Teresa and Paul Breaux
Kimberly and Jarrod Brown
Beth Brownson
Mamie Burrell
Kylie Cannon
Yvonne Carter
Marian and Preston Castille
Nicholas Chan
Eric Chapman
Celeste and Blane Clark
Chris Cole
Lauren Conley
Ann and Paul Connelly
Heather Cope
Brendan Copley
Zach Corbin
Jordan Cranch
Katherine Creed and Brooks Gold
Brendan Csaposs
Rita and John G. Daniel
Gail Davis and David Rostocil
David de Laureal
Jonathan de Laureal
Itai Dinour
Sayali Dixit
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City Year Baton Rouge 2013 - 2014 Sponsors
Elizabeth and John Dixon
Matthew Doolittle
Danielle Dubreuil
Einhorn Family Charitable Trust
Sheralynn and John Follin
Georgette and Glynn Fontenot
Forum Salon
Kim Fossey
Kate and Nathan Freeman
Freeport McMoran
Barbara and Mickey Freiberg
Ann and John Paul Funes
Shawna and Dan Gardiner
Jasmine Glasper
Vee and Darrin Goss
Nicole Gould and Brandon Frey
Joann Griswold
E. Eric Guirard
Lyndsie Guy
Michael Haggen
Greg Hamblock
Gwen and Leo Hamilton
Dot Hardesty
Michelle Hardy
Marcia Harris
Jennifer Harwood
Marianne and Joseph Herlihy
Molly Herlihy
Anne Herrmann
Jeanne Herry
Eric Holtermann
Amy Howe
Christine and Bill Ironside
Lawana Jackson
Alissa Jenkins
Gretchen and Lee Kantrow
Phoebe and Buster Kantrow
Sarah Kelley and Alex Pace
Ronette King
Kirkland and Ellis
Katie Klibert
Kim and Dustin LaFont
Crissie and Charles Landry
Emily Landry
Gennan and Cody Lenert
CITY YEAR BATON ROUGE
TEAM AND SITE SPONSORS
LEAD SPONSORS
Heather and Rob Liles
Laura and Jared Loftus
Lisa and Johnny Mann
Dacie Marshall
Pamela Matassa
Mikki and Kellen Mathews
Emily and Jake Mayo
Caitie McCabe
Jessica McCulley
Blake McGehee
Pam and Mike McGroarty
Kim and Thomas Melancon
Jolie and Carey Messina
Lauren Michaud
Alice Miller
Jason Miller
Julie and Clifton Miller
Daniel Mills
Linda and Dennis Mitchell
Allison and Michael Montalbano
Jay Montalbano
Belinda and Garner Morales
Tami Moran
Tracy and John Morganti
Cindy and Mike Nicaud
Kelly and John Nyboer
Lisa and Tim O’Beirne Ryan
Allie and Andrew Olsen
Paige Ovens
Robin and Drew Patty
Mary and Joshua Pesses
Tom Peters
Danielle Piendak
Jeff Plauche
Laura and Jay Poché
Tim Poché
Sheila and Paul Pounders
Torie and Richard Preis
Jo Ellen and Stan Prutz
Gretchen and Preston Q=Petersen
Aaron Randolph
Red Stick Kiwanis of Baton Rouge
Theodore Richards
Chad Richardson
Sarah Roberson
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Gregory Rockenbaugh
Sara Ross
Alexandra Rouse
Jessica Roux
Elizabeth Querbes and Chris Sammons
Ryann and Bradley Sanchez
Cary Saurage
Susana Schowen
Cindy and Edward Schwartzenburg
Amber Seale
Andrew Sheeley
Steve Sherman
Jenee Slocum and Fernando Albano
Georgia and Scott Small
Linda and John Spain
Lucas Spielfogel
JT Sukits
Erin Tadie
Kim and Steve Taylor
Nicole Telhiard
Patrick Temple
David Thibodeaux
Ryan Thibodeaux
Noel Thompson
Elizabeth Thurston
Lauren Treacy
Truist Inc
Meghan Turner
Colleen and Stephen Waguespack
Barbara and Mike Walsh
Bonita Washington
Susie and Jim Wassan
Erin Monroe and Mitch Wesley
Theo Williams
In-Kind Sponsors
Capitol Park Welcome Center
Barbara and Brian Haymon
Lamar Advertising Company
Mitzi and John Miller
Raising Cane’s
Jack Warner
PROGRAM SPONSORS
IN-KIND SPONSOR