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END OF YEAR PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Elementary-Middle & High Schools Served 2011-2012 School Year... Morse, PC Pamela Parrish Detroit, MI Thomas Proctor Bloomfield Hills, MI Gordon Ra

END OF YEAR PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Elementary-Middle & High Schools Served

2011-2012 School Year

Elementary-Middle School program highlights and personal stories

Finney High School program highlights and

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Pamela Good

President

Calvin Cupidore

Financial Consultant

Antoine Dubeauclard

Media Genesis

Marina Houghton, C.P.A

Wolinski & Company,

C.P.A., P.C

Alan Kalter

Ann Arbor, MI

RJ King

dBusiness

Jack Krasula

Trustinus

Lionel Margolick

Margolick Financial

Bill McGrail

Windward Capital

Advisors

Andrew Meyer

MyBuys, Inc

Michael Morse

Michael J Morse, PC

Pamela Parrish

Detroit, MI

Thomas Proctor Bloomfield Hills, MI Gordon Rains

Bloomfield Hills, MI ADVISORY BOARD David Farbman Outdoor Hub Ira Jaffe Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss Josh Linkner Detroit Venture Partners, LLC Linda Orlans eTitle Chris Perry Global Chevrolet Marketing What We Do Schools – Students Served 2011-2012 Name Students Served

Burns Elementary-Middle School

Carver Elementary-Middle School

Thirkell Elementary

Finney High School

Expanding Horizons Schools

Total students served

Our Mission We guide and inspire at-risk children to develop fundamental educational skills Above all else, we move these children beyond the basics and prepare them for productive and meaningful lives Beyond Basics is a holistic program that brings targeted reading, writing, art, expanding horizons, outreach and mentoring programs to Detroit students in K-12 grades Through intensive one-on-one reading tutoring, by trained staff, we get children reading at grade level in just 6 weeks! Who We Are Volunteers annually 2,500 Tutors and Program Staff 25

Administrative Staff 4

Cultural, Educational and Corporate Sponsors 45

Board of Directors 19

827

633

858

601 2,513

5,432

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READING

Through one-on-one tutoring, we get children reading in just 6 weeks With the help of many volunteers, we also bring a variety of reading programs that assist the students in learning to read

WRITING

Our writing center consists of an onsite publishing center where we publish students’

original stories in hard-covered books for them to take home Beyond Basics Publishing Centers have published over 60,000 books in participating schools to date!

In the high school, we run a journalism program open to all the students to participate in

reporting and running a student newspaper

EXPANDING HORIZONS – MENTORING & PARTNERSHIPS

Students who have not traveled outside their city boundaries gain an expanded

awareness of the world around them and the opportunities that exist by participating in a variety of liberal arts, cultural and professional experiences in our Expanding Horizons programs In addition, we run two programs in the schools that benefits the students; Caring for Kids activities which helps provide the students with necessary items and our Mentoring Matters program where we bring in leaders who give motivational

presentations and help inspire the students

ART WITH THE MASTERS

We provide focused art instruction in a small group setting where students are taught the techniques of art masters and use these learned skills in their projects We provide Field Trip opportunities to galleries and corporate offices where often, their own work is on display This year we focused on artists Henri Matisse and Jackson Pollock

International Art and Writing Project

Through the annual International Art Project, Beyond Basics extends an opportunity for school children around the world to creatively express their vision of peace and sharing it with others Through the ongoing International Writing Project, students are given the opportunity to creatively express their thoughts and dreams about their lives on a variety

of subjects through writing essays They were able to share their work with one another through a centralized website which encourages them to communicate with one another sharing ideas and stories about their lives

READING WORKS

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY, AND WXYZ SPONSORED

Family Literacy pilot project reaching out to older siblings and parents in the community

at Thirkell Elementary School

Beyond Basics Programs

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Student Participation by School

We directly touched the lives of 5,400 children

We had the commitment of 46 organizational and business partners

We are supported by over 2,500 volunteers

We published 3,024 books through our Publishing Centers this year and

have published 70,000 books to date

All School Status 2011-2012

As of June 2012…

Economically Disadvantaged

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• Principal Dr Clara Smith

• Ethnicity 99% African American

• Free Breakfast Lunch 95%

Carver Elementary/

Middle School

About the School:

• 18701 Paul Street Detroit, MI 48227

• Principal Delores Harris

• Ethnicity 84% African American

• Free Breakfast Lunch 80%

Clara Smith, Principal Delores Harris, Principal Jacquelyn Caldwell, Principal

Elementary – Middle Schools

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Additional Reading Programs

Beyond Basics also works to inspire the love of reading in all students in every school where we have a presence We do this through three activities:

• The Reading Buddies are trained adult volunteers that read one-on-one with students

• Book Clubs are reading groups led by an adult volunteer Together the group reads a character building short story or poem and do a related activity

• Award Winning Author Readers are volunteers who read to small groups or classrooms of children This program helps fill the need all children have to be read to, as well as, builds knowledge and vocabulary of children’s literature that their peers have experienced

Read to Rise Tutoring K-8

Beyond Basics provides intensive, one-on-one tutoring to public school students who

have been identified through testing and teacher recommendations as significantly

below grade level Trained tutors teach students using a nationally recognized reading

curriculum that combines phonics practice with an age-appropriate series of books

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Publishing Centers K-8

3,024 Books published this year

The Publishing Center is open to all students in the school

Students improve their writing skills with the help of volunteers Working

one-on-one with a mentor, students write and revise stories, which are then

published with hardbound covers The students take pride in publishing their

stories and the hardbound book is proof of their achievements

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Art with the Masters K-8

A Beyond Basics art educator teaches students about famous “master” artists and guides them through art projects that link to an aspect of the artists’ works Art

with the Masters reaches every student during the year

through school-wide projects Students can also choose

to participate in other projects during recess The program offers students a creative outlet as well as avenues to explore new ideas and images

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Student Artwork Tells the Story…

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International Art and Writing Project K-8

Through the annual International Art Project, Beyond Basics gives the

opportunity for school children around the world to creatively express their

vision of a universal theme One year’s theme was “Peace.” Through the

ongoing International Writing Project, the same children are given the

opportunity to express their thoughts and dreams about their lives through

writing essays on a variety of topics

All Beyond Basics International Art and Writing participants share their artwork

and essays with each other through a secure website set up for them to

display their work and communicate with one another through the site

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A Few Contributors…

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A Few Contributors…

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$65,500

$45,000

Value of K-8 Grade In-Kind Donations:

In-Kind Value for Volunteers & Professionals In-Kind Value for Events, Field Trips, etc.

In-Kind Value for Materials, Supplies, etc.

Expanding Horizons K-8

Mentoring Partnership Program

Beyond Basics coordinates and provides a range of unique learning

experiences for students through the Expanding Horizons, Caring for Kids

and Mentoring Matters programs In addition, corporate and organizational

partners provide the means for student field trips and bring in guest speakers

on a variety of topics These experiences not only expose students to the

larger world and build vocabulary, but also give them compelling new topics

to talk and write about

$139,000

65,500

45,000

Motor City Lyric Opera performed

“The Three Billy Goats Gruff”

Oakland University’s basketball team visited Thirkell

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Expanding Horizons Programs K-8

• Caring for Kids

• Mentoring Matters

• Field Trips and Activities

Field trip to Mercedes Benz Financial Services

Field trip to the Webber Wildlife Museum

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Wayne & Joan

Expanding Horizons (cont.)

David

Ellis

Leadership Series speaker at Finney Explained to the Finney students that if you show up to work everyday and are consistently engaged in your job, you can be successful

students at the schools

Sponsored a coat drive to collect coats and warm clothing for the students

at all the schools

Expanding Horizons (cont.)

Leadership Series speaker at Finney High School She told the students

to love themselves and emphasized the importance of exercising and making healthy food choices

Thank you to our volunteers who help us

reach so many children!

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Finney High School

About the School:

Additional Reading Programs

Beyond Basics also works to inspire the love of reading in all students in every school where we have a presence We do this through three activities:

• The Readers Reading are trained adult volunteers that read one-on-one or in small groups with students

• Book Clubs are reading groups led by an adult volunteer Together the club reads age appropriate stories for discussion and share the students’ poetry or short stories with one

another in this group activity

• Author’s that Inspire visit with students to discuss their writing, theme and the process for publishing a book

Read to Rise Tutoring – High School

Beyond Basics provides intensive, one-on-one tutoring to public school

students who have been identified through testing and teacher

recommendations as significantly below grade level Trained tutors teach

students using a nationally recognized reading curriculum that combines

phonics practice with an age-appropriate series of books

Represented by Grade Level

Total (N=20)

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High School Journalism Program

Finney High School Student Newspaper:

The Journalism Program, is open to all students

interested in reporting, and writing about school news, opinions and events

Beyond Basics staff assist the students in conducting interviews, writing and editing interesting and

informative articles and training the students on how

to create a newspaper layout using the InDesign program The school newspaper helps to build community among the students and staff as one of our students said “The newspaper brought pride back

International

Art and Writing

Project

Student artwork currently on

display at the DIA through

June 3rd

Through the annual International Art Project, Beyond Basics gives the

opportunity for students around the world to creatively express their vision of a

universal theme This year’s theme was “Peace.” Through the on-going

International Writing Project, the same students are given the opportunity to

express their thoughts and dreams about their lives through writing essays on

a variety of topics

All Beyond Basics International Art and Writing participants share their artwork

and essays with each other through a secure website set up for them to

display their work and communicate with one another through the site

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Expanding Horizons – High School

$93,000

$29,111

$20,000

Value of High School In-Kind Donations:

In-Kind Value for Volunteers & Professionals

In-Kind Value for Events, Field Trips, etc.

In-Kind Value for Materials, Supplies, etc.

This program allows students to participate in a variety of liberal arts,

cultural and professional experiences such as Book Club, Character

Building, Music, Life Skills, Field Trips and much more

• Caring for Kids

• Mentoring Matters

• Field Trips and Activities

Mercedes Benz Financial Services donated

notepads and folders for the students

A student was able to get braces with the help of a supporter

Don Tocco donated a copy

of his book Art of the Journey to a group of students

Mayor Bing

The Finney newspaper team took a field

trip to Lahser High School to see how

they publish their newspaper

Students participated at the Ladies Luncheon Students participated at our 10

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Reading Works: Family Literacy Pilot Project

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Thank You to our

Thank You to our

Sponsors

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