The Byrne Urban Scholars (formerly the Byrne Foundation) is a nonprofit tax-exempt organization that helps disadvantaged young people earn their high school diplomas through a combination of financial and personal support. The Byrne Urban Scholars wants to make it possible for inner-city youths to compete more successfully for employment, become better qualified for further education, achieve greater personal fulfillment, and contribute more productively to society. The 92 youth served by the organization are disproportionately at risk of dropping out of high school due to complex risk factors. Many students are growing up poor in an atmosphere of crime, neglect, and chaos. To address this problem, The Byrne Urban Scholars agrees to pay a portion of an at-risk student’s tuition throughout four years of non-public high school education with minimum graduation rates of 90% and teams the young man or woman with a mentor. The organization provides one-onone tutoring for students needing extra assistance during the school year as well as daily study halls, study skills training and educational workshops. For more information go to: www.byrnefoundation.org
Colorado Youth at Risk empowers teenage students to make life choices that positively impact their future through community-based mentoring and intensive training. Colorado Youth at Risk aims to reduce the number of high school dropouts, match students with an adult mentor and provide students with a sense of the future and their place in that future. For more information go to: www.coloradoyouthatrisk.org
Escuela de Guadalupe is a community-based, financially
accessible K-5 school of excellence that develops compassionate
leaders for the world of tomorrow. It focuses on providing a
quality dual-language education, rooted in Catholic values.
Escuela students emerge with grade-level or higher literacy
skills in both English and Spanish, and transition to some of
the most competitive middle and high school programs in Denver.
For more information go to: www.escuelaguadalupe.org
I am the fourth out of five children, and I will be the first to graduate and get a diploma! The accomplishments that I have made thought this past year have become a big part of my life. I will be attending Front Range Community College of Westminister, and plan to have a career so that I may become responsible and independent, and also become a sophisticated woman!
