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HOW THE CCEJ-QUANTUM Quantum Opportunities Program is an after-school program providing intensive case management, mentoring, supplemental education, developmental activities, community service activities, support services, and financial incentives for at-risk youth entering high school. Participation in then program was primarily aimed at increasing high school graduation rates and postsecondary education and training enrollment. Secondary aims of the program included improving high school academic grades and test scores and reducing engagement with risky behaviors such as substance abuse and teen parenting. Throughout the duration of the Eisenhower Quantum model, youth participants, identified as Associates, are offered programming in each of the following components:
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QUANTUM OPPORTUNITIES' LOCAL TEENS WIN MEDALS AND LAPTOP:
A recent bonanza of prizes were won by sophomores from St. Petersburg and Gibbs High Schools who are "Associates"; in the Quantum Opportunities after-school intervention program, run by a visionary local non-profit corporation, the Center for Community and Economic Justice, Inc. (CCEJ). CCEJ – Quantum coached two separate teams of 7 Quantum Program participants each (pictured above), who show-cased their computer technology skills and American history knowledge to win bronze medals, sophisticated electronic devices and even a new laptop computer. ..... |
Emmett Folgert-Eisenhower Foundation The CCEJ-Quantum Opportunities program, an after-school program for high school students, was formally introduced to the St. Petersburg, Florida community recently. The program's sponsor; The Center for Community and Economic Justice, Inc, (CCEI; filled its auditorium, located at 2734 Central Avenue,... with a stellar group of elected officials.......- QUANTUM FIELD TRIPS |
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