YLC SWAG

The focus of district 622’s Youth Leadership Council (YLC) this winter is a project called SWAG (Students Working on the Achievement Gap). The Achievement Gap is a big issue that happens in this country, so this year the SWAG project will focus on closing the Gap when it comes to the difference in test scores of white and non-white students on the GRAD Reading, Math and Science tests. The test results show that non-white students are scoring lower on the GRAD tests.
At their November 11th meeting, YLC members decided to take the Achievement Gap into their own hands and partner with Richardson Elementary School. Richardson is a school that has lower test scores in reading and math. North High Students have been recruited to help close the Gap by mentoring a Richardson student. Every Tuesday after school, about 20 NHS students will go to Richardson and read to a student for one hour.
The purpose of YLC is to work to improve the community and also help other groups by giving grants for them to do service learning project to help the community too. YLC have been around for three year now, and meets once or twice per month to receive necessary training to help guide youth development programs.