Academic Support

The main focus at Hope Leadership Academy is to help our participants gain the tools and confidence to excel in high school, gain entrance to a college and succeed in graduating from a four-year college degree. Our case management system helps to ensure that each participant is getting the support and attention necessary for these goals. Participants are given a primary person (a staff member) who will make a holistic assessment of the student and ensure that all areas of the student’s life are on track. When staff notices a gap in a student’s educational needs, they have access to volunteer tutors who can meet with the student weekly. The staff team is also available to students who need help with academics but do not have a scheduled tutoring session.

Tutoring

Many of our participants need help to strengthen their academic skills and reinforce the education they are getting in public schools in New York City. The tutoring program at Hope Leadership Academy supports teens in their educational pursuits by providing them with individual or group tutoring help for the school curriculum as well as standardized tests. Our goals are for our participants to succeed in college and receive a 4-year degree. In order to help them attain this goal, our tutoring program helps teens improve their grades in high school and increase their confidence in their educational abilities. Teens commit to a schedule with a volunteer tutor for one hour per week in the subject that they are struggling in most. The highly trained tutor will assess the students’ needs and provide them individualized academic help.

Open to young people 14-18 enrolled at Hope.

Tutoring sessions are planned by the tutors and students to fit their schedules.