Say Yes to Education values and realizes the promise and extraordinary potential of Syracuse City School District students according to Ned Deuel, chair of the Board of Education.
The Say Yes to Education: Syracuse program combines comprehensive, high-quality and sustained academic, social, emotional, health and family supports throughout the K-12 years, and culminates with the incentive of free college tuition for SCSD graduates who meet residency and college admission requirements into one of nearly 100 higher education institutions in the Say Yes compact.
The Say Yes Higher Education Compact eliminates the most significant obstacle faced by families across the income spectrum—the high cost of a quality post-secondary education. K-12 supports include after-school and summer camp programs, tutoring, mentoring, family outreach and engagement, social work/counseling services, health and wellness programs and legal clinics.
The mission of Say Yes is to value and realize the promise and extraordinary potential of economically disadvantaged youth and families. Say Yes recognizes the daunting challenges faced by children living in poverty, but knows through experience and field tested results that children can overcome these challenges when given holistic support.
Syracuse is making history, implementing the only program of its kind and scale in the nation. By innovatively linking the chain between the public, private, and non-profit sectors, Syracuse Say Yes is not so much a ‘program’ or a ‘project’, but rather a citywide college-access movement poised to rejuvenate the city and build a sustainable model for developing our most precious asset---our children and youth---and, ultimately, positioning the Syracuse economy to compete globally.
To download the December 2009 Say Yes Update, go to:
