{"id":10877,"date":"2018-03-02T16:21:49","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T21:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/?p=10877\/"},"modified":"2020-06-29T17:46:30","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T21:46:30","slug":"raise-grade-helps-youth-plan-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/raise-grade-helps-youth-plan-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Raise the Grade helps youth plan their future"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]\n<p>Angi Eddy can\u2019t say enough about the impact of Raise the Grade in her community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been able to help a teen who dropped out of high school get back into classes,\u201d explains the Education Supervisor of Boys &amp; Girls Club Services of Greater Victoria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI watched a young mother defy all the expectations she had for herself and apply to college. A youth who failed all her classes last year recently showed me a report card that is honour roll-worthy. And the program has been running for less than 6 months!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Angi works at the brand new Central Saanich Club facility, which serves a large population of youth from the Tsartlip, Pauquachin, Tseycum and Tsawout First Nations. The community identified a need for the kind of academic support and mentoring that Raise the Grade (RTG) offers young people.<\/p>\n<p>Realizing the new facility wouldn\u2019t be completed until January, Angi took the initiative to start running RTG sessions at a local coffee shop, bringing laptops and tablets and meeting with youth a few times a week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s amazing to see the kids discover education and career opportunities they had never considered or even thought possible,\u201d says Angi. \u201cOften the youth haven\u2019t been told that they can succeed in school and it\u2019s a privilege to support and celebrate them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With the grand opening of the Club\u2019s Raise the Grade Tech Centre, young people now have a dedicated space where they can go after school. They\u2019re getting help with their homework and connecting with mentors and other youth as they increase their digital literacy and make plans for their post-secondary future.<\/p>\n<p>Angi is amazed by how quickly a community of youth has developed around the program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s inspiring to see kids with different backgrounds having organic, youth-led conversations about issues that matter to them. We are seeing stellar role modeling and relationships develop between the older and younger participants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Tech Centre is now regularly filled to capacity and Angi believes this is due in part to making educational technology available to youth who don\u2019t have easy access to computers or the Internet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRaise the Grade is such an opportunity,\u201d she says. \u201cEvery day, we are seeing an increase in interest and in motivation. 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