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| Last updated on September 10, 2008 |
HEAF is a comprehensive supplemental education and youth development organization that works to help motivated public school students develop the intellectual curiosity, academic ability, social values and personal resilience they need to ensure success in school, career and life. HEAF identifies students in middle school and supports them until they are successfully admitted to four-year colleges through a variety of after-school, Saturday and summer educational and youth development programs.
Description:
HEAF's program is a parallel program of academic enrichment and youth development. High Expectations is a program for middle school students that provides academic enrichment and accelerated classes and prepares students for acceptance into the city's top public high schools. HEAF offers students ongoing guidance once they are admitted to competitive high schools and helps students develop collegiate profiles in our College Quest program.
History:
HEAF has served over 1000 students over the last 15 years through its school improvement and enrichment programs. The current program serves an average of 180-200 students a year. Over 90% of HEAF students who begin in our middle school program go onto 4-year colleges and universities compared with the state average of roughly 54% for all high school students. 71% of these college students completed their baccalaureate studies in 5 years or less compared with a national average of roughly 30% for most African American and Latino students. Over the last seven years, approximately 64% of HEAF students who continued onto 4-year colleges attended very competitive or competitive colleges and universities. These included: Yale, Swarthmore, Columbia, SUNY Binghamton, Syracuse, University of Virginia, Morehouse and George Washington University to name a few.
Contact people:
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Danielle Moss Lee, President, (212) 663-9732, (email)
Merle McGee, VP Of Programs, (212) 663-9732, (email)
Tanya Wiggins, Director Of High Expectations, (212) 663-9732, (email) |
Office fax number: (212) 663-9736
Address:
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2090 Seventh Avenue, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10027
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Web Site: http://www.heaf.org
Directions:
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We are located between 124th and 125th Street on 7th Avenue also known as Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard. You may take all major train lines to 125th Street. For West Side b,c,d and a lines walk east on 125th. . . (more)
Nearest Metro/Subway Stop: 125th Street,
Walk distance (in minutes): 5 minutes
Nearest Bus Stop: 125th and 7th Avenue, 1 minute minute walk |
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