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Healthy Habits Program Teaches a Healthy Lifestyle in Schools
September 29th, 2011
New Orleans Outreach’s Healthy Habits program is generating interest as evidence is showing more and more that a healthy lifestyle is an integral to a student’s success in school.
New Orleans Outreach Power Ties puts Ashe students on the job
March 1st, 2011
After previous workshops and activities during which students learn to write resumes, interview for jobs, and present themselves professionally, the New Orleans Outreach Power Ties Program hosted job site visits, the final and most exciting event for the students on Friday, February 25. The video clip below, originally aired on WGNO, shows Ashe students getting [...]
New Orleans Outreach Power Ties Career Day on WGNO-TV
February 23rd, 2011
Watch this WGNO-TV story on 50 Arthur Ashe students who participated in our “Power Ties” Career Day.
Students Take a Lesson in Interview 101
January 30th, 2011
Volunteers from all over New Orleans greeted more than fifty 8th grade students from the New Orleans charter school, Samuel J. Green, at the Junior League of New Orleans Headquarters for a Career Day on January 26, 2011. The students arrived eagerly, looking forward putting their newly acquired skills to the test in a face-to-face [...]
Data-Driven Tutoring Program Shines
January 12th, 2011
New Orleans Outreach has piloted its newly developed Data-Driven Tutoring Program at four schools this year, with remarkable success. Particularly noteworthy are the outcomes of our work at New Orleans Charter Science and Math Academy (Sci Academy), a school that only opened in 2008 with 9th graders who came ill-prepared for high school. The results [...]
We’re Making PROGRESS
January 1st, 2011
Quietly, almost under the radar, public education in New Orleans has begun to improve. In fact, since Katrina New Orleans has become the hub of public education reform in the United States. Believe it. Students are succeeding. Schools are improving. It is up you if the trend is to continue. There are many reasons – [...]
Outreach Featured on WWNO Community Impact Series
May 25th, 2010
NEW ORLEANS, LA (WWNO) – Teachers, staff and school leaders aren’t the only ones making a difference in the promising new realm of public education in New Orleans. Every day, local residents from all walks of life are leading after-school classes, enrichment programs, tutoring sessions and workshops in art, music, writing, life skills and more. [...]
Entergy Charitable Foundation Donation Supports Outreach
March 3rd, 2010
New Orleans Outreach is pleased to announce that the Entergy Charitable Foundation recently made a $60,000 commitment to support Outreach’s programming in its partner schools. According to Executive Director Claudia Barker, “Entergy’s investment offers a tremendous boost to all of our programming efforts. It translates into improved student academic performance as we further enhace classroom [...]
New Orleans Outreach Seeks Volunteers to Make a Difference
October 13th, 2009
In Lakeview, there was too much work to be done to rest on Labor Day – workers nailing, saws buzzing, and construction crews worked late into the Monday evening.
Power Ties Program Expands to Include High School Students
October 3rd, 2009
New Orleans Outreach is pleased to announce an expansion in its Power Ties career awareness program.
Photographer Captures Outreach on Film
October 1st, 2009
Rebecca Zilenziger, a professional photographer from San Juan, Puerto Rico, volunteered to take beautiful photos of our students.
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