Values

At LA Kick-Start Program we
believe that:
They key to closing the
academic achievement
gap is through a
supportive community.
Excellence in education
and quality teaches can
make a difference.
To provide students with
cognitive and social skills
that will help them enter
school with motivation,
security, and curiosity.
People have the right to
express and practice their
cultural and artistic
heritage

Goal
Through academic
preparation and support youth
of limited access will have a
chance to close the
educational achievement gap.

Our Mission:

Students who get caught in the

educational gap are six times more
likely to drop out of high school
which will cost the nation over 200
billion dollars welfare and health
care cost and increased crime. This
is because students who drop out of
school have a 51% chance of
staying unemployed.
Horizons National . N.p., 2014. Web. 1 Nov. 2014.
<http://www.horizonsnational.org/impact>.

The LA Summer Kick-Start

program mission is to provide
equal educational opportunity.
We believe that all children
and youth regardless of
economic status or race can
receive access to great
education. By providing
students with material and
support, we are providing them
with the opportunity to achieve
a better future.

Did You Know?

Children whose parents have
not completed high school are
twice as likely to be poor (48%)
than are children of parents
with a high school diploma
(25%), while 3% of children
with either parent holding a
college degree are poor. 1.
In California, black students are
six times more likely than white
students to attend one of the
bottom third of schools in the
state, and Latino and poor
students are nearly four times
as likely as white students to
attend one of the worstperforming third of schools
(EdTrust West, 2010).

Education is the most powerful weapon which

- Nelson Mandela
you can use to change the world

Source and Citations:

1.

Annual Social and Economic

Supplement, Americas Families
and Living Arrangements, Table
C8, Current Population Survey.
(2008). Washington, DC: U.S.
Department of Commerce, Bureau
of the Census.

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LA kick-Start summer program can
only achieve its goal with the
assistance of generous donation
from members of our community.
Without these donations helping a
child in the area would not be
possible. Donate now and persuade
a child to a higher education!

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