The Project Y.E.S. program (Youth Experiencing Success) provides in-school support to identified students in grades 6-12 in the Allegany County Public School System. In addition to teaching basic life skills, communication, and organizational skills, the program offers tutoring, mentoring, career and college planning, and connections to a variety of other community services. The program promotes good grades, positive behavior, resiliency, success, and attendance. Coordinators assist students with the difficult transition from elementary to middle, middle to high school and The Center for Career and Technical Education, to college, trade school, parenthood, and/or employment.  The Y.E.S. program extends support to Y.E.S. students in the RESTART Program and the YMCA Program as services have expanded to support students in grades 6 through 12. Y.ES. support is not only inside the schools with tutoring and support, but expanded into the community for our students.

The most unique aspect of this program is that it offers a continuity of support across a student’s entire secondary experience. Students have the opportunity to develop a close network of support within their own schools as well as with students in the other Project Y.E.S. programs. 

Y.E.S. OFFERS:

• GOOD GRADES AND ATTENDANCE
• MENTORING
• COLLEGE AND CAREER PLANNING
• ADVOCATE FOR STUDENTS
• LIAISON TO IN-HOUSE/OUTSIDE RESOURCES & COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
• ASSISTS STUDENTS IN OBTAINING SERVICE LEARNING HOURS THROUGH MANY COMMUNITY PROJECTS
• EMPOWERS STUDENTS TO TAKE LEADERSHIP ROLES IN HELPING FELLOW Y.E.S. STUDENTS THROUGH GROUPS AND  MENTORING OTHER STUDENTS
• GUEST SPEAKERS INVOLVING OUTSIDE RESOURCES , PRESENT AND GRADUATED Y.E.S. STUDENTS
• SUPPORT GROUPS
• SUPPORTS Y.E.S. STUDENTS AND FAMILIES IN NEED
• OFFERS FREE PROM DRESSES TO ALL-COUNTY STUDENTS  IN NEED EACH HIGHSCHOOL HAS AN INVENTORY OF GOWNS
• FIELD TRIPS AS AN INCENTIVE TO STUDENTS TO OBTAIN GOOD GRADES, ATTENDANCE, IMPROVEMENT, AND POSITIVE BEHAVIOR
• MAINTAINS REGULAR CONTACT WITH PARENTS TO REINFORCE STUDENT SUCCESS
• COLLABORATES WITH SCHOOL STAFF IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT PROGRAM AND ENSURE STUDENT SUCCESS
• JOB SHADOWING OPPORTUNITIES