Educating Young Minds

100% High School Graduation rate

It goes beyond raising grades.

“We have the receipts”

Why You ShouldSupport EYM

Our culture is our inspiration. Our methodology is our foundation. Our graduates are our evidence. Our educators, mentors, collaborative partners, tech developers, and executive and alumni board, are our expertise.

A Taproot Foundation program audit found EYM delivers a higher level of quality services and resources than comparable programs.

The Taproot Foundation conducted a six-month program audit comparing the EYM culture and methodology to other successful supplemental education programs e.g., Beyond the Bell, Bresee, and others. The results demonstrated that comparatively, EYM provides a higher level of quality services and resources including: more individualized attention, more learning time, consistent high levels of college entrance and graduation rates, customized curriculum for students with varied learning abilities, lower teacher to student ratios, college scholarships, computer access with software needed for homework/projects, extended hours during weekdays and significant parent participation/accountability.

More individualized attention
More learning time & extended weekday hours
High college entrance & graduation rates
Customized curriculum for varied learners
Lower teacher-to-student ratios
College scholarships
Computer access with homework software
Strong parent participation & accountability

Impact in numbers

Results that keep families coming back

Graduating HS Seniors

Awarded and Pledged in college scholarships

Thousands

Of Students Served

Graduating 4 Year Institutions

Who we are

Mission & Desire

Two sides of the same promise: who we serve, and the outcomes we fight for every day.

Our mission

Holistic transformation

EYMs’ multifaceted, virtual and non-virtual holistic methodology and culturally relevant platforms and strategies, impact our student’s academic, emotional, social, and professional lives

EYM’s multifaceted programs, methodology, and culturally relevant resources and services for low-income, high-risk, at-risk youth and their families expand, extend, and employ EYM’s preventive-intervention socio-academic and life skill platforms and strategies.

EYM provides virtual and non-virtual programs, resources, and services guided by developmentally appropriate principles for students in grades PreK–12.

Serving students and families, PreK through 12th grade and young adults

Our desire

Outcomes we chase

To equip students with the knowledge, resilience, confidence, and opportunities needed to succeed throughout their educational journey and into adulthood.

Decrease staggering middle and high school dropout rates in low-income communities
Improve grade point averages (GPAs)
Bring technology education and programming to underserved neighborhoods
Increase college acceptance rates among underrepresented students
Reduce the juvenile incarceration to prison pipeline
Encourage parent/guardian engagement with community resources
Collaborate with shared resources

Our mission

Holistic transformation

EYMs’ multifaceted, virtual and non-virtual holistic methodology and culturally relevant platforms and strategies, impact our student’s academic, emotional, social, and professional lives

EYM provides virtual and non-virtual programs, resources, and services guided by developmentally appropriate principles for students in grades PreK–12.

Serving students and families, PreK through 12th grade and young adults

Framework

Specific needs EYM addresses

Socio-academic and life-skill support woven through every program.

Academics in all subjects (GPAs) Pre K-12th grades
Life & behavior skills
Financial literacy
College SAT
College prep
Tech Integration
Workforce Develoment and career building
Self-esteem
Communication skills
Family values & social skills
Peer pressure & bullying
Socio-emotional strengths and weaknesses
Building relationships
Healing from past victimization

Alumni voices

Stories from the EYM family

Real journeys from students who grew with Educating Young Minds.

“At EYM with their tutors not only did I pass my Trigonometry class, I became one of the first students to receive a scholarship from EYM in 1999 and graduate from USC with honors in 2003. In 2007, I graduated with a Masters Degree in Counseling - Marriage and Family Child Therapy.”

LaShia Ransom

EYM Alum

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Community partners

100% High School Graduation rate

Why You ShouldSupport EYM

Results that keep families coming back

Mission & Desire

Holistic transformation

Outcomes we chase

Holistic transformation

Specific needs EYM addresses

Stories from the EYM family

Our supporters