Because we know these students have greater potential than they have shown in the past. Most are as intelligent as those on the A honor roll, but have simply “lost their way”.
Because we believe that we can provide these students with new ways of doing things and a stimulation to try them.
“If you keep on doing what you have always done, you will keep on getting what you have always got!”
STRIVE works!
Statistically, 75-80% of those who made the commitment to Strive criteria improved their GPA. These students had a 91% attendance average. They knew that the school and the community were pulling for them through the efforts of the volunteers at the Strive “Power Meetings”.