SmartDC - Community Partners

SmartDC - Partner Sites

826DC

826DC is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6-18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write. GW students participate in the program's After-School Writing Lab where they help students build confidence, strengthen their writing skills, and make friends with fellow authors, as well as provide support for their school-based programming at Noyse Elementary.

Team Leader: Megan Churchill (@ Noyse Elementary), megan [dot] churchillgwu [dot] edu (megan[dot]churchill[at]gwu[dot]edu), Annika Hedlund, a [dot] hedlundgwu [dot] edu (a[dot]hedlund[at]gwu[dot]edu),  Lauren Patrick, laurenpatrickgwu [dot] edu (laurenpatrick[at]gwu[dot]edu)

For Love of Children

For Love of Children (FLOC) provides educational services beyond the classroom to help students succeed from first grade through college and career. FLOC brings together students, volunteers, families, and community partners in proven programs that teach, empower, and transform.

Team Leader:  Ruby Leonard, ruby [dot] leonardgwmail [dot] gwu [dot] edu (ruby[dot]leonard[at]gwu[dot]edu) and Edgar Zuniga, edgar [dot] zunigagwu [dot] edu (edgar[dot]zuniga[at]gwu[dot]edu)

Higher Achievement

Higher Achievement closes the opportunity gap during the pivotal middle school years. By leveraging the power of communities, Higher Achievement’s proven model provides a rigorous year-round learning environment, caring role models, and a culture of high expectations, resulting in college-bound scholars with the character, confidence, and skills to succeed.

Team Leader:  Chloe Brooks, chloebrooksgwu [dot] edu (chloebrooks[at]gwu[dot]edu) (@Brookland Middle School), Elissa Colon Pan, elissa [dot] colonpangwu [dot] edu (elissa[dot]colonpan[at]gwu[dot]edu) (@Eliot-Hine Middle Schooll)

Horton's Kids

Horton’s Kids empowers children growing up in DC’s most under-resourced communities so that they graduate from high school ready for success in college, career, and life. They serve 600 children and their families living in Wellington Park & Stanton Oaks – neighborhoods that have been profoundly impacted by decades of disinvestment and barriers to opportunity. Horton’s Kids provides holistic services for families and kids through four main pillars: academics, youth development, health and wellness, and family engagement. 

Team Leader: Ferdoos Baghbanian, ferdoos [dot] baghbaniangwu [dot] edu (ferdoos[dot]baghbanian[at]gwu[dot]edu)

Team Leader: Rommel Mendez-Lopez, rommel [dot] mendezlopezgwu [dot] edu (rommel[dot]mendezlopez[at]gwu[dot]edu), Kimora Williams, kimoraw26gwu [dot] edu (kimoraw26[at]gwu[dot]edu)

Raising a Village

Raising a Village works to build safe, healthy and whole communities by increasing access to education, health and wellness, and the arts in underserved areas throughout Washington D.C.One of their initiatives involves a youth-development program that provides K-12 students support in math and literacy, social-emotional learning, and college and career readiness.

Team Leader: Mikal Armstrong, mka823gwu [dot] edu (mka823[at]gwu[dot]edu), Avery Cochran, averycgwu [dot] edu (averyc[at]gwu[dot]edu), and Fartun Hassan, fartun [dot] hassangwu [dot] edu (fartun[dot]hassan[at]gwu[dot]edu)
 

Reading Partners

Their mission is to help children become lifelong readers by empowering communities to provide individualized instruction with measurable results. They provide school-based in-person tutoring across the District. Currently, GW students are working with students from Malcolm X Elementary School and Van Ness Elementary School.

Team Leaders: Samaa Afoke, samaa [dot] afokegwu [dot] edu (samaa[dot]afoke[at]gwu[dot]edu) 

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