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Young adults needed for summer youth employment program

South Florida Workforce has begun the recruitment process for our Summer Youth Employment Program. They are recruiting for both youth (14 – 24 year of age) and employers.

South Florida Workforce Investment Board’s (SFWIB) Summer Youth Employment Program will provide job opportunities to approximately 1,440 to 2,000 low-income young adults ages 14-24 residing in both Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties, earning $8-$10 an hour for 140-160 hours to include 20 hours of work readiness skills training.

For more information visit: http://www.southfloridaworkforce.com/w/youthSummer.html

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Breakthrough Miami students help clean up a West Grove cemetery

The students, part of the Breakthrough Miami program, put a fresh coat of white paint on the graves and helped rake away leaves that had accumulated on the site over the months.

The program – which used to be known as Summerbridge Miami  -  is in its 17th year and is geared toward students from disadvantaged communities who want to get ahead in the school system.

Through after school tutoring, community service projects, extracurricular activities and a short summer program, the students are groomed for top high schools like DASH Academy, a magnet school in Miami’s design district, and MAST Academy.

The ultimate goal is to get the students into college.

“Most of these kids give up their summers for the three years they are actually in middle school. They are advancing their studies. When they come in as a sixth grader, they are doing eighth grade work,” said Jamael Stewart, a senior site director at Breakthrough Miami.

Founded in 1991 at Ransom Everglades, Breakthrough Miami is modeled after the original Summerbridge program established in 1978 at University High School in San Francisco

According to a report from the National Center for Education Statistics, only 7% of low-income eighth grade students complete a bachelor’s degree 12 years later, compared to 60 % of high-income students.

With a grant for $3.25 million from the Knight Foundation and the support of Ransom Everglades School, the administrators of the program say they plan to increase the number of students they serve from 300 to more than 1,100 by 2012.

Breakthrough Miami is currently looking for high school juniors, seniors and college students interested in teaching during the upcoming summer session, which runs from June 11 to Aug. 6.

The teacher internship application is online at https://www.breakthroughcollaborative.org/apply/app-2009-00bd.htm.

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Library changes dates for arts and crafts, SMART program tutoring

The previously scheduled Valentine’s arts and crafts project at the Coconut Grove Library on Feb. 13 will take place a day earlier.

The library, 2875 McFarlane Rd., decided to close on the 13^th because of the Coconut Grove Arts Festival, which runs Feb. 13-15 along South Bayshore Drive, beginning at McFarlane. The event is expected to attract as many as 150,000 people.
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