Bridging the gap between poverty and success is a challenge for all academies. This session will highlight the obstacles associated with students who are economically disadvantaged and provide practical solutions for supporting students facing these problems.

1. Ways to zip through your Zip Code obstacles to experience success:
Choose four of the following obstacles that your Academy is facing and
brainstorm in your group the best possible solutions.
*Advisory Board *Parent Involvement *Community Involvement *Overcome Resources Deficit
*Perseverance *Branding *Culminating Project w/core teachers *Internships *Mentor Involvement
• Each six weeks the
students must bring
their parents to at
least one event or
use SKYPE for
conferences.
•Have more social time
with core teachers
outside of school; for
example: bowling or
dinner. This will
broaden the team and
work load distribution.
• have monthly church
service with students.
Have the students
vote for the church of
their choosing.
• Send out a list of
calendar events to
various corporations
with proposals for
donations in advance
for the years activities.
Problem #1
Overcome
Resource
Deficit
Problem #2
Community
Involvement
Problem #3
Parent
Involvement
Problem #4
Perseverance

2. The Academy of __________________________________ Possible Zip Code Obstacles
Problem
#1
Problem
#2
Problem
#3
Problem
#4