What It Does
LGR runs afterschool programs that prepare students for college and tutor them for the SATs. The course is open to high school juniors and seniors (grade 11 - 12 in USA).
LGR program managers recruit highly skilled college students who are passionate about education and/or college access to serve as paid site directors. New site directors are chosen for each site each semester, although there is room for continuity. Site Directors recruit talented college coaches and eager high school students, typically working with a site partner, which may be a community center (for example, LGR works with the Goddard Riverside Center), a college program (for example, LGR works extensively with the CUNY Black Male Initiative), or a high school (for example, LGR runs a program that sends Columbia University students to Frederick Douglass Academy). LGR then provides training to the college coaches and support to site directors, and the program begins. Each high school student receives 39 hours of completely free SAT preparation lessons, including practice tests, and 15 hours of college guidance. Students and coaches often develop powerful bonds, and many coaches return year after year.
Students benefit greatly from LGR, posting an average 110 point increase in SAT scores. Many students have seen scores rise by 300-400 points.
Over 90% of LGR program graduates go directly to college after high school.
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