Program aims to help incoming freshmen adjust
Rod Sutton believes he can reach the bored, disruptive, and disillusioned students who slip through the cracks of the public school system. This summer, Sutton and a dozen University City faculty laid what they hope is the groundwork for a transformed school. Every weekday for five weeks, 75 of the 114 incoming freshmen attended the Summer Bridge program, where they learned the tricks of navigating high school, the value of a diploma, the need to separate the classroom from the streets.The voluntary program rewarded them with a half credit toward graduation. Kristen A. Graham, Philadelphia Inquirer, August 12, 2009
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