Yes Schools

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<p>YES SCHOOLS
Founded in 1998, YES is a free, open-enrollment public school system that serves low-income minority students in 6th-12th grade. Our charter mandates that students must be accepted to a four-year college in order to receive their high school diploma. YES is the only school in greater Houston to make Newsweek’s list of the top 100 public schools in America for two years in a row. There are currently five YES campuses in Houston that serve 2,100 students: </p>

<p>80% of YES students are economically-disadvantaged
95% are Hispanic or African-American
86% are first-generation college-bound
Most students enter YES at least one grade level behind in math and English
The YES model provides an intimate environment for learning that is also big enough to offer the activities and resources that will prepare students for collegiate success. At YES, students:</p>

<p>Benefit from an extended school day that includes clubs and athletics
Devote one Saturday each month to community service
Attend a three-week summer school session
Experience yearly college research trips to schools across the country
Participate in a comprehensive college counseling program
YES Prep’s ultimate goal is to create a critical mass of college educated students who can then return to Houston and bring real change to our city’s disadvantaged neighborhoods and communities.</p>

<p>What Makes YES Different
Commitment to Excellence: Every year parents, teachers, and students sign a contract that says they will do “Whatever It Takes” to pursue the YES mission of collegiate success</p>

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<p>works better with IE than mozilla</p>

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<p>Simba - the required 3 week summer courses…Do the students get to choose the subject or is it SAT and ACT Prep??</p>

<p>Great Program!!</p>

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<p>Another example of why “one size fits all” public education is a defective model. Why do we think the messy, complicated system of higher education is so successful while public primary and secondary schools are less so? Could it be that colleges work more like a free market, with choices and an economic relationship between the provider of the service (the school) and the buyer (the student), and that public primary and secondary schools are more like a Soviet collective farm? Just asking…</p>