An Update: Kicking Off Year Two. D ESTINATION G RADUATION INITIATIVE Coming Jobs WarWhen the Boomers...

An Update: Kicking Off Year Two

DESTINATION GRADUATION INITIATIVE

Coming Jobs War When the Boomers Bail

GOALIncrease theGraduation Rate in Stanislaus County

Currently 82.5%

THE JOB MARKET OF YESTERYEAR

TODAY’S JOB MARKET

KICKING OFF YEAR TWOAugust 16Opened Steve

Wozniak with Destination Graduation

800 in attendance

333 students in the gallery courtesy of DMC

THE FIVE PILLARS

Sharing of Best Practices

Mentoring

Road Trip…journey to success

Parent Awareness/Engagement Campaign

Grade Level Reading

2013-14 Enrolled 372 Graduated 100

2014-15Enrolled 252 to

date150 have

attended orientations

Adding locations

SHARING BEST PRACTICES

DESTINATION GRADUATION - DOWNTOWN

1030 11th Street238-6500

MENTORING

Recruiting mentors Supporting mentorsPreparing mentors

Mentoring SummitJanuary 23, 2015

Sierra Vista

ID at-risk 6th graders

Provide an intense summer experience to prep for junior high

Connect them with an advisor at school

Follow them through to high school graduation

PARENT AWARENESS/ENGAGEMENT

County-wide, Community Campaign focused on:Kindergarten Readiness

Attendance“Summer Slide”

WHAT CAN YOU DOTO HELP DESTINATION GRADUATION SUCCEED?