Partnerships

SHAREFEST

Sharefest – Avalon High School Partnership

Purpose:  to help students discover a pathway to graduation and achieve their full potential.

Benefits: Sharefest Youth Development Academy programming provides:

- Students opportunities to accelerate their graduation completion through the participation in flex-time classes

- Students receive engaging instruction in subjects that will help them to explore their skills and talents, discovering their potential as a leader to their communities

- Students necessary academic, social, and emotional support to successfully navigate challenges

- Avalon High School with more graduate-ready students

- Avalon High School with extra support in meeting the needs of students

- Avalon High School students motivation to learn and achieve academic milestones

- The Wilmington and Carson communities with youth ready to apply their learning in positive expressions of community belief and concern

What They Accomplish: In 14 weeks of classes each semester, Sharefest provides academic credit and mentorship services to help students achieve school success. Classes are designed to cultivate:

- Positive academic abilities

- Socio-emotional growth

- Leadership skills

Classes are offered in the following areas, depending on the semester:

- Communication Skills for Life

- College Preparation

- Digital Art/World Literature

- Creative Writing

Sharefest understands just how valuable their programs are to a teenager who may have been turned-off by school and can now see how school can be transformed into relevant life-long learning. And this is often the difference between graduation and drop-out.