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West Broad Street YMCA Summer 2013 Program

Participants in the West Broad Street

YMCAs 2013 summer program were

assessed along a number of dimensions

using a literacy test and a survey

developed in conjunction with a local

university. Highlights from the findings

are discussed here. Average scores

improved in all literacy subtests.

Participants demonstrated statistically-

significant improvements in five areas;

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The majority of participants report learning new things at the WBSY (88%) and

making friends at the WBSY (91%). Most participants report liking the teachers at

the WBSY (63% like all of the teachers and 35% like some of them). Ninety-three

percent of participants report liking the activities offered at the WBSY.

Ninety-two percent of participants report feeling safe at the WBSY. Contrast this

response with a survey conducted by the local school district in 2012, in which 78%

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Eighty-eight percent of respondents report getting mostly As and Bs in school.

Fifty-four percent of participants say they like school and an additional 34% report

liking it at least sometimes. Eighty-percent of participants report they enjoy

reading.

Ninety-six percent of participants plan to

complete high school and 71% plan to attend a

four-year college, with an additional 8%

planning to attend a two-year college. Some

evidence suggested the more often young

people visit the WBSY, the more likely they are

to plan on attending college.

Seventy-nine percent of

participants report they do not

have friends who drink alcohol nor

do they have friends who use

drugs. Furthermore, participants

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who report making friends at the WBSY are less likely to report having friends who

use alcohol and drugs.

Ninety-six percent of participants, and 100% of female participants, report

appropriate resistance skills if encouraged by a friend to use alcohol or drugs (walk

away, tell an adult, etc.).

There was also some evidence suggesting a potential relationship between WBSY

attendance and in-school suspensions. Those participants reporting having been

sent to in-school suspension five or more times over the last year also reported

visiting the WBSY less often than all other groups.