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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; High-Frequency

Words, Word Recognition, Spelling, Vocabulary and Comprehension (p

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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% of students report feeling safe at school

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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 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.

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