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ASAP Overview

A remediation and academic enrichment program for students at the Middle School Academy in South Boston and Orchard Gardens K-8 in Roxbury.

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"... thank you for the COMPASS Afterschool Program... my children have benefited greatly. This program has taught them more self-discipline and improved their studying and learning to respect authority as well as their peers. But most importantly their grades have improved substantially..."

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"... I have attended the parents meetings (from) which I have learned a great deal about the program. Programs like COMPASS mean higher quality students which will become successful adults; COMPASS means inner city children will have a greater chance to learn and have a choice in getting a good education... "

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After School Action Program Expands to Orchard Gardens K-8

Building on its recent success at Boston's Middle School Academy in Dorchester, COMPASS' After School Action Program (A.S.A.P.) has expanded its services to the Orchard Gardens K-8 School located on Albany Street in Roxbury.

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After School Action Program

Remediation and academic and enrichment programs

COMPASS' After School Action Program (A.S.A.P.) provides remediation and academic enrichment services for low-income students at the Middle School Academy, located in South Boston's Gavin Middle School, and at Roxbury's Orchard Gardens K-8 School. Goals include:
  • to enable children to achieve substantially higher levels of academic performance and personal achievement.
  • to foster a family/residential environment that encourages students' academic and social growth
  • to draw on community resources to assist students who have academic and/or social problems.

A Long History Providing After School Services

COMPASS has been providing quality After School services since 1987 when it opened its first After School Program at the Dever School in Dorchester, called Harbor Point After School Program. This program was begun with the support of Joe Corcoran, founder and chairman of Corcoran-Jennison Companies, and a grant from the City of Boston.

Joe is "credited as a pioneer in advancing the concept of mixed income housing and converting troubled public housing projects into successful communities." Joe led the partnership that transformed Dorchester's Columbia Point public housing into Harbor Point, which became a national model for mixed-income, public-private partnership housing.

Contacts

Anne-Carol Malone, Director
(857) 220-2333, x320

Violence Prevention

The Program

Map & Directions

Gavin Middle School
Orchard Gardens K-8

Stories and Quotes

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