What People Say about
Up On Top
I know when Daisha is at Up On Top, she is safe, having fun, meeting new
friends, plus she is
experiencing new and different things. I have four children and three
stepchildren, so I don’t
always have the time to provide the extras for her.
Because of Up On Top, I am able to go back to school so I can get a better
education and a better job.
In the afternoons I volunteer at Up On Top, helping Daisha and the other
children
with their homework. I want to set a good example. I want the very best for
Daisha.
Dr. Herb Packer, former principal of the Tenderloin Community Elementary
School, where many of the Up On Top children attend school, said it best about
Up On Top:
"Up On Top is one of the most responsive and cooperative organizations
I have ever worked with. It is the ideal partnership for a vibrant school ."
Up On Top is an effective educational program for more than 90 of San
Francisco’s most disadvantaged kindergarteners to fifth graders, who live
primarily in the Tenderloin and Western Addition districts.
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Up
On Top’s mission is to offer hope, stability, and fun to
children of low-income families in San Francisco, preparing them
to be successful in school and in life.
Up
On Top creates a nurturing environment, which prepares children for
academic and social success. A well-rounded curriculum is offered
including homework support, academic tutoring and enrichment, science,
leadership classes and field trips. The Creative Arts Program includes
art and music classes taught by professional artists.
The staff oversee two after school programs for children in grades K-5 and
they help them become comfortable readers by the fifth grade and competent with
math at their grade level. The staff works closely with each child’s teacher,
parents and caregivers to reinforce academic skills.
During the summer, Up On Top offers a six-week all-day Summer Program for multiethnic
children from K-5th grade that includes daily academics in the morning and in
the afternoon field trips and swimming lessons.
Fun at Summer Camp 2010
Research shows that if children are not reading comfortably by the third
grade they are more vulnerable to drug usage, teen pregnancy or incarceration in
later years. The Up On Top program helps to prevent these negative behaviors in
children by reinforcing good reading, writing and math skills by the fifth
grade, preparing children for middle school and beyond.
Up On Top is Funded by Love...
Up On Top is funded in part by generous support from the San Francisco
Foundation, corporations and businesses like Rainbow Grocery Cooperative and 111
Minna Gallery. Special thanks to our individual gift givers who
contributed to our Summer Camp program. |
