Our Programs
Girls Moving Forward offers an array of programs designed
to meet many students’ needs:
• One-on-one, in-home, private tutoring
• Free group tutoring at school sites (see below
for details)
• After-school programs for public and private
schools
• Community partnerships to support local organizations
Please contact us for more information about our programs.
Free
Tutoring Paid for by the Federal Government
On January 8th, 2002, President Bush signed
into law the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB).
The NCLB Act enables low-income parents at low-performing
public schools to select supplemental educational
services, like tutoring, for their children at no
cost. Girls Moving Forward is an approved provider
of free tutoring through the NCLB Act.
To qualify for free tutoring, your child
must attend an approved NCLB school, must be approved
for the free or reduced lunch program, and must fill
out a form requesting free tutoring services through
Girls Moving Forward. For help in accessing free tutoring,
call or email Girls Moving Forward today.
Our Partnerships
The
Girls’ Middle School
Girls Moving Forward has partnered with the Girls’
Middle School in Mountain View to run a successful
after-school program combining group drop-in tutoring
with intensive one-on-one interventions for scholarship
students and students with greater academic needs.
Edison-McNair
Academy
Girls Moving Forward runs a drop-in tutoring and mentoring
program for girls at Edison-McNair Academy in East
Palo Alto. The program has served as a crucial intervention
in the lives of these underprivileged girls.
Oakland
Unified School District
We are an approved provider of free NCLB tutoring,
and run a large program in Oakland Unified School
District. Please contact us for details on participating
in this program.
Pajaro
Valley Unified School District
In a district where the majority of students are English
Language Learners, we provide free NCLB tutoring to
aid in language acquisition.
YWCA
of Santa Cruz County
The YWCA of Watsonville and Girls Moving Forward are
partnered to provide a safe community space in which
local low-income students can access free NCLB tutoring
services.
Casey
Family Programs
Casey Family Programs is a national nonprofit dedicated
to improving the lives of children in the foster care
system. We partner with Casey Family Programs to support
the academic and emotional needs of foster care girls.
Girls
Inc.
Girls Inc. is a national nonprofit dedicated to fostering
strong, smart, and bold girls. We are partnered with
Girls Inc., providing NCLB tutoring services free
of charge to their students.
Leslie
Griffith, Anchor of the Ten O’clock Evening
News on KTVU
Leslie Griffith serves as a mentor to the founders
of Girls Moving Forward.
Santa
Cruz Teen Center
Girls Moving Forward is partnered with the City of
Santa Cruz and the Santa Cruz Teen Center to run a
girls’ education and empowerment program on
Monday afternoons beginning in September. The program
will combine homework support with self-esteem and
community-building activities. To learn more about
signing up for the program, please contact us today.
