THE REST OF THE STORY
On Friday, April 30, 2004 the front page headline of the Chicago SunTimes was "Girl Gang Terrorizes South Side School".  The story told how a girl was beaten in class and another was attacked in a  hall at Dyett Academic Center.  However, this story did not link the school violence to academic performance, poverty, or long-term solutions that would provide teens will positive alternatives to involvement in gangs.  That's THE REST OF THE STORY. The map below shows where Dyette Academic Center is located. It shows that there are several poorly performing schools and a high degree of poverty in the neighborhood surrounding the school. 

 If you search the Find A Program link on this web site you can determine what tutoring and/or mentoring programs are operating in this neighborhood (search 60609, 60615, 60636, 60621 and 60637 zip codes) where you can be a volunteer, leader, donor or business partner. In many cases there are no programs, too few programs, or not enough good programs.  If  you search the resource links, you can find ideas that volunteers, donors and business leaders could bring to tutor/mentor programs in this and other poverty neighborhoods of Chicago. This is a call to action to the businesses, faith groups and university (University of Chicago) located near this troubled school. 

We encourage Volunteers, Donors and Leaders to turn this negative into a positive. Get involved. Help the kids in the neighborhood near Dyett Academic Center have a full range of non-school tutoring/mentoring programs.  Together we can help assure that No Child in Chicago is Left Behind. Visit the T/MC Map Gallery to see more maps like this.   

This map is a service of the Tutor/Mentor Connection, a small non-profit organization. If you'd like to make a contribution to help us produce more maps like this, and maintain the Program Locator service, email tutormentor2@earthlink.net for information.