Self Enhancement, Inc. annual report 2013
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Lisa Manning Assistant to the President
Tony Ande
Dir. of Finance
Nick Gallo
Dir. Community & Family Programs
Tony Hopson, Sr. President & CEO
Marcy Bradley
Executive Director
Self Enhancement, Inc. (SEI) is dedicated to guiding underserved youth to realize their full potential. Working with schools, families and partner community organizations, SEI provides support, guidance and opportunities to achieve personal and academic success. SEI brings hope to individual young people and enhances the quality of community life.
Tony Hopson, Jr.
Dir. Youth Services for In-School Programs
Anthony Deloney Dir. Youth Services & Integrated Programs
Andre Goodlow
SEI Academy Principal
Bill Jenkins
Dir. Human Resources
Carla R. Penn-Hopson
Dir. of Development
Gerald Deloney Dir. Program Advancement
In 2012, thanks to your generosity, we helped thousands of youth on the path to realizing their potential. We helped them transition from middle to high school, and from high school to college. We helped them develop new skills, like learning to build a boat, fill out a job application, write a college essay, and make an award-winning short film. We gave them opportunities to participate in Drum-Line, sing in the choir, and play basketball, volleyball, football and run track as we cheered them on. At Self Enhancement we say it takes the right “who” to carry out this work. The right “who” is the more than 40 SEI program staff [we call them Coordinators] who work in twelve elementary, middle and high schools in Portland Public School district’s Jefferson cluster. They provide “24/7” support to help youth meet their academic, social and personal goals. They make sure that youth have a parent/guardian who is informed, engaged, and supported when and where needed. The right “who” is the staff at SEI’s Community and Family Programs, ensuring that services and resources are available and accessible--from energy and housing assistance to parenting classes, foster care support, domestic violence support services, fatherhood initiatives, and much more. The right “who” is SEI’s administrative staff, managers and staff at Schools Uniting Neighborhoods (SUN) sites, the Academy faculty, kitchen staff and facilities staff. The right “who” is the SEI Board of Directors, Foundation Board, Academy Board, volunteers and it’s our community partners. Recently, I had the honor and privilege of being the keynote speaker at Oregon Business magazine’s 100 Best Nonprofits to Work for in Oregon. In my address I touched on the tireless work that those in the nonprofit community do for the less fortunate in the world, and how essential their work is. The truth is, it takes all of us to help a child learn to build a boat, play the drums and graduate from high school. Here at SEI, we have created a village filled with the right “who” but it’s going to take more than that to level the playing field, to close the achievement gap and to ensure that low-income youth of color are afforded the same opportunities to thrive and become positive contributing citizens. The village has work to do and I know we can count on you.
Tony L. Hopson, Sr., President and CEO
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SEI’s youth development model spreads east to Reynolds and David Douglas to serve shifting demographics
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Jefferson High will graduate the very first class from SEI’s Whole School Model
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SEI Services In-School Coordinators are based on site and become an essential part of the fabric of the school, serving as teacher, mentor and parent for their assigned student caseload. Reynolds High
After-School SEI offers after-school programs at the school site and at the Center for Self Enhancement. Opportunities include academic support, social + life skills, arts + performance and sports, health + wellness. Parent Engagement SEI’s Parent Coordinators act as an advocate for each student’s parent/guardian to help address potential barriers to maintaining a healthy family environment and positive home and school relationship.
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Schools Uniting Neighborhoods (SUN) A full-service neighborhood hub where the school and partners from across the community come together to make sure students and families have the necessary services to be successful. Whole School Model Every student can participate in the SEI program. This effort can turn around a low achieving school to a high performance school.
David Douglas High
ADDITIONAL SERVICES: SEI offers five weeks of full-day Summer Programming to keep students on track. Activities include academic enrichment, exposure opportunities and work readiness experiences. SEI’s Post High School Transition Service Coordinators maintain a mentoring relationship with students and assist in continuing education support, career counseling, employment preparation, college entrance exams/ applications and basic life skills.
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Tyrone White, Jr. has been a SEI student since second grade. He is a 2008 graduate of Jefferson High School. He proceeded to enroll at an Air Force Prep school to prepare for college both athletically and academically and completed the program in May 2009. From there, Tyrone attended Utah State University with a basketball scholarship, eventually transferring to Cal State Bakersfield where he was a Roadrunner forward. He averaged nearly 11 points and 4 rebounds while leading the Roadrunners in three-point shooting in 2012-13. In the spring of 2013, Tyrone graduated with a degree in Liberal Studies.
I joined SEI in 9th grade as part of the Whole School Model and am now a senior Upon graduation, he signed a professional basketball contract to play overseas for at Jefferson High. Once enrolled, I was paired with my coordinator - Aanen Trelstad. Keravnos Strovolou in Cyprus’ Pro A League in a small island-nation in the Mediterranean Since then, I have been a part of many SEI Sea located between Syria and Turkey. events, trips, and exposure activities including Tyrone hopes to play professional ball as taking classes at PCC and participating in the long as he can and dreams of one day Nike Product Creation Experience. opening up a youth program similar to I have maintained a cumulative 3.5 GPA since SEI that focuses on sports and joining SEI, utilized SEI tutorials throughout my high academics. school career and have participated in every Blue/Gold card trip. Aanen has been a constant source of support and motivation. I have valued learning the SEI Standards, and truly use them in my everyday life. The Standards are helping me on the path to becoming a Positive Contributing Citizen: the goal for SEI students. My future feels successful and I aim to attend a top level University. Without the opportunities, relationships and exposure SEI has provided me, getting to the next step would be a much bigger challenge. I feel fortunate to be a part of SEI.
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Ninety-eight percent of the students participating in the WSM at Jefferson are identified as academic priority students based on low grades, poor attendance and low scores on statewide assessment tests. Students “on-track” to graduate is a significant predictor of on-time high school graduation.
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In 2010, Portland Public Schools invited SEI to expand its longstanding partnership at Jefferson High School (Oregon’s only majority African-American high school) to become part of the district’s Redesign Initiative. The goal is to increase graduation rates while promoting equity in access and achievement through a school-wide transformation emphasizing rigor, relationships and college/career readiness. In response to this request, SEI developed and piloted its Whole School Model (WSM) framework at Jefferson.
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ANNA ROBERTSON My name is Anna Robertson, I am a junior at Jefferson High School. I have been in SEI since my freshman year. I had just been diagnosed with a chronic disorder called Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome and learned that I wouldn’t be able to play sports, dance, stand for very long or do many other things. Being told before you’ve even had your first day of high school is devastating. I needed help. I needed support, and SEI gave that to me. This summer at the SEI summer program, my heart rate spiked over 170 beats per minute, and my coordinator, Mr. Commodore came in and SILAS MELSON stayed with me until I felt better. He hasn’t just SEI has been my life since 2nd grade. I helped me, he’s been my family as well. My was practically born into SEI, and they parents worry that something might happen to have provided endless support. From me while I’m off at school without them, but basketball camps to academia to life Mr. Commodore makes them worry a lot less. experiences, SEI has improved my skills on He is one of the people my parents trust the court and off, improving my life as a completely to keep me safe, and so far, he whole. has. SEI has helped me to build a resumé, find a I’m unbelievably grateful for the summer job, and provided job readiness numerous things SEI has done for me, training to help prepare me for my future. My and will do for me in the future. dream is to become a professional basketball player, but because of SEI, I know I have a backup plan and a bright future ahead. Ms. Sarah Lawrence has been my coordinator through high school and is a prime example of what a coordinator should be. She holds me accountable. I appreciate the work she has done and how she always has my back. I know I can call her any time of day. In 2014, I will graduate from Jefferson High School and attend Gonzaga University on a full-ride scholarship. I will always be thankful to SEI for making me feel at home (for 11 years and counting)!
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Thank you to the following government funders for supporting SEI: Portland Public Schools Portland Children’s Levy State of Oregon Department of Education State of Oregon Department of Human Services Multnomah County Department of School and Community Partnerships
NW Natural Oregon Heat Home Forward
*For audited financials, please visit www.selfenhancement.org
FINANCIALS 2012-2013
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS Karen Hinsdale, Chair Hans van Alebeek Bernadette Artharee Casey Callinsky Kenneth Carr Cortlandt Cuffee Alan Davis Justin Delaney Scott Demorest Chris Dunnaville
Bill Frerichs Greg Goodman Reggie Guyton William Harris Margaret Hoffman Rupa Jack Josh Kardon Michael Levelle David Lokting
Larry Miller Wayne Monfries Ellison C. Morgan Dr. Lori Morgan Hon. Adrienne Nelson Karolyn Neupert Brian Pienovi Scott Powers Mary Ruble
Bruce Southworth Tom Spitzer Robin Tompkins Jan Turner Malia Wasson Mark Waller Linda Wright
FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS Steve Shepard, Chair Chris Dudley Karen Hinsdale Rupa Jack
David Lokting Ellison C. Morgan Susan Paulsell
George Scherzer Bruce Southworth
SEI ACADEMY BOARD OF DIRECTORS Alan Davis, Chair
Nathan Jones Natasha Elhaj-Hedinger
FOUNDATIONS
Rachel Hall Faresa Niece
Ann & Bill Swindells Charitable Trust Autzen Foundation B.P Lester & Regina John Foundation Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Boeing Employees Fund Bruggere Family Foundation Children’s Trust Fund of Oregon The Collins Foundation Demorest Family Foundation Dermody Properties Foundation Fairbridge Foundation The Fund for Second Nature Richard & Janet Geary Foundation Gray Family Fund Harold & Arlene Schnitzer CARE The Hart Family Foundation Hedinger Family Foundation The Holzman Foundation
Shalanda Carr A.W. Williams
Honzel Family Foundation The Inskeep Family Education Fund The Jackson Foundation OCF Joseph E. Weston Foundation Keller Foundation Kohnstamm Family Foundation Make It Better Foundation Marie Lamfrom Foundation Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund Meyer Memorial Trust The Meyers Foundation Northwest Area Foundation Northwest Health Foundation Nth Degree Fund Peter W. Stott Foundation PGE Foundation Portland State University Foundation Ray Hickey Foundation
Reser Family Foundation Simple Actions Family Foundation So Hum Foundation Spirit Mountain Community Fund Starbucks Foundation Target Foundation The Oregon Community Foundation Oregon Jewish Community Foundation The Samuel S. Johnson Foundation The TK Foundation United Way of Columbia Willamette US Bancorp Foundation Wells Fargo Foundation The Wessinger Foundation The Wheeler Foundation
2012-13 EVENT SPONSORS
2012-13 CORPORATE PARTNERS
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