BCP: Future Force and Evening School

FutureForce
Middle and High School students participate in a leadership initiative that teaches positive values, success, leadership, career development and social development skills. The class is taught at Burke County Middle School and 64 students have been served in the past two years. Also, for the past two years, we were fortunate to have 10 students attend the CIS Summer Leadership Camp Institute in Atlanta which included 5 days of intellectually stimulating fun workshops, team building, entertainment and college campus life at Georgia Tech and Emory University.
Peer pressure is a big challenge. The program has shown me that I don't have to follow the crowd. They also showed me how to plan my day and my life. --Shelby Jackson, Student

Project CHANGE Evening School
		For students that have failed classes and gotten off track for graduation, Burke Community Partnership provides a means for students to take night classes to get caught up and back in line for graduation. Project CHANGE Evening School classes are offered at Burke County High School and Burke Community Partnership pays partial tuition for students from low-income families. The program helped to make my family's dream come true. With the help of the evening school program, my cousin was able to graduate on time. This is a testimony that the program works. His plan is to enlist in the U.S. Navy this summer. Project Change Evening School has prepared him for the challenges that that he will face in the future. Please accept the sincere gratitude of our family. --Thaddeus Shubert, Family Member

WISE GUYS Male Involvement
WISE GUYS is a program designed to prevent adolescent pregnancy. Its major goal is to teach young men between the ages of 10 and 19 about abstinence, character education, and other challenges males face in today's society. We want our participants to develop the skills necessary that will result in a positive life option. The program is held at Burke County Middle School, Burke County High School and Burke County Alternative School and has served 152 male students.