Say Yes to Education Syracuse

Although there are Say Yes chapters located in Cambridge, MA; Hartford, CT; New York City, NY, and Philadelphia, PA., the Syracuse chapter is unique in that it is the first Say Yes chapter to embrace an entire city school district, making it the largest school improvement program of its kind in the nation!

The 4-year rollout of Syracuse Say Yes began in the fall of 2008 in the Corcoran quadrant. During this first phase, over 800 K-3 students participated in the Say Yes After School program and the Summer Camp program. Six hundred seniors became Say Yes graduates. In the second phase of the rollout this fall, the after school and summer school programs in the Corcoran quadrant will expand to serve grades K-4 and after school and summer camp programs will be offered to students in grades K-3 in the Fowler quadrant.

Four Say Yes to Education Legal Clinic are staffed by volunteer legal professionals from the community. The clinics are located at Dr. King Magnet School, Elmwood School, Delaware Elementary and Frazer. Attorneys and paralegals assist families with children in the SCSD by providing advice, brief service and referrals relating to legal matters that may interfere with their child’s ability to succeed in school. For specific dates and times click here. 

Huntington Family Centers have partnered with Say Yes to Education to provide Family Support, a voluntary parent driven program that helps families remove barriers to engagement in school and student success. Any family with a child at Bellevue Elementary, Bellevue Middle School Academy, Blodgett, Delaware, Dr. King, Elmwood, Fowler, Frazer, Meachem, McKinley-Brighton, Porter, Roberts, Seymour, and VanDuyn is eligible for Family Support Services. For more information, click here.