Buffalo Prep Annual Report 2017-2018
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BUFFALO PREP ANNUAL REPORT 2017-2018 EXECUTIVE BOARD Mary Ann Coulson, President Kathie A. Keller, Treasurer Senior Vice President, Branch Manager Treasurer Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Keller Technology Corporation Amy Clifton, Vice President Dr. Yvonne S. Minor-Ragan, Secretary Chief Financial Officer President & CEO LPCiminelli, Inc. YMRagan Consulting, LLC Jock Mitchell Community Volunteer DIRECTORS Karen Baker Jarrod Johnson Everett Pefley Broker Community Volunteer Senior Manager Howard Hanna Real Estate Services PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Dr. Shelley Kimelberg Stephen W. Bell Director of Interdisciplinary Honorable JaHarr Pridgen ‘94 Owner Degree Programs City Court Judge Steve Bell Communications LLC University at Buffalo Vivian Quinn John Dandolph Michele Lee Partner President and Director Nixon Peabody Chief Executive Officer Patrick P. Lee Foundation Luis Rodriguez, Jr. ‘97 Unifrax Betsy Mitchell CEO Brigid Doherty Community Volunteer Rodriguez Construction Group, Inc. Consultant Oriana R. Montani Deborah Russell Jodyann Galvin Associate Community Volunteer Partner Phillips Lytle LLP Dr. Suzanne Rosenblith Hodgson Russ LLP Alexandra Montante Dean and Professor Francisco Guzmán Community Volunteer Graduate School of Education Architect/Engineer University at Buffalo Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency Bobbie Billings Neal Tracy Sendor Woodrow City of Buffalo Community Volunteer Senior Vice President Department of Public Works Michael Newman M&T Bank Corporation Honorable Craig D. Hannah Executive Vice President Eric Yarwood City Court Judge NOCO Energy Corp. Executive Director Stephen Harrington Jeff Pappalardo Education Collaborative of WNY Chief Procurement Officer Partner/Chief Creative Officer Delaware North Companies Crowley Webb BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2017-2018 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Board of Directors ....................................................................................................................................2 Table of Contents, Mission, Vision......................................................................................................3 Buffalo Prep Pipeline, Core 4 Values...................................................................................................4 Letter from Board President and Executive Director....................................................................5 Prep for Tomorrow Update....................................................................................................................6 Prep for Tomorrow Supporters.............................................................................................................7 Middle School Prep....................................................................................................................................8 High School Prep.........................................................................................................................................9 College Prep..................................................................................................................................................10 Alumni Prep..................................................................................................................................................11 Alumni............................................................................................................................................................12 Events..............................................................................................................................................................14 Financial Statement....................................................................................................................................16 Supporters.....................................................................................................................................................17 Staff..................................................................................................................................................................22 Partner High Schools.................................................................................................................................23 MISSION Buffalo Prep’s mission is to provide access and preparation for talented underrepresented youth to achieve success in college preparatory high schools and higher education. VISION We envision a future where all students have the opportunity to pursue excellence and success in a community that nurtures their individual talents, goals, and selves. BUFFALO PREP IS A AFFILIATED PROGRAM BUFFALO PREP • 18 ACHESON ANNEX • UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO BUFFALO • NEW YORK • 14214 • 716.829.3605 • www.buffaloprep.com Follow Buffalo Prep on Social Media Thank you to contributing photographers Dawn M. Gibson and Buffalo Prep staff 3 PIPELINE OF PROGRAMS GRADES 5, 6, 7 GRADE 8 GRADES 9, 10, 11, 12 BEYOND PREP Middle School Prep High School Prep College Prep Alumni Prep An accelerated program offered A nationally recognized Academic support, college Support and connection during the summers after 5th and 6th 14-month program that advisement, enrichment post-secondary education and beyond, grades and on Saturdays prepares students to enter opportunities, and socio-emotional including internships, career during 7th grade. one of our partner high schools. counseling throughout high school. placement, and mentoring. CORE 4 VALUES Buffalo Prep integrated the Core 4 Values into its programming. Students who exemplify the Core 4 Values are nominated by their peers to receive recognition. Each year Buffalo Prep highlights a specific value. The 2017-2018 year focused on Integrity. 1. Integrity - Uncompromising adherence to honesty and a code of values. 2. Excellence - Possessing great qualities in high degree; always going above and beyond; being the very best you can be. 3. Responsibility - Reliability or dependability; possessing moral and mental accountability. 4. Leadership - Exhibiting INTEGRITY, EXCELLENCE, and RESPONSIBILITY, and inspiring others to be the best they can be. 4 A letter from the Board President and Executive Director Buffalo Prep has experienced a year of significant change as we adapted to restructured leadership, welcomed new members to our staff and faculty, and adopted a strategic plan that challenges us to go deeper with the services we provide our students. Ensuring that their academic success is matched by their social and emotional well-being and feeling of empowerment is of utmost importance. We are in the process of transforming our curriculum to integrate a culturally relevant and sustaining pedagogy that not only prepares our students for the rigor of our partner high schools, but also reflects and celebrates their individuality, culture, and inherent talents while engaging them as democratic citizens. Visits to the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the Food Bank of WNY, and Jericho Road Community Health Center’s Vive Program as well as clean-up days with Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper, Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy, and the University at Buffalo provided strategic active learning opportunities to mirror classroom material. This year of transition led to other innovative collaborations and strengthened existing partnerships. Our 19 partner high schools, the Bison Scholarship Fund, the Buffalo Promise Neighborhood, the Buffalo Public Schools, Child & Family Services, the College Simulation Experience, the Education Collaborative of Western New York, Say Yes Buffalo, Teach for America, Westminster Economic Development Initiative, and additional programs are equally driven by the belief that all students should be expected to succeed and given the opportunity to do so. When educational equity is attained, prepared and empowered students translate into a robust community and workforce. With the creation of Alumni Prep, we expanded our impact on, and resources for, our students by extending our pipeline from the summer after 5th grade through college completion as well as internship and career placement. We now serve approximately 600 students and alumni annually and are thrilled to have alumna, Maya Meredith, on our staff, managing the implementation of this important next step in our history. Officially launching Phase II of our Prep for Tomorrow capital campaign is yet another exciting and necessary part of our evolution. With our community’s endorsement and financial support of Phase I, we now move on to fundraising for the outfitting of our state-of-the-art home, which is currently being renovated and brought up to code. All of this great success, the incredible foundation from which Buffalo Prep has been able to shift and mature, would not have been possible without the generosity and dedication of our donors. Thank you for being dedicated partners in Buffalo Prep’s imperative mission and dynamic advocates for these deserving scholars. Mary Ann Coulson Patti L. Stephen Buffalo Prep Board President Robert G. Wilmers Endowed Executive Director 5 We have grown from supporting 10 students in 1989 to supporting over 600 students and alumni annually as they work hard to achieve their education goals. In addition to increasing in this capacity, we have expanded our offerings and services and transformed our curriculum. With these exciting and needed changes, our evolution requires a state-of-the-art building, which our scholars so deserve. With our 30th anniversary on the horizon, we are thrilled to be able to witness the daily renovation progress at Allen