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Advancing True North ADVANCING TRUE NORTH 2017 ANNUAL REPORT NORTHSTAR MISSION To change young men’s lives through programming that supports, challenges, inspires and instills a life rooted in education, self-discipline and service to the community. This report was produced for the NorthStar Foundation and Omaha Outward Bound School in part through generous in-kind contributions by Turnpost Creative Group. 2 | OMAHA OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL @OBOMAHA OUTWARDBOUNDOMAHA.ORG DEAR FRIENDS OF NORTHSTAR, Polaris, the North Star, serves as a marker to guide explorers along their paths, ensuring they can identify “true north” and move in the right direction to meet their goals. In the same way, the NorthStar Foundation was formed with the mission of guiding North Omaha’s young men along the paths that will lead them to bright futures: supporting their academic endeavors and giving them the tools they need to achieve success. In 2017, we continued to grow in that mission, in both the number of students we served and the opportunities available for those students. What began as a program for 5th-8th grade boys in 2014 has grown to welcome 3rd-12th graders in 2017, ensuring that North Omaha’s young men have access to a safe and supportive community after school and over the summer throughout these vital years of social development and academic growth. With the official opening and dedication of the HDR Leaders and Achievers Classroom in June, our high school students now have a designated space to help them prepare for and attain their goals leading to high school graduation. We also continued to see an increase in the members of our NorthStar family. The number of students enrolled in after-school programming increased by 38%, while enrollment numbers for Camp NorthStar Summer School increased by 49%. With average onsite daily attendance increasing by 40% each year since opening, NorthStar realized programmatic and facility capacity for its summer services at 200 students per day in 2017. Similarly, NorthStar will reach capacity in its after-school program setting at 180 students per day, serving grades 3-12, in 2018. 2017 BOARD In response to growing student numbers, and to continue our strategy of providing OF DIRECTORS transformative outcomes for our young men through low student-to-staff ratios, we increased our staff capacity in May 2017 by welcoming a second Academic Manager John “Buzz” Garlock Chair to our full-time team. This new position took responsibility for managing elementary Ryan Downs grade curriculum, allowing our existing Academic Manager to focus on curriculum Vice Chair for middle and high school students. We anticipate the addition of a third Academic Scott Hazelrigg Manager to our team in mid-2018, ensuring that each one of our program participants President receives the attention he needs to meet his academic objectives. Susie Buffett Secretary Through your many generous contributions, NorthStar students are finding their Todd McQueen paths and achieving incredible successes both in and out of the classroom. Treasurer Thank you for your continued and vital support of our young men. Anthony Anderson Sincerely, Lili Buffett Henry A. Davis Deanne Fairfield Roy Patterson Kenny Rocker Scott Hazelrigg, J.D. Karnetta Rushing President, NorthStar Foundation Scott Semrad [email protected] 2017 ANNUAL REPORT | 3 FINDING TRUE NORTH OPPORTUNITY GAPS FOR NORTH OMAHA BOYS According to U.S. Census figures, Nebraska is home to 12,000 school- aged black male youth (ages five to 19 years old). Over 9,300 of these young men reside in the Greater INDICATORS Omaha Metropolitan Area, with 40% OMAHA METRO concentrated in the North Omaha neighborhood—zip codes 68104 and 68111—comprising NorthStar’s area BLACK WHITE of geographic focus.1 MALES MALES Significant fissures in the P-20 pipeline –the educational Male youth % % pathway spanning early childhood (0-17) in poverty 44 16 education, the K-12 system, through postsecondary education and labor force participation—hem in the Males 25+ with life prospects of North Omaha’s an associates % % boys. Profound disparities in familial degree or higher 57 73 income, educational attainment, and employment illustrate the devastating effect that these localized gaps in Employed males opportunity have on young men in of working age % % North Omaha. (16-64) 65 94 SOURCES 1U.S. Census Bureau, 2012-2016 American Community Survey 4 | NORTHSTAR FOUNDATION 2Nebraska Department of Education, 2016-17 School Membership by Grade, Race and Gender TRANSFORMING THE EDUCATIONAL TRAJECTORY Just over 550 black male youth in Greater Omaha began 9th grade at the start of the 2016-17 school year.2 Historical education data would forecast that only half of these young men will successfully achieve high school graduation within four years.3 For the 275 young men who fail to attain a high school diploma on time, the prospect of eventual graduation or GED completion is bleak—increasing their lifetime risk of exposure to unemployment, substantive involvement with the criminal justice system, and incarceration by orders of magnitude.4 NorthStar serves young men in our community who are among the most vulnerable to failed educational progress and high school dropout: NorthStar’s founding vision is to dramatically increase the proportion of NorthStar boys reside in of low-income young men in North % homes with a median family Omaha who graduate high school 80 income of less than $30,000 on time, positioned to matriculate to postsecondary education or immediately enter the workforce. By of NorthStar boys are employing a model of high touch, % raised in single parent-led multi-year extended learning, NorthStar 86 households focuses on accelerating core academic and social-skill competencies of each and every young man it serves— of NorthStar boys participate ultimately broadening education and % in federal free and reduced opportunity for our students and for 97 lunch programming the Greater Omaha community. 1U.S. Census Bureau, 2012-2016 American Community Survey 32015 Schott Foundation Report on Black Males and Public Education 2Nebraska Department of Education, 2016-17 School Membership by Grade, Race and Gender 4Pettit, B., “Mass Incarceration, Family Complexity, and the Reproduction of Childhood Disadvantage,” 2014 2017 ANNUAL REPORT | 5 MAPPING OUR SUCCESS THE NORTHSTAR PROGRAM MODEL NorthStar’s overarching focus is on preparing North Omaha’s school-aged boys—traditionally beset by significant barriers to educational attainment—to complete ninth grade on level and graduate high school on time, positioned for postsecondary academic success and/or immediate workforce participation. CORE ELEMENT IN PRACTICE NorthStar’s 33,000 square foot program facility and full-size, Safe & Engaging multi-purpose athletic field at 49th and Ames Avenues provides Environment a safe community space for young men from economically distressed households to learn and explore. NorthStar provides unique, culturally competent, and rigorous academic after-school and summer programming, including: Extended Learning Athletics, STEM & Robotics, Arts Immersion, Outward Bound & Enrichment Leadership & Character Development Courses, Employment Readiness, and Community Engagement & Service Initiatives. NorthStar aims to forge long-term collaboration with parents/ Parent & Family care-givers and families. NorthStar parents draw on staff Engagement guidance to assist in their advocacy and involvement with their son’s development, in and out of the classroom. NorthStar’s educational curriculum is deliberately aligned with Comprehensive the standards of instruction employed by Omaha Public Schools Approach NorthStar Strategic School Partnership (OPS), and delivers tiered supports to effectively augment school-based frameworks and strategies for student success. NorthStar front-line staff is comprised of highly experienced, certified Staff Culture of educators to deliver homework assistance, test preparation, and individualized tutoring for NorthStar boys. NorthStar employs Results-Driven research-tested behavioral management and cultural competency Excellence strategies, and provides continual training and development opportunities for front-line educators to support staff retention. 6 | NORTHSTAR FOUNDATION #TRUENORTH | NORTHSTAR360.ORG NorthStar delivers 1,600 program hours per student each year GRADES 3-5 6-8 9-12 *Strengthening Program Leaders & Achievers Reading remediation Individualized Impact Through In- Programs – ACT and competency reading and math Prep + College and School Partnerships development tutoring Career Readiness Forging alignment of school and After School Academic enrichment, Outward Bound experiential learning, after-school curricula is a chief pillar Up to 920 athletic engagement, career awareness, mindfulness + social- of NorthStar’s student-centered emotional development, and arts immersion Program Hours expanded learning model.1 NorthStar has established a novel approach to Participation in Team Athletics – building curricular bridges between Team Athletics NorthStar Basketball and Lacrosse starts in 4th Grade target schools and its own program services by placing staff in schools, during the school day in the classroom Curriculum-bridging with partner schools + targeted NorthStar setting. In 2016-17 NorthStar staff staff-in-schools model worked in two target schools— Fontenelle Elementary and Central Park In Schools* Multi-year Outward Elementary—for a minimum of five Bound Leadership Outward Bound team-building courses Up to 180 program to support
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