City of Pittsburgh - File #: 2012-0638

• File #: 2012-0638
• Version: 1
• Type: Proclamation
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 7/24/2012
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 7/24/2012
• Enactment date: 7/24/2012
• Enactment #: 464
• Title: NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby recognize Higher Achievement Pittsburgh for their work to provide high-quality, academically rigorous afterschool and summer programming in support of increasing the proportion of underserved, minority students accessing the Pittsburgh Promise; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare August 3, 2012 “Higher Achievement Olympics of the Mind Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.
• Sponsors: R. Daniel Lavelle, Reverend Ricky V. Burgess, All Members
• Indexes: PROCLAMATION - MR. BURGESS, PROCLAMATION - MR. LAVELLE

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/24/2012	1	City Council	Adopted	Pass

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WHEREAS, Higher Achievement has successfully expanded its nationally awarded out-of-school program to Pittsburgh, bringing its college preparatory services to students in underserved communities, where 93% of program graduates go on to college; and,

WHEREAS, Higher Achievement began in 1975 in Washington DC with affiliates in 3 states, has grown in 2012 to include service to 75 students in the City of Pittsburgh, and expects to include service to 300 students over the next 3 years; and,  

WHEREAS, on Friday, August 3, from 9am to 11:30am, the first class of Higher Achievement Pittsburgh students will compete in the first annual Olympics of the Mind competition at Carnegie Mellon University, a showcase for the education students have received during the Summer Academy in social studies, math, literature and science, culminating in the crowning of championship teams for 5^th and 6^th grade students;

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NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby recognize Higher Achievement Pittsburgh for their work to provide high-quality, academically rigorous afterschool and summer programming in support of increasing the proportion of underserved, minority students accessing the Pittsburgh Promise; and,

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare August 3, 2012 "Higher Achievement Olympics of the Mind Day" in the City of Pittsburgh.