El 22 de julio de 2004, el centro Hope Academic Enrichment Center se incorpora como organización sin fines de lucro. Iniciado por Mohamed A. Ali como un programa de tutoría informal, el centro está ubicado en St. James Place en White Center (Condado King). Se transformará en una organización multifacética con una academia que abarca desde jardín de infantes a octavo grado y programas de tutoría, deportes, sociales y de preparación para carreras. El centro asiste principalmente a niños inmigrantes del Este de África y sus familias, quienes no tuvieron acceso a una educación formal en sus países natales de Etiopía, Eritrea y Somalia, y tienen problemas de aprendizaje.
El Centro de Enriquecimiento Académico Hope (Hope Academic Enrichment Center) se constituye en White Center como organización sin fines de lucro el 22 de julio de 2004.
- By Jennifer Ott
- Posted 11/25/2010
- HistoryLink.org Essay 9640
Sources:
Jennifer Ott, telephone interview with Mohamed Ali, November 23, 2010, Seattle; "District Staff Train Refugee Community Organizations on Math, Literacy Alignment," School Beat, March 26, 2010, Seattle Public Schools website accessed November 22, 2010 (www.seattleschools.org/area/news/sbnews/sb_staffcomm_031910.html); Hope Academic Enrichment Center entry, Community Technology database, City of Seattle website accessed November 22, 2010 (www2.ci.seattle.wa.us/TechMap/search/tblTechCenterInfoview.asp?key=296); Hope Academic Enrichment Center website accessed November 22, 2010 (www.hopeacademic.org); "Support Home-School Group," Hope Academic Enrichment Center website accessed November 22, 2010 (www.hopeacademic.org/Huda.html); "Support, Prevention and Intervention," Seattle Public Schools website accessed November 22, 2010 (www.seattleschools.org/area/spi/refugee.index.dxml).
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