THE BALTIMORE YOUTH ALLIANCE INC
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Mission Statement
The Baltimore Youth Alliance, Inc. (BYA) is an innovative, creative, and cutting edge 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization established to improve the academic and professional performance of disadvantaged African American students in Baltimore City and surrounding counties. BYA was established informally in 1994, incorporated in 1998, and implemented its first independent program in November of 1999. The driving force behind this organization was the recognition that there was approximately 80% of African American students in Baltimore City who will graduate high school and won’t be eligible to enter a four-year college or university. Since its inception, the organization has been successful in motivating African American students to work diligently to achieve high school success, to earn college academic scholarships, to achieve academic and professional success in college, and ultimately to earn Six-Figure Incomes with major corporations in their Early to Mid-Twenties.
About This Cause
The Baltimore Youth Alliance, Inc. (BYA) is an innovative, creative, and cutting edge 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization established to improve the academic and professional performance of disadvantaged African American students in Baltimore City and surrounding counties. BYA was established informally in 1994, incorporated in 1998, and implemented its first independent program in November of 1999. The driving force behind this organization was the recognition that there was approximately 80% of African American students in Baltimore City who will graduate high school and won’t be eligible to enter a four-year college or university. Since its inception, the organization has been successful in motivating African American students to work diligently to achieve high school success, to earn college academic scholarships, to achieve academic and professional success in college, and ultimately to earn Six-Figure Incomes with major corporations in their Early to Mid-Twenties. Through an effective partnership with The Meridian Management Group, Inc., The Baltimore Youth Alliance, Inc. has had over six hundred high school graduates with the following results: • An average Grade Point Average of 3.5 • An Average SAT score still approaching: • 1200 (Math and Critical Reading/Writing) • An Average SAT score improvement of: 345 points (2 sections) • One hundred percent college eligible • Over $60,000,000.00 in academic scholarships Also SPECIAL PREPARATION FOR: • Certified Microsoft Excel Specialist • Certified Microsoft Excel Expert • Certified Microsoft Access Expert • Certified Associate Project Manager • Certification in Tableau 2016-2017 BYA Annual Performance Summary In the 2016-2017 operational year, The BYA students continued to have tremendous academic and professional success. Because it is only the second year for the new SAT, it is important to briefly cover the specifics of the new SAT again in this year’s report. The new SAT consists of two sections (Math and Reading/Writing). Each section is worth 800 points for a total score of 1600 points. The Reading section was reduced from 67 questions to 52 questions comprised of 5 reading passages. Sentence completion and short passages were removed. The Writing section was reduced from 49 questions to 44 questions comprised of 4 grammatical passages. The error ID questions and sentence corrections were removed. The Math section increased from 54 to 56 with trigonometry being added. While there is an overall reduction in the number of questions, the easier types of questions were removed, thus creating a more difficult test. We started this year with a goal of exceeding the average SAT score of 1200. While we did not reach this level, we did reach an average SAT score of 1150 which is well above the national average for African-Americans. Also, we had several students exceeding 1200, 1300, and 1400 on the SAT. Overall we had over 80 students exceed 1000 on the SAT. This included students from the 7th through the 12th grades. We had 52 seniors with an average SAT score of 1150 and an average SAT score improvement of 345 points. We averaged sixty (60) students each Saturday from a total population of 135 students. Since inception our average attendance has averaged 45% if our total enrolled population. Our college graduates continue to raise the bar with employment at Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan Chase, Deloitte, T. Rowe Price, The National Security Agency (NSA), Accenture, Dow Chemical Company, KPMG, and Booze Allen and Hamilton. This year (2017-2018) our primary goals are to increase the attendance in our Regular Saturday Program and attain an average SAT score exceeding 1200.We plan to increase our total enrolled population to 200 students and, at the same time, increase our Saturday Class attendance to seventy-percent (70%) for an average of 140 students each Saturday. We also plan to enhance our efforts in professional development in the areas of Microsoft Excel Specialist, Microsoft Excel Expert, Microsoft Access, Project Management, GMAT, LSAT, and GRE preparation, and Tableau Certification. We have also enhanced our efforts in the area of Professional Development in the areas of Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access. Our students are getting support in these areas as early as the 7th grade. The foundation of our 2017-2018 goal is our effort to attain adequate funding, for acquiring additional space and strategic staff to effectively manage our expanded operation. The graduating class of 2017, as well as some BYA alumni, continue to make very impressive career achievements. A few of them include: • Mathew Reeds- Goldman Sachs • Brandon Pryor- T. Rowe Price • Keli Edmonds- T. Rowe Price • Ashleigh Johnson- National Security Agency (NSA) • Michael Green- Accenture • Nigel Bess- Dow Chemical • Jason Daniels- KPMG • Emmanuel Lewis- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Cybersecurity • Courtney Williamson’s company, Abililfi, became a Credentialed Medicare Provider for its patent- pending Parkinson’s back brace. She also received a grant to develop new products from the National Science Foundation Small Business Technology Transfer in conjunction with Carnegie Mellon University. • Tuesday Tibbs-Baptiste- PNC Bank • Aaron Edmond- Lockheed Martin This group along with many other students are continuing the BYA Traditions of Success at the HIGHEST level. This year was our second year participating in the T. Rowe Price Senior Encounter. This program is essentially an Investment Management “Boot Camp” that exposes a select group of high school seniors to the world of finance. We have had five BYA students to participate in each of the last two years with great promise. The 2017 Summer Academic Camp was also our most effective to date. We had a total of 141 students with an average performance improvement exceeding 30%. This clearly indicates that we will reach new academic and professional milestones in 2017. In fact, the average SAT score improvement for the August 2017 test exceeded 300 points. Also during the 2017 Summer Academic Camp, 10 students earned Microsoft Excel Certifications. Because of our tremendous success in 2017 we began the process of streamlining our internal financial and program operations. The overall purpose of this is to: • Expand our operations in a new facility by the end of 2017 • To develop promotional strategies to present our operation in a very impressive manner • To grow to produce over 150 seniors by 2018 • To achieve an average SAT score exceeding 1300 in the combined sections of Math and Reading/Writing by the end of the year 2020 • To participate in the 2017 “Giving Tuesday” Campaign