Graduating Class of 2011!

On May 16th and 24th, Each One Reach One will be celebrating the success of the youth who have participated in the GED Study Hall Program, the Youth Guidance Center Improvement Committee (YGCIC) Early Morning Studies Academy and Log Cabin Ranch High School. These youth all worked towards and/or completed their GED during their detention at the San Francisco Juvenile Justice Center. This year the class of 2011 includes 55 youth who will wear their caps and gowns to receive their diploma or GED at City Hall and 20 young men who will march down the aisle in caps and gowns to receive their diplomas at the Juvenile Justice Center.

For many of these young men, they are the first in their family to complete high school and for all of these young men they completed their high school degrees despite economic hurdles, cycles of violence and addiction, and negative behaviors that led many of them to believing they would spend a lifetime behind bars. Through the support of Each One Reach One in collaboration with YGCIC, the Juvenile Probation Department, and Woodside Learning Center, these young people are afforded an opportunity to envision a life beyond bars and given a second chance to make something of their lives.

All of us at Each One Reach One are proud of the Class of 2011 and extend our sincerest appreciation to the volunteers, mentor, staff, teachers, Probation Officers, and community members who make it possible for us to empower these young people to complete their high school education!