Peterson to lead Education Services for Simon Youth Foundation

Peterson joined SYF on Nov. 16, 2011 Arleen Peterson has been named the Vice President, Education Services, of Simon Youth Foundation, the Indianapolis-based nonprofit that supports non-traditional high schools with its public school partners in 13 states.  At the Foundation, Peterson will manage all SYF services related to the Simon Youth Scholarships program and the national network of 23 Simon Youth Academies, which are non-traditional high... Read More

Simon Youth Foundation student’s academic career takes turn for the international

There’s a lot going on in the world in late 2011. National revolutions, economic worries, pending political seasons all dot the global landscape, and for Sonia Davis being a part of the international goings-on is her professional dream. This is why the 18 year old will pursue a degree in International Relations when she begins college this January, 2012. It’s also why the university she selected is located abroad. Davis’s story is all the more... Read More

Simon Youth Foundation principal to share best strategies for successful non-traditional classrooms

Michael Flushman, the principal at the Simon Youth Academy at Hickory Hollow Mall in Nashville, Tenn., says that emphasizing community while teaching to the individual student are strategies that can lead non-traditional schools to success, and he will share these best practices as a featured presenter at the 23rd Annual National Dropout Prevention Network Conference scheduled for Oct. 9-12, 2011, in Schaumburg, Ill. Read the full story at the Simon... Read More

Simon Youth Foundation set to name the best of the best

File photo from the Simon Youth Pacers Academy at Washington Square   Simon Youth Academy teachers make it happen. They are sages, advocates, sounding boards, motivators, caregivers, cheerleaders, mentors, and hope igniters for the at-risk students in the alternative high schools that Simon Youth Foundation sponsors with our public school partners. Now, SYF is ready to use another title to describe one of its teachers – the best. The... Read More

Simon Youth Foundation teachers turn classroom expansion into learning opportunity

Shakespeare said that “joy’s soul lies in the doing,” and if that is true, there will be much joy among the students at the Simon Youth Rose Tree Media Academy at Granite Run Mall in Media, PA, this semester. Under a new instructional approach being used by the academy’s teaching team, including administrator Eleanor DiMarino-Linnen, the students are developing an in-depth business, architectural and operations plan for a new 400 square foot... Read More

Back-to-school report focuses on Simon Youth Academy’s perfect graduation rate

The Simon Youth Pacers Academy at Washington Square in Indianapolis, Ind., was the focus of a back-to-school story produced by WXIN-TV Fox 59, the city’s Fox affiliate, during the school’s first day of classes on Aug. 8, 2011. The academy is one of the first nationwide school’s supported by Simon Youth Foundation to return after summer break. Fox 59′s Vanessa McClure interviewing a student Vanessa McClure, the reporter... Read More