June 10, 2008
DOMINION ENERGY AND THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF PROVIDENCE COUNTING ON ALGEBRA TUTORING TO HELP KIDS SUCCEED
To graduate from high school – and succeed in the jobs of the future – today’s students increasingly need to demonstrate proficiency in advanced math and science. Success in Algebra is considered by many as the gateway to more sophisticated math and science courses crucial to academic performance. However, according to the 2008 Rhode Island Kids Count Factbook, only 26% of fourth graders and 24% of eighth graders scored at or above the proficiency level in math. In addition, a recently released report by the New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP) found only 22% of Rhode Island high school juniors scored at the proficient level.
In response to this alarming statistic, Boys & Girls Clubs of Providence – with the generous support of Dominion Energy, the owner of the Manchester Street Power Station, located in downtown Providence – is launching an Algebra Tutoring program for middle school youth. Boys & Girls Clubs of Providence will provide a comprehensive program that will reinforce and supplement the curriculum of the Providence Public Schools. The Algebra Tutoring Program will enable children to do better in school by developing the daily habit of completing daily math homework, encourage improvement in attitudes towards school, and result in higher success rates of passing algebra.
On June 10, 2008 Dominion Energy will present the Boys & Girls Clubs with a $10,000 check to help begin the tutoring program, thereby doing their part to help Rhode Island youth secure a better future.
About Dominion Energy
Dominion is one of the nation's largest producers and transporters of energy, with a portfolio of approximately 26,500 megawatts of generation, 6,000 miles of electric transmission lines, 14,000 miles of natural gas transmission, gathering and storage pipeline, and 1.1 trillion cubic feet equivalent of natural gas and oil reserves. Dominion also owns the nation's largest underground natural gas storage system and operates more than 975 billion cubic feet of storage capacity and serves retail energy customers in 11 states. For more information about Dominion, visit the company's website at http://www.dom.com.
About the Boys & Girls Clubs of Providence
At 140 years old, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Providence is the oldest Boys & Girls Club in the nation and the largest in Rhode Island. Five facilities in Providence and North Providence house state-of-the-art computer labs, swimming pools, and gymnasiums as well as nationally accredited and licensed preschools and kindergartens. Over 8,000 children and youth receive homework help, computer and Internet safety instruction, swim lessons, job/career development and training, organized athletic leagues, environmental outdoor education, and visual arts. For more information about the Boys & Girls Clubs of Providence, please contact Rebecca Ebeling at (401) 444-0750, ext. 107 or rebeling@bgcprov.org.