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Overview of Organization:
Help Our Children is a nonprofit 501c3 founded in Wilmington, Delaware by Agnes Ogletree in 2008. This nonprofit was created to provide tutorial, mentoring and cultural support to grade school students in the Wilmington area. The ultimate goal is to increase the confidence and academic performance of these students without the school grade. The pilot program was initiated at Brandywine Elementary School with the support of principal Ronnie Wilkie and her staff.
Founder:
 Agnes Ogletree is a resident of Wilmington Delaware and an active board member of Child Inc. and Children’s Choice. Both organizations provide child advocacy support to foster and underprivileged children in Delaware. She is civic conscience and participates in numerous civic -minded programs and events. She is a MBA graduate of Morgan State University and a paralegal graduate from Eastern College in Philadelphia.
Curriculum Design:
Help Our Children is a volunteer based nonprofit that assists grade school performance. The volunteers provide tutorial support immediately after school from 3pm – 5pm, Monday thru Thursday. Career professionals from the business community will be solicited to read out loud with students and provide mentoring support. HOCS (Help Our Children Students) and parents/guardians participate in monthly field trips to local cultural events throughout the area to increase cultural exposure. These activities are planned in an effort to enhance the childrens’ life experience and also create a bonding experience for both the student and parent/guardian.
Additional details of the curriculum are being developed by actual teachers, post graduate teachers and retired teachers from the area.
Expected Outcomes:
- Increase student morale and improve positive attitude towards learning
- Increase desire to work cooperatively in groups
- Increase student citizenship and compliance with school and classroom rules
- Increase student acceptance of personal responsibility for learning performance
- Increase student progress. Student success will be demonstrated through measured achievements in State Standard performance tests, and quarterly progress reports detailing individual effort
Help Our Children Funding:
Help Our Children is currently financially supported by individual and coorporate donors
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