Contact Information
Phone Number
+1 (815) 708-4722
Email Address
contact@collegeconnectionacademy.org
Participants in the summer session will be immersed in a literacy rich environment to strengthen their reading and writing skills while also developing their leadership skills through a focus on social-emotional competencies, specifically self awareness and self-management. Additionally, students will learn about college attendance at local institutions of higher learning specifically, Rock Valley College, Judson University and Rockford University.
Request EnrollmentBlack males are over-represented in data associated with negative educational statistics such as drop-out rates, retention rates, special education identification, school suspension and expulsion rates. There must be strategic intervention to reverse this data trend in the Rockford Region. Therefore, College Connection Literacy and Leadership Session 2020 is focused on males of color in Grades K-1 from the Black Hawk Courts housing community and the Lewis Lemon school community.