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Chain Reaction tells Escambia Children's Trust its after-school program boosts high-school students' confidence and college/trade enrollment
Summary
Chain Reaction staff and Pensacola High School students described a 14-month program that staff say has improved student confidence, college and trade-school applications and basic academic engagement; the trust viewed a video and heard students speak in person.
Kristen Fairchild, founder and executive director of Chain Reaction, and a group of Pensacola High School students presented the group’s after-school program to the Escambia Children’s Trust board on March 1, describing classroom activities, community service projects and early academic gains.
Fairchild told the board she has run the program at three sites, including a location that opened in January, and said the organization has worked at Pensacola High School for about 14 months. "It's magic," she said of the transformation she described in students.
Why it matters: board members and staff said Chain Reaction fills a gap in programs for older youth and showed how direct programming can raise engagement and…
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