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Club Members Excel at TSA Competition

Members of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Manatee County from The Club at Southeast High School and Harllee Middle School had something to be proud of when they came back from the Technology Student Association State ConferencTSA Awardse on April 27th.

The Southeast High School teams won trophies for ten 1st places, six 2nd places, one 3rd place and numerous Top Ten finishes. They were also awarded "Third Best Overall High School in Florida".

Harllee Middle School teams won six 1st place, two 2nd place, four 3rd place trophies and 27 Top Ten finishes. Like Southeast, they were also awarded "Third Best Overall Middle School in Florida".

Florida TaxWatch Evaluates Florida Boys & Girls Clubs

Florida TaxWatch conducted a study evaluating the impact of Florida Boys & Girls Clubs. The following are their findings:

overall achievement levels in terms of learning gains in reading and mathematics for Club members was greater than that of their peer reference group or state student population
Boys & Girls Club members had lower rates of absenteeism at all grade levels, and significantly lower rates of serious criminal offenses
the dropout rate for Club members was lower than that of both their peer reference group and the state student
the graduation rate for Club members from all ethic backgrounds was comparable to that of the peer reference group and the statewide K-12 population

 

Learn more about this TaxWatch study.

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Web Site wins Award

Be sure to visit the Boys & Girls Clubs of Manatee County's award winning web site! Last month at the Boys & Girls Clubs of America National Conference in San Francisco, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Manatee County received the Gold Marketing and Communications award for our newly redesigned web site. Entries were judged based on the plan and process for keeping the web site up-to-date and how the Club used it as a marketing tool. Judges also looked for relevant information about our services and ways to help.