R.E.A.L. Skills: A Network for Learning and Support

R.E.A.L. Skills Network is an afterschool program at the Family Partnership Center in Poughkeepsie, New York. With the leadership of Tree Arrington, students from elementary schools are tutored and mentored by students from local middle and high schools and colleges, allowing for a long-term community of support to develop. Over time, students who go through the program tend to perform and behave better in school and graduate high school and attend college at significantly higher rates compared to the general school population.