SYF 2016-17 Impact Report

Increasing Impact in Our Communities 30 Academies in 12 States Gregg Goodman, President of The Mills; Rebecca Fox, School Board President of Katy ISD; City of Katy Mayor Fabol Hughes; Dr. Lawrence Hindt, Superintendent of Katy ISD cut the ribbon opening the Simon Youth Academy at Katy Mills.

Simon Youth Foundation continues to extend the reach and impact of our programs through the building and expansion of our Academy network. In the last academic year, SYF added three new Academies, bringing our current total to 30 Academies across 12 states. SYF has broadened our traditional mall-based Academy location structure in order to create sustainability and scalability in our longer-term success. For several years, for partnership with and at the request of school districts where SYF has a successful existing mall-based Academy, we have extended our support and adopted into our relationship additional school programs targeting drop-out recovery and alternative diploma pathways. The adoption of these non mall-based programs establishes a node of Simon Youth Academies in those communities. These nodes help us reach more students, develop stronger community-based strategic ties and create a broader economic impact in those communities. SYF has nodes in association with Huntington Beach Union High School District (CA), San Juan Capistrano School District (CA), Charlotte County Public Schools (FL), Metro Nashville Public Schools (TN) and Seattle Public Schools (WA).

While a Simon Mall-based Academy will always be our preferred entry into a community, SYF expanded our strategic growth plan to engage successful diploma recovery and dropout prevention high school programs that align with our mission, and are located in communities where Simon Mall space is not yet available. These partnerships allow us to build strong engagement with the school district and community ahead of building the mall-based facility. Simon Youth Clark-Pleasant Academy (IN) in partnership with Greenwood Park Mall and Simon Youth Burlington Academy (MA) in partnership with Burlington Mall, new this year, are examples of this type of partnership. In September 2016, SYF cut the ribbon to open Simon Youth Academy at Katy Mills (TX) and celebrated the adoption of Martha Raines High School. Gregg Goodman, President of the Mills and SYF Board member presided, along with Rebecca Fox, Katy ISD School Board President, the Honorable Fabol Hughes, Mayor of Katy, and Dr. Lawrence Hindt, Katy ISD Superintendent. Visit syf.org/katy to read The Houston Chronicle front page article about Simon Youth Academy at Katy Mills and to view more photos of the grand openings.

Visit syf.org/academies to view Academy locations, contact information, graduation rates and more.