WINGS Success
A strong track record for helping kids succeed distinguishes WINGS in the youth development field. We have been singled out for the quality and effectiveness of our work:
- Yale research shows how WINGS develops attachment to school and improves behavior.
- The South Carolina Association of Nonprofit Organizations gave WINGS its highest award for “excellence” in nonprofit management.
- Charleston magazine and the Coastal Community Foundation named WINGS an outstanding nonprofit organization for “exceptional efforts” to serve the community. See article.
- The pre-eminent journal in the field, New Directions in Youth Development, spotlighted the WINGS program.
- Charleston Regional Business Journal gave WINGS an Innovators Award.
- Scholastic magazine profiled WINGS as one of three “outstanding centers” worth emulating for best practices.
Academic achievement at Memminger Elementary in 2009:
- 96 % of WINGS kids showed academic improvement in at least one major subject.
- 92 % of WINGS kids improved on standardized math tests; 96% improved on reading.
- 93% of WINGS kids maintained at least "adequate" school attendance.
Academic achievement at Chicora School of Communications in 2009:
- 97% of WINGS 3rd - 5th graders received at least "average" in homework on final report cards.
- 90 % of WINGS kids improved on standardized math tests; 87% improved on reading.
- 89% of WINGS maintained at least "adequate" school attendance.
Awards and Accolades
WINGS has been recognized as a “best practice” by education organizations including:
- The Academy for Educational Development, Washington, D.C.
- The National Institute of Out-of-School Time at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA.
- The National Association of Elementary School Principals, Alexandria, VA.
