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| Parkesburg native Bruce Reeves (left), who will be a senior at Octorara Area High School, and Mariah Johnson, who will be a tenth-grader at the Coatesville 9-10 Center, spent their summer working at the Art Partners Studio as part of the Coatesville Youth Initiative. |
This from the Community Courier:
While many teens spent the summer at the pool or
hanging out at the mall, 40 youths between the ages of 14 and 18 took
part in the Coatesville Youth Initiative ServiceCorps, an eight-week
program which placed them at worksites throughout the county, including
the Brandywine YMCA, the Coatesville Public Library, the Graystone
Society, the Regency Park Apartments and the Chenoa Manor Animal
Sanctuary.
As part of the program, held for the
second summer, participants worked at their host sites Monday through
Thursday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. On Fridays, they took part in leadership
training programs.
They were paid $7.50 per hour and worked 35 hours
per week.
Chaya Scott of the Brandywine Health
Foundation, director of the Coatesville Youth Initiative, explained that
students in the Coatesville Area School District were eligible to apply
for the program.
They were required to answer four essay questions and
supply two references. "We got 174 applications from eighth-graders
through high school (students). From the applications, we scored the
essays and interviewed 94 kids in four days," Scott said.
Based
on a combination of their essay scores and interviews, 40 students were
chosen to participate. Students were also asked to fill out an interest
sheet stating what type of employment they would like, such as working
with children or office work.
Bruce Reeves, a
student at Octorara Area High School (OAHS), spent his summer working at
Art Partners Studio, along with Mariah Johnson, who will be a
10th-grader at the Coatesville 9-10 Center.
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