SEED’s innovative model integrates a rigorous academic program with a nurturing boarding program, which teaches life skills and provides a safe and secure environment. This boarding school model provides a comprehensive solution to the challenges facing urban youth and serves as a prototype for expansion nationwide.
SEED’s model has proven successful: 97 percent of SEED graduates have been accepted to college and 85 percent of alumni are on track to graduate from college.
Building on the success of its first school, the Foundation is now focusing on building urban public boarding schools in additional under-served communities throughout the country. Current plans are underway for a school in Maryland and a second school in the District, in addition to feasibility projects in Wisconsin, Ohio, and New Jersey.
