To be eligible for the GO Project students must:
- attend a New York City Public School below 14th Street in Manhattan.
- demonstrate that they are performing below grade level and in need of academic intervention.
- be enrolled in Kindergarten, First, Second or Third Grade (students are NOT accepted in the Fourth and Fifth grades).
- commit to participating in both the five week summer program and Saturday morning tutoring from October through April.
- understand that they are expected to participate in the GO Project from the point they enter through the summer after their fifth grade year.
- Preference is given to Free/Reduced Lunch recipients
- Families must commit to the GO Project’s year-round programming, which means consistent student attendance from July 2010 to April 2011 (no more than 3 absences for the summer or the Saturday Program)
- If accepted, Financial Aid is available for families who need help paying GO Project’s Program Fee of $80 per accepted student in K-4 and $40 per student in 5th grade. Financial Aid is optional for all students and will not affect a student’s acceptance into the GO Project. The program fee can be paid by check or money order.
- Acceptance notification will be mailed out by Friday, May 28, 2010. Students who are accepted into the GO Project will have to reply with a confirmation and complete the acceptance packet forms by Monday, June 7, 2010.
- A Program Fee of $80 for K-4th grade children and $40 for 5th grade students may be paid by check or money order and must be submitted on the first day of GO Summer, Tuesday, July 6, 2010. Families who have applied for Financial Aid will have four weeks after acceptance to mail in the Program Fee. If you have applied for financial aid, but have not received paperwork by July 6th, please bring your child to the program on this day and speak to a GO Project staff member.