CP Annual_2007.indd - Community Preparatory School

Dear Friends
The future of Community Prep has never looked more optimistic—after 23
years we see our most prized assets—students and alumni—having a dramatic
impact on the community. Today our alumni are leading community organizations,
finishing their MBA at MIT’s Sloan School of Management and dancing
for the Dance Theatre of Harlem. Community Prep’s alumni are making an impact.
I want all the teachers who helped me
to see me graduate and feel satisfied
that all the work we have done together
has finally paid off. I want them to see
I can handle myself, and I can reach out
and grab my dreams. Community Prep
is my second home. A home that makes
me the person I am today.
Victoria Kue, grade 7
SKL Communications
As a school, we continue to get stronger—our programs, the quality of our
faculty and the talent of our students. This year’s 31 graduates moved on to
many wonderful high schools including: Barrington Christian Academy, Bishop
Hendricken, Classical, LaSalle Academy, Lincoln School, Miss Hall’s, Moses
Brown, Providence Country Day, Rocky Hill, St. Andrew’s, St. Mary Academy/
Bay View, St. Raphael’s, Westminster, and Wheeler.
In addition to their academic successes, these students enjoyed working at
the Farm School, volunteering at Bay Tower Nursing Home, and writing an
original play about immigration. Our Class of 2007 received about $800,000 in
financial aid for their upcoming four years of high school. All told, graduates
of Community Prep have been given more than $14,000,000 in aid for their
high school and college education over the last 23 years.
Though our priority is always our students, we need to enhance the physical
structure of our campus and develop some core areas—arts, science, and
athletics. We will remain focused on the students and their futures as we
address these needs.
We hope to involve our entire school community and the local neighborhood
in these plans during the coming year. We are looking ahead towards a bright
future for all of the students that we will be serving in the years to come. We
will keep you informed in the coming months of the progress that we make in
these efforts.
As friends of Community Prep, you contribute to our students’ many successes.
Every dollar and every volunteer hour that has been donated to the school has
gone to help students who are already working very hard to help themselves
and their families. Our students set high goals, and their parents, guardians and
teachers work with them to write and implement plans for achieving those goals.
Thank you for all that you have done. We have much more to do, and I look
forward to working on these challenges together.
Peace,
Dan Corley