Midtown Educational Foundation
Midtown Educational Foundation guides low-income urban youth in Chicago along pathways of success. Our proven enrichment programs embrace the dignity of the person by focusing on academic excellence, virtue development, individual attention, and parental engagement.
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93% of 8th grade students gain admission to college prep high schools
100% graduate from high school and enroll in college
9 out of 10 earn a college degree
Character counts
Service to others is a core value
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MEF's approach can be remembered with the help of an acronym that also describes every child it serves:
"A V.I.P."
The "A" stands for ACADEMICS. MEF enables children to compete in college-prep high schools and then enter good colleges.
The "V" stands for basic VIRTUES. Civic virtue and moral character are taught and modeled throughout the programs.
The "I" stands for INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION. We believe the best motivation is personal friendship and attribute a large part of the success of our programs to the individual mentoring each student receives.
The "P" stands for PARENTS. MEF operates on the principle that parents are the primary educators of their children. We provide valuable support through educational seminars on parenting, one-on-one consultations, and more.
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JUST 2 HOURS, ONCE A WEEK
Your help can provide a student with the individual attention they need to find both personal and academic success.
Tutor the same student each week for at least one full academic semester. You help the student develop study skills, prepare for upcoming tests, and finish homework.
Set goals with your student to help them grow personally and academically.
Work with closely with their parents to help them succeed.
Programs run late September through the first week of May.
Watch:
The Midtown Educational Foundation’s (MEF) 27th Annual Reach for Excellence Dinner provided an electric energy as roughly 450 new and old friends converged at the Four Seasons on a brisk October night. The familial atmosphere was evident to each guest, mirroring the feeling one feels when walking into one of MEF’s centers. As Executive Director, Glenn Wilke, said, “what we teach at the centers, we practice at our events.”