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Aki Kurose Academy is proud to offer our building’s resources to better serve our community’s needs.  Listed below are a few of the services offered at Aki Kurose, both to the general public and/or the students and their families enrolled in our school program.

Treehouse program’s intensive tutoring program places certified teachers in public schools to provide foster kids with essential tutoring in basic skills. We also offer after-school drop-in tutoring at the Treehouse Learning Center, as well as Summer Academy and other school break programs.

The Treehouse program has six core programs – Tutoring, Educational Advocacy, College and Career Planning, Little Wishes, Summer Camp and the Wearhouse. 

Check out the Treehouse website for details and resources.

www.treehouseforkids.org

The Y offers all kinds of awesome after school programs!

               -Monday through Thursday

               -3:40 to 4:45 pm

               -At Aki Kurose Middle School

               -Snack and metro token included

               -FREE to ALL Aki students

Visit the Y (room 133) for a registration form or call Roderick Booker (206.252.7718) or Kristin Brewster (206.252.7744) for more information!

The Y also coordinates volunteers in the school! If interested, please contact Kristin for an application packet.

City Year unites young people of all backgrounds for a year of full-time service, giving them the skills and opportunities to change the world.

As tutors, mentors and role models, these diverse young leaders make a difference in the lives of children, and transform schools and neighborhoods in 19 U.S. locations and one in Johannesburg, South Africa. Just as important, during their year of service corps members develop civic leadership skills they can use throughout a lifetime of community service.

Major corporations and businesses participate in our mission by serving as strategic partners, team sponsors, and national leadership sponsors.

Together we’re building a citizen service movement that is larger than our organization, our lifetime, and ourselves.

The Group Health Welness Center serves the Aki Kurose community’s medical and health needs.  Parents must register their students with the Welness Center in order to receive services.

In 1992, The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA*) at Columbia University created the program model for CASASTART and set this bold new program into motion. Our vision—then and now—is to target children between the ages of 8-13in school, off of drugs and alcohol, and out of trouble with the law.

The program's rigorous evaluation shows that youth in CASASTART are more likely to be promoted to the next grade, less likely to use or sell drugs, less likely to be involved in violent behavior and less likely to associate with or be influenced by delinquent or ant-social peers. These results led to CASASTART being designated an Exemplary Program for Safe, Disciplined and Drug-Free Schools by the U.S. Department of Education, and a Model Program by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

The Saul and Dayee G. Haas Foundation is committed to improving the quality of life among needy secondary students in communities throughout the state of Washington, by supporting schools to encourage students to stay in school, return to school or get involved within their learning community.

Haas Foundation funds are used to encourage secondary school students to remain in school or return to school. This is accomplished by the Foundation’s nurturing the development of a trusting relationship between the student and the school.  We believe all students should be treated with dignity. Through the schools’ discreet use of Haas Foundation funds, we hope to encourage character development and increased self-esteem in the recipients.

Aki offers a wide variety of counseling services to met the needs of our diverse student body.  The symbol below is located on many pages throughout our website. Click on the link to visit the Aki Counseling Services page and learn more about what we do to meet the academic development, personal/social development and career development needs of our students.