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...ASPIRING CLASSICAL singer Walter Turnbull founded an after-school program for local kids--and soon forgot his operatic ambitions. Launched in a church basement, the Boys Choir of Harlem has performed for Popes and Presidents and on a slew of film sound tracks. It even spawned a music academy. Though the school closed and Turnbull drew criticism following a student's 2001 allegation of sexual abuse by a teacher, the choir continues to educate kids ages 9 to 19. "It's nothing grandiose or big," Turnbull said. "We just try to get kids to understand the importance of simple things...
...Clark, a member of the Crimson Key Society and the Hasty Pudding Club, founded an after-school tutoring program with Wilkis, and Clark taught the language arts. She began to adopt a literary bent, concentrating in English...
...security blanket for the striving class. People feel that he is not only sympathetic to their ends, he is prepared to support the means as well. Life for swing voters and migrants in Bennelong is the quest for a larger home or to build a business; the after-school coaching regime that primes primary-school kids for entrance exams for nearby selective high schools and then university; the duty of making kids practice their musical instruments or enrolling them in year-round learn-to-swim classes at places such as the Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre. At the weekend...
...things I guess. My dad fenced in college and when my brother and I were little he thought that it would be a good after-school activity for us to try. It started off as a father-daughter activity and as time went on I got more and more serious about it and now here...
...Junior Achievement Junior Achievement is a non-profit organization that connects volunteers with students in grades K-12. Through in-class activities, after-school programs and workplace experiences, students build up the confidence they need to succeed in their future careers. www.ja.org...