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ffl’1 ^Jnrtlanh (Ob se ruer S e p te m b e r 2 8 . 2 0 0 5 Page A 5 Seif Enhancement, /«c.Builds Futures continued from Front In public schools, many teachers are just teachers. Here, with every kid, you treat them like they're your son or daughter and 80 people are employed. The program also has the capacity to help 1,000 more children via after school programs. Through tutoring, extracurricu lar activities and counseling during school, after school and over the summer, 8-year-old children grow into 25-year-old successes. This is quite a feat, considering 50 percent of the students come from single- parent family homes that live below the poverty line. But it was never a question to Hopson as to why or how inner-city children should be helped along the way. “I’m a product of the civil rights movement, of the ’60s,” Hopson said. “It’s hard not to be passion ate. You’d have to have your head in the sand. It was always about community, about being the best you could be. We wanted to pre serve this community and have it be a safe place for generations after us.” Last year, 98 percent of SEI youth graduated from high school and 85 percent went on to college, many with scholarships in hand. Part of the success lies in work ing with The Relationship Model, proposing that the role of an SEI coordinator be not just that of a teacher, but a mentor and parent as well. They stand by the child for as many years as possible, allowing for a consistent, positive role model in the child’s life. “Every kid has a gift and oppor tunity to be successful. We have to expose them to find out what that gift is,” Hopson said. “ In an urban setting, kids live in a little box. The job of adults is to show kids their full potential.” While more than 85 percent of the student population is African American, Hopson said that the program works with any environ ment. He hopes that the prototype created in north Portland will be extended to other areas. -T o n y Hopson Sr., SEI president and chief executive o fficer “W e’re proud that w e’ve been able to stay the course,” Hopson said. “W e’ve stayed very focused. W e’ve been able to survive all the ups and downs and keeping kids in school and getting them gradu ated.” In March 1997, the program opened the Center for Self Enhance ment, a 62,(XX) square feet bu i Iding at 3920 N. Kerby Ave. This meant having the ability to house an audi torium, library, dance studio, gym, computer lab, recording studio, cafeteria and most importantly, classrooms. Last fall, Hopson opened up the SEI A cadem y C harter M iddle School with 50 new students. Hopes are that the school will reach 150 youth over the next few years, with sixth, seventh and eighth grade classes being added as students progress. “In public schools, many teach ers are just teachers. Here, with every kid, you treat them like they’re your son or daughter,” Hopson said. "There are a large percentage of kids who haven't been parented the way they need to be. W e’re, in many ways, replacing that.” Each student is provided with uniform s and a backpack full of school supplies to start the year w ell-equipped. Beyond the core subjects, the students are held to the sam e stan d ard s p revalent throughout the rest o f the pro gram. On their first day of school last September, according to an SEI newsletter, Hopson told his incom ing students, “One thing that will be different about your educational 2 5 years and growing experience here is when you don’t SEI is looking toward its 25'h show up, you’ 11 have someone who anniversary next year, with much will come and find you. When you jubilation. It will also be hosting its step out of line, they will be there to biggest fund-raiser of the year, the help you get back in line. When you Art and Soul Gala, on Oct. 8. Last fall, there will be someone there to year, the organization broke the pick you up. And most importantly, record of raising more funds than when you feel that you can’t, there any other in the state, gathering $2 will always be someone there to tell m illionforitsw ork. you that you can.” As of Monday, TriMet has decided to ban smoking at bus shelters and MAX stations across the P ortland-m etro area. Crews will install no-smok ing signs at 1.090 shelters and stations in an effort to lessen secondhand smoke, an issue numerous people have com plained about. Many riders. SAFEWAY especially babies, children, se niors and those with health is sues, are vulnerable to second hand smoke, which contains at least 43 chemicals known to cause cancer. Those caught smoking at marked areas will be subject to a fine or exclusion from riding TriMet. For more information, visit www.trimet.org. Ingredients for life. 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Oregon jazz historian Robert D ie tsc h e le a d s a guided tour of the main jazz spots, from supper club to dance hall, capturing the emotion, excitement and energy o f an evening on the town in h is u p c o m in g book, “Jum ptown.” His work collects hundreds o f pieces o f local jazz history in c lu d in g p h o to g ra p h s, p e rso n a l re c o lle c tio n s , r e v ie w s, m aps and handbills to create “an anatomy o f a jazz village.” For a golden decade following World War II, jazz talent and musi cal activity flourished in Portland. A th riv in g A frican A m erican neighborhood - soon to be bull dozed for “ urban re n e w a l” - spawned a jazz heyday rarely ri valed on the W est Coast. Legends like Duke Ellington. 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