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Educational Options – Gallo Center Partners with SCOE to Operate YES Company

In July, SCOE and the Gallo Center for the Arts children, in our community. We also want to show our • Friend to Friend – inserviced 600 middle school
entered into a 10-year agreement that saw the performing appreciation to the boards of both the Gallo Center for and high school students who attended the annual
arts venue assume management responsibilities and the Arts and the Education Foundation of Stanislaus conference to develop resiliency and leadership skills.
artistic direction for YES Company following the County for their continued support.” • Foster Youth Services - provided services to foster
retirement of its longtime leader, Melanee Wyatt. youth including: educational advocacy, college
and career readiness, tutoring, leadership training,
Founded by SCOE in 1992, YES (Youth emancipation services, and self-advocacy.
Entertainment Stage) Company offers a variety of “We are looking forward • GED/HiSET Testing – provided testing for
programs that now will be managed by the Gallo individuals working towards their High School
Center as part of an expanding, year-round arts to the future of YES Equivalency Certificate. The testing center served
education initiative of the performing arts venue. YES Company and our growing more than 1,700 students last year.
Company is now a part of Gallo Center’s fast growing • Healthy Start – worked with 10 Healthy Start school-
arts education program, Pathways to Creativity. partnership with Gallo based family resource centers to support families with
The Gallo Center will operate YES Company with children 0-5 and pregnant/parenting teens.
partial funding by the Education Foundation of Stanislaus Center for the Arts.” • Homeless Youth Education – served the needs of
more than 100 students and their families.
County, which has traditionally furnished support for the • Safety Trainings and Mental Health Programs –
organization’s staffing, production and equipment needs, – Scott Kuykendall, Assistant Superintendent provided mental health trainings for school personnel
and tuition grants for deserving students. and partners across the region. More than 200
Wyatt, YES Company’s founding artistic director school personnel attended School Safety/Active
and choreographer, retired following the 2018 summer Approval of the agreement by the Gallo Center’s Shooter trainings.
production of “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast.” She board of directors was unanimous, noted board chair • Operation Backpack - collected and distributed
headed the organization for 27 years, and leaves behind Robert Fores. “This is a pivotal moment in the history over 800 backpacks filled with school supplies to
a legacy that has touched the lives of thousands of of arts education in our community,” Fores said. “The 18 districts and 10 community agencies to help
homeless, low-income and foster children.
young people and their parents in Stanislaus County. board and staff of the Center enthusiastically look • Petersen Alternative Center for Education –
“We are looking forward to the future of YES forward to a productive partnership that benefits local offered classroom instruction for grades 9-12 and
Company and our growing partnership with Gallo youth for many years to come.” Independent Study for grades 1-12. PACE served 362
Center for the Arts,” said Scott Kuykendall, SCOE students last year.
Assistant Superintendent. “How wonderful for The following programs are operated by • Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
Melanee to know that as she retires, the company she SCOE’s Educational Options Division: (PBIS) – expanded the regional training and technical
envisioned nearly three decades ago will continue well • After School Programs – provided academic assistance center to equip school teams on prevention
into the future to support arts education, especially for support, enrichment opportunities and a safe school and intervention strategies.
environment to 3,500 students • Stanislaus Industrial Technology Institute – trained
• Come Back Kids – served 1,176 individuals who students on the skill sets required to support the
maintenance and operations of the large distribution
returned to school to earn a high school diploma. centers located in Patterson.
CBK has graduated 819 students to date.
Education • Community School and Independent Study - served • Stanislaus Military Academy (SMA) – provided a
Foundation • Culinary Arts Academy – served alternative comprehensive education for high school students in
2,453 students
a military environment. Last year SMA served
142 students.
of Stanislaus education students and Oakdale Joint Unified School • Student Attendance Review Board (SARB) – reviewed
District students interested in obtaining culinary skills.
County Students also practiced customer service and point of 161 cases from 20 school districts and worked with
students and families to address attendance issues.
sale skills through the Culinary Café.
Board Raises Funds • Greenhouse Management/Plant Production – • Tactical Character Academy (TCA) – provided
junior high academics in a highly structured classroom
setting. Last year TCA served 103 students.
to Support Students at provided students with the knowledge and skills • Tobacco Use Prevention Education – educated
necessary to grow and produce vegetables and herbs
Fundraising Events which are then used by students at the Culinary Arts students on the dangers of tobacco use.
Academy. Students are now studying animal science • Valley Charter High School (VCHS) - provided an
with the recent addition of laying hens.
The Education innovative public school option for 9th through 12th
Foundation Board • Family Education Programs – served families by grade students. Last year, 27% of VCHS students were
teaching about healthy life and family skills.
raised approximately dual enrolled at Modesto Junior College.
$160,000 at two
recent fundraisers
– the Community
Brunch held
September 23,
2018 and their annual fundraising dinner, held
October 11, 2018
Formally launched in February of 2002,
the Education Foundation supports the
efforts of the Youth Entertainment Stage
(YES) Company, Student Events and Outdoor
Education programs. Each year students from
throughout the county participate in activities
supported by the Foundation. These activities
provide opportunities for students to showcase
their talents and abilities through projects,
performances and competitions that promote
excellence in education. The Foundation also
provides supplemental allocations to fund SCOE Last year
programs that support students countywide. YES Kids
performed
Peter Pan Jr.
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