FEDERAL EMPLOYEES VOLUNTEER AT OSCAR DePRIEST SCHOOL WITH TUTORING & SPORTS PROGRAMS

Federal Aviation Administration employee Joyce Scott volunteers as a tutor with an Oscar DePriest student.

Jonathan Thedford of the Social Security Administration quizzes 4th grade students on reading comprehension in preparation for the Illinois Standards Achievement Test at DePriest Elementary School.

Starting in March, Federal agency employees are volunteering their time and energy at Oscar DePriest Elementary School, 39 South Parkside Avenue, in Austin. The Federal Executive Board in Chicago came up with the initiative for providing resources to Chicago Public Schools to increase student academic achievement and well-being. Graduate students from the University of Illinois at Chicago Masters in Public Administration program designed surveys for parents, students, and teachers evaluating student needs. They subsequently designed and are implementing a tutoring program and soccer program at DePriest. It is the goal of the Federal Executive Board to expand these programs into other Chicago Public Schools.
    “We are seeing very dedicated federal employees making important differences in the lives of our future leaders,” says FEB project leader Mark Ludeking. “I think this is exactly what President Kennedy envisioned when he created Federal Executive Boards.”