Say Yes Program Analysis

Each year, during summer time, the Say Yes program at Buffalo State College offers a summer program commonly known as “the Summer Say Yes Program” to many local students here at Buffalo. The program gives the opportunity to students to discover the environment of Buffalo State College as part-time job. The Say Yes program commitment to education was originally founded by the Hartford money manager George Weiss in 1987. Mr. Weiss inspiration and courage to build a Say Yes program came to him when he was sitting at a restaurant with twelve old friends students who have graduated from high school. As the Say Yes education website explains that “At the restaurant, he learned that all 12 had graduated from high school. One of the young men told him, “We could not have dropped out and looked you straight in the eye.” Inspired by these words, Mr. Weiss promised then and there to help make a difference in the lives of children facing overwhelming obstacles” (par. 2). Mr. Weiss first started in 1987 by making a promise to 112 sixth graders at Belmont School— One of Philadelphia’s toughest high school that …show more content…
Simmons, the director of the program accepted twenty-one student who qualified for the program. I visited the program on July 15, 2015, and it looks like it has grown bigger than the previous year, it has now over thirty students who participate into the program. Mr. Simmons claims that the main goals of this program is to get his students ready for their new college career, to get his students used to the Buffalo State College environment. Mr. Simmons ambitiously wants his students to be in advance than the majority of incoming freshman by giving students the opportunity to gain six college credits from the classes that they take during the program, by signing up students for their classes earlier, by setting up their IDs and email accounts for Buffalo State College, and much