Organization
SPROG works to invest in both academic and cultural gains for students in the Kirkwood, Webster, Rock Hill, and Des Peres communities. They work with school districts to identify students most in need of their services, and then to measure academic progress via pre- and post- testing. Their summer program is a holistic program which aims to help students make critical academic gains, gain exposure to valuable cultural opportunities, explore their own creative potential through music and drama, have a lot of fun, and become active community citizens. They have an additional component of job training for students that return as counselors.
Partnership
SPROG has been in existence for quite some time and as the nature of summer programming has evolved, SPROG identified the need to make strategic shifts to its operations. The Brown Sisters funded a new initiative to partner with area schools, in which area schools would identify students most in need of SPROG’s programming, and provide data analysis pre- and post- programming to better measure SPROG’s impact. The Brown Sisters has also invested time and support in strategic planning, a board retreat, and other consultative help to support SPROG through its strategic re-focusing.