Youth Engaged in Service (YES) College Preparatory School

Christopher Barbic founded, directed, and teaches at Youth Engaged in Service (YES) College Preparatory School in Houston, TX. Through a highly personalized curriculum, extended school hours, student commitment contracts and community service projects, Chris is helping more than 400 at-risk, inner-city students lead the state in academic performance by achieving a 99% passing rate on state standardized tests. Chris won a BRICK Award in 2000.