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Submitted by BRICK Winner on Sat, 08/26/2006 - 22:41.
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.
Submitted by BRICK Winner on Sat, 08/26/2006 - 22:03.
1998 BRICK Award winner Wai Kiu Lee acted as the Executive Director of Oakland Asian Students Educational Services (OASES) in Oakland, CA. An after-school educational program, OASES provides mentoring, arts & crafts, computer classes and college preparation courses for children in Oakland’s Chinatown community. Under Wai Kiu’s leadership, OASES has transformed from a college-based student service club into a full-service community center that currently attracts over 400 college students and committed citizens who mentor hundreds of students.
