Youth N.O.W. is hosting a virtual trivia event in honor of our students! Join the community and our partners to attend and support this year's Cultivating Success 2021 Event! 

Watch from the comfort of your home as we celebrate six incredible students who will be awarded in the categories of Academic Growth, Academic Dedication, and Leadership. Each student will share their story and be awarded a scholarship during the event. Be with us as we also recognize the impact volunteers make and acknowledge three outstanding volunteers.

Event ticket can be purchased here: Cultivating Success 2021 Ticket

Only one ticket is needed per household.

Each ticket will include:

• Access to our Cultivating Success 2021 event video
• Access to our Kahoot! Trivia Challenge, “Are You Smarter than a 6th Grader?” (There will be raffle prizes for our top winners!) 
• One raffle ticket entry for our Two-Night Getaway at the Dream Inn Santa Cruz (A link to purchase additional getaway raffle tickets will also be included)

We hope you will join us at our original day and time on Friday, May 21, 2021 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. However, you will have early access to complete the trivia competition and extended time to view our movie event.

Let's take this opportunity to celebrate the successes of our students together and what it means to be a community committed to cultivating tomorrow's adults. We look forward to you joining us for this year's Cultivating Success 2021 Event!

*All ticket sales go directly back to supporting students with no cost academic support and pro-social activities*

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Wendy, 7th grade

Rolling Hills Middle School

After showing tremendous academic growth, Wendy has been selected as our Student of the Month for May! Wendy is a 7th grade student attending Rolling Hills Middle School. She has been dedicated to her weekly online tutoring sessions to improve her grades. Wendy is a responsible student and emphasizes the importance of her education by always being on time, prepared, and ready to work. She is kind and respectful to everyone and will put in the extra time to make sure her work is complete. Working closely with her tutor, Faith, Wendy has shown change not only in her academics but, her overall confidence as well. Distance learning has had its challenges, nevertheless, Wendy persevered. Wendy thanks Faith for being her biggest support through it all. Her favorite thing about Youth N.O.W. is the relationship she has been able to build with Faith. When it comes to her future career plans, Wendy is still exploring her options. We believe she will be successful in whatever she decides to do. We are so happy to have Wendy as part of our Youth N.O.W family! Congratulations Wendy!

Maliyah, 12th grade

Watsonville High School

Our high school Student of the Month is Maliyah! Her tutor, Ally, had some great things to say about her: Maliyah has grown considerably since the school year started. She actively participates in our tutoring sessions, articulates what she doesn’t understand, and makes it clear when she gets the concept. Her self confidence has improved greatly as she has seen over and over that she can understand and do the work successfully. The main thing I’ve noticed is that Maliyah takes responsibility for herself. She puts in the time and energy to manage her life. I see this with her school work, academic career and sports, which are all related for her. She plays softball at school and in a league. She also participates in AVID at school which teaches her skills for succeeding in college and her career. Maliyah maintains a very busy schedule and devotes a lot of energy into succeeding. She uses a variety of resources in both school and sports that are helpful like: tutoring, teacher office hours, private athletic training, and a coach mentor. She has leveraged her sports ability to get a college scholarship as well. All in all I am tremendously impressed with her determination and her efforts to not only succeed academically and in sports but, rather to make good choices for herself. I admire Maliyah’s dedication and willingness to devote energy to learning. Congratulations Maliyah!

Bilingual May Resource Calendar from the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County plus MORE.