March 2020
Say Yes Guilford
By the Numbers
  • 1194 Graduates representing every GCS High School received scholarship support in 2018-19
  • $20 million Scholarship Impact since 2016
  • 15% Increase in FAFSA Completion
  • 100% of GCS HELPS participants showed mid-year growth
  • 50+ school visits, workshops and webinars in 2019-20 school year
SAT Prep Class at GTCC High Point
Friends,
During these uncertain times in education, I want you to know Say Yes Guilford remains committed to providing equitable access to learning for all GCS students. We helped to provide laptops to families without access to technology; we increased our online resources for students including videos and webinars, we are reaching out to our Say Yes scholars by phone and email; and we are planning even more ways to impact students in the coming school year. Please share the good things happening in our schools, and know our commitment to preparing students for success in college, career and life is unwavering. Wendy
Say Yes Guilford CEO
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GCS Students Find Friends & Mentors in Reading Tutors
HELPS Program Showing Early Success
Every GCS student participating in the Helping Early Learners with Practice Strategies program showed growth on Middle of Year assessments, and many also found inspiration in their tutors.
Say Yes to Sucess
Harvard sounds very, very far away for a lot of high school students. It certainly did for Betty Lulseged. “I didn’t want to apply, because I thought there was no way.  I thought I was throwing away my application fee.” With a little encouragement from dad, the Northwest Guilford student applied to Harvard and was accepted in Spring of 2016. “It completely blew my mind,” she remembers.
2015-19 Impact
Since 2016 Say Yes Guilford has awarded GCS graduates more than $8.6 million, and leveraged about $11.4 million through our private college compact for a total impact of over $20 million.
Only four schools remain! Say Yes Guilford’s Scholarship Registration Competition enters the Final Four: The STEM Early College at NC A&T vs High Point Central and Dudley vs. Penn-Griffin School for the Arts. 
The winning school will receive a $1000 donation to the counseling department and bragging rights for the year.
Say Yes Guilford In the News
Triad Today : Say Yes Guilford CEO Wendy Poteat and Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro President Walker Sanders joined Jim Longworth on Triad Today this month. They shared the impact Say Yes Guilford is having on GCS and how community support continues to make scholarships and support services possible.

WFMY: Wendy also joined Taheshah Moise on WFMY's Good Morning Show to share news about Say Yes Guilford's many free spring events.

Greensboro Television Network: Say Yes Guilford Assistant Director of Student Outreach and Retention Brandi Kennedy joined Carla Banks on GTN's FYI Weekly to share how Say Yes is supporting students during quarantine.

Yes Weekly: Yes Weekly highlighted Say Yes Guilford as a lead donor to the Guilford Education Alliance effort to get laptops to GCS students who did not already have one at home.
All 28 GCS High Schools have graduates who are Say Yes Scholars!
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