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Our Mission:

ThorpeWood's mission is to serve at-risk youth and increase the likelihood of their success through long-term, outcome-based, customized academic support and personal development programs in partnership with their schools and youth organizations. We serve students from throughout the region including Baltimore, Washington, DC, and Frederick and Washington Counties (MD).


How does ThorpeWood improve the lives of at-risk youth?
ThorpeWood is a unique Maryland-based resource that offers our regional school and youth organization partners customized programs addressing the specific needs of each at-risk student group. Our students achieve positive results through our programs that focus on:
 

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  • Academic Support – we provide remediation to bring academic skills up to grade level
  • Personal Development – we teach personal growth skills such as goal setting, empathy development, and healthy self-reliance
  • Life Skills – we guide the correction of destructive survival strategies including those related to problem solving, decision-making, and exercise of power and leadership
  • Vocational Training – we help transition students from school to careers by teaching employable skills and allowing them to work under the guidance of experienced craftsmen and potential employers
Our education staff works closely with our partners’ staff to create individually designed programs that incorporate the following criteria:
  • Long-term (2-4 year) commitment with the same students
  • Customized curricula addressing the partners’ goals for students’ academic, personal, and social growth
  • Small student groups (generally 10-12) and small ratios of students to instructors
  • Repeated program visits to ThorpeWood’s 155-acre campus and instruction at the students’ school s or youth organizations
  • Outcome-based program assessment and on-going measurement of student progress
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ThorpeWood's At-Risk Youth Partnerships

ThorpeWood partners with schools and youth organizations from the surrounding region including central Maryland, Baltimore, and Washington, DC. Our current partnerships and programs include:

Click here to view a six-minute video about ThorpeWood's work with at-risk youth from The Washington Jesuit Academy, a former partner.

For further information about ThorpeWood’s at-risk youth programs, contact Bill Prudden, Program Director at (301) 271-2658.

Support for our education programs is provided by a combination of resources including foundation grants, donations by generous contributors, and revenues from event use of ThorpeWood’s facilities.
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Foundation Grants and Donations

ThorpeWood's at-risk youth programs are supported by generous grants from the following foundations:
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MD At Risk Youth Programs | Maryland Long Term At Risk Youth Programs | MD Custom At Risk Youth Programs

Maryland At Risk Youth Programs | MD Long Term At Risk Youth Programs | Maryland Custom At Risk Youth Programs