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TRAINING TO HELP STUDENTS
AmeriCorps members achieve these
gains through training, dedication,
teamwork and constant assessment of
their efforts.
"We were taught how to lead, to
navigate obstacles, to handle inter-
personal issues," said Sarah Crane,
who served as a City Year team leader
during the 2009-10 school year.
"The AmeriCorps member provides
someone to look up to in a near-peer
relationship:'
At Phoenix Academy in southwest
Detroit, she was a tutor and mentor,
both inside and outside her class-
room. She also worked on community
activities, including a health and well-
ness fair, a school beautification proj-
ect and a literacy initiative to enroll
people for library cards.
"It was amazing and challenging.
It teaches you how to work with the
resources you have," she said.
Matthew Fellows, 21, a team mem-
ber assigned to Burns School for
2015-16, described his early experi-
ences as "a bit humbling and awaken-
ing:' Jenna Pickman, a team leader
at Noble, found that "some students
need a really big push, and some are

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MATTHEW FELLOWS
AmeriCorps member Fellows, 21,
was raised in West Bloomfield and
graduated from Andover High
School and Albion
College. "My fam-
ily background
has made me
historically inter-
ested and likewise
politically aware
growing up, and
this translated to
Fellows
majoring in his-
tory and political
science. My time
at Albion opened a social conscious-
ness for me and relatedly, following
my mother's side, meant studying
Detroit, and indirectly realizing that
social inequality ... City Year is my
way of starting an idealist initiative
for my life in Detroit and hopefully

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brilliant and really care about the
schoolwork:'
Stein is a firm believer in City
Year's value, but cautions team mem-
bers to have reasonable expectations.
"Success is relative," he tells them.
"You haven't come here to save these
students or the city. You need to
celebrate the small achievements —
passing a test. You never know the
impact that you're going to have on a
student:'
Stein is still in touch with two stu-
dents from his City Year service 11
years ago; one has a full scholarship
at the University of Wisconsin.
He hopes to expand the number of
schools served by City Year Detroit,
which would require increased fund-
ing from DPS as well as more private
sector support. In addition, he wants
to strengthen the referral system to
the city's college prep programs so
that high-achieving students can
advance further in high school. Plus,
he wants to bolster collaboration
among the many nonprofits work-
ing in the schools. His goals are
ambitious, but Stein is very focused,
extremely capable and energetic. *

nationwide he explained. Fellows
lives in Ferndale.

JENNA PICKMAN
City Year team leader Pickman, 22, is
from Huntington Woods and gradu-
ated with a bachelor's degree from
Michigan State
University. Pickman
has volunteered for
Leader Dogs for
the Blind, Yad Ezra
and Summer in
the City. She chose
to serve as a City
Year AmeriCorps
member because
Pickman
she wants to help
children whose
education and chance for success are
burdened by the impact of mental
health issues. *

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City Year Detroit Snapshot
Corps members: 71
Schools served: 11
Students served: 4,720

248-661-1836 TTY# 711

www.jslmi.org

Annual team member support:
$12,100 for living expenses and $5,370
at the end of their service.
2014-15 achievements: 82 percent

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language arts and math maintained
or improved their grades, while 52
percent of students targeted for atten-
dance issues maintained or improved
their school attendance.

Source: City Year Detroit,

www.cityyear.org/detroit