THE JEFF JENKINS REWARDS PROGRAM . . . 


The key to the Jeff Jenkins Recognition and Rewards program can be found in two words from the name: RECOGNITION and REWARD.  We accept as fact if the students thoroughly  understood the huge rewards that would com from his or her commitment to just a few more years of school, the dropout rate would decrease dramatically. We emphasize social reward just as much as financial reward.  For example, the high school quarterback who is recognized and admired by the entire student body and often even the community in general because of his athletic prowess is not likely to drop out of high school because he is experiencing the rewards of his accomplishments.  At the same time, a student who may have just as much scholastic ability, average grades, who is not involved in extracurricular activities and who spends his out of school time with drop out friends or gang members is at great risk of leaving school.

OUR MISSION IS TO RECOGNIZE AND REWARD SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND EXTRACURRICULAR EXCELLENCE IN A WAY THAT WILL CHANGE AN AT-RISK STUDENT'S MINDSET AND INSURE THIS CHANGE AND THE RELATED ENTHUSIASM FOR ACHIEVEMENT IS TRANSMITTED TO OTHER STUDENTS, TO TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS AND TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

- The Jeff Jenkins Foundation Recognition & Reward Program

"I fully understand the enormous pressures that cause nearly half of inner city high school students to drop out of school.  I lived through them . . . I survived them."
-Jeff Jenkins