"The Purpose"
The Ivy Center was founded for the purpose of improving educational opportunities for our precious children in the Pine Bluff, AR, Jefferson County Community. The Center involves our children in cultural events to expand their horizon beyond television and video games.
The Ivy Center was founded for the purpose of improving educational opportunities for our precious children in the Pine Bluff, AR, Jefferson County Community. The Center involves our children in cultural events to expand their horizon beyond television and video games.
The Ivy Center for Education, Inc., (ICE) was incorporated on May 21, 2004. It was created around the needs of the youth in the Pine Bluff, AR community which are: achieve academic excellence, prepare our students to graduate college, reduce the crime rate, reduce the high school dropout rate, and fill the void of parental apathy. Our Program has created a strategic roadmap in the following areas of self-esteem, motivation, communication, and character building. The objective of the program is to expose our children in the community to a vast array of opportunities, such as:
- A renewed sense of academic goal setting
- Leadership development
- Purpose and direction at school, home and throughout the world community
Projects include:
- College Tours
- Speakers Bureau
- Character Building
- Pageants
- Field Trips
- Youth Leadership Counsel
Currently ICE is offering mentoring to build character using our speaker’s bureau:
ACT College Preparatory Workshops
Encourage student participation in the UAPB STEM program
Web Design Workshop and Creating a Logo for the Ivy Center
Essay Writing
College Tours
Cultural Enrichment Tours and Field Studies Trips
ACT Summer Academy at the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville
STEM and LIONS Programs at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
ACT College Preparatory Workshops
Encourage student participation in the UAPB STEM program
Web Design Workshop and Creating a Logo for the Ivy Center
Essay Writing
College Tours
Cultural Enrichment Tours and Field Studies Trips
ACT Summer Academy at the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville
STEM and LIONS Programs at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff