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 The Simsbury ABC program is affiliated with A
Better Chance, Inc., a
national, non-profit,
academic program that has
been serving high school
students from all over the
country since 1963. The
mission of National A Better
Chance rests on a single
goal: to substantially
increase the number of
well-educated minority youth
capable of assuming
positions of responsibility
and leadership in American
society. One part of
National ABC's mission
statement is to "provide
educational opportunities to
students of color with the
talent and potential to
excel academically through
their recruitment and
placement into some of the
nation's most outstanding
secondary schools." Simsbury
ABC is one of 28
public school ABC programs
in the
country. The mission of
public school ABC programs is to
provide the housing,
education, and nurturing
these students need in order
to succeed academically,
socially, and personally,
and to go on to the colleges
of their choice.
To
learn more about National A
Better Chance and other ABC
programs, please visit the
National A Better Chance Web
site.
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