ABOUT US

STS Academy bridges the gap between inner-city youth who prosper and benefit from the public school system and those who struggle and sometimes fail. We help to bridge this gap by establishing frequent and direct communication between parents, teachers, students and STS. We refer to this communication as The Ultimate Partnership.

STS Range of Services

Grades 1-12     Enrolled Students 1,032     Site Locations 11

Elementary School
(Grades 1-5)
Monday through Friday, starting immediately after the last bell until 6:00 PM, services are provided at each student’s home school. Students receive Homework Assistance & Tutoring from certified instructors who follow-up with classroom teachers weekly. Enrichment Activities include Arts & Crafts, Math & Science Projects, Games, Writing and school district wide competition in Spelling and Chess with transportation provided for both students and parents.

Jr. High School
(Grades 6-8)
Monday through Thursday, starting immediately after the last bell until 6:00 PM, services are provided at 2020 Railroad Avenue, with transportation provided to STS. Services include Homework Assistance & Tutoring from Credentialed Teachers, and Coordinators perform weekly follow up with classroom teachers and chart progress. Other services include Enrichment, Recreation and Mentoring.

High School
(Grades 9-12)
This highly innovative program, which recently applied for 2007-08 21st Century Community Learning Center Grant, already includes a variety of important services including:

• Homework Assistance & Tutoring from Credentialed Teachers
• Preparation for High School Exit Exam
• Preparation for the SAT Exam & ACT Exam
• Computer Tech Jr., a three-month course on computer hardware setup, installation, and repair designed to prepare our students to join the Geek Squad at Best Buy. (There is a long waiting list for this popular class.)

All programs except Computer Tech Jr. are provided by STS Academy and its partners-City of Pittsburg, Pittsburg Unified School District, and First Baptist Church- through an organization known as the Pittsburg Afterschool Community Collaborative (PACC).

All services are provided in a safe healthy environment for a minimum of three hours each day, ending at 6:00 PM. The Junior High and High School centers are equipped with computers for lectures, labs and/or tests. All students are provided a nutritious snack daily at each facility.

Each Friday is Rewards and Mentoring Day for Junior High and High School students. Students in the mentoring program meet for sixty minutes or more to discuss life skills and mentoring activities. Academy students receive and redeem reward credits/checks for gifts and activities.

STS Academy’s Outstanding Staff

STS employs skilled Credentialed Teachers to work with all Junior High and High School Participants. Further, Teacher Aides supplement and asisit our credentialed teachers at each location, and Coordinators insure effective communication between parents,teachers, and students.

STS, in collaboration with the City of Pittsburg, recently initiated a Special Project at Hillview Elementary School “Today A Reader, Tomorrow a Leader”. This reading intervention program encourages the love of reading in middle school students and their families and includes competition between grades. Students earn prizes and bonuses.

The STS Commitment: Where others have failed, STS will meet the needs of Pittsburg’s Public School students. Although we have no patented approach to academic enrichment, the STS staff will succeed by enthusiastically and competently doing whatever it takes to address the individual needs of its students. Our primary goal is to ensure that each student is prepared for each class each day. The STS approach will effectively supplement daily classroom instructions and ensure success for each student we serve by increasing their preparedness, interest, and confidence. The STS coordinators will carefully review the progress of each student each week, and any student who desires success (and is willing to work with us) will succeed with the support offered at STS. Parents, teachers and students agree, studying at STS has greatly improved our students’ academic and overall performance in the classroom! 
The cost to attend STS is extremely affordable and sometimes free thanks to the generous contributions and donations from government, corporations and private individuals. No student is refused entry into STS due to lack of funds, and we guarantee improvement for every committed student!

Legal Authority: California Corp – Craft Community Care Center, Inc. – 8-4-04 – Number 2627401 CA Domestic Nonprofit Corp – Craft Community Care Center, Inc. 8-4-04-No: 05-683340 501(C)3 Status – Internal Revenue Service - August 25, 2005 – No: 20-1483590 CA Franchise Tax Board-Craft Community Care Center, Inc.-Entity ID: 2627401 Dba – Success Through Self Academy–Contra Costa County–9-7-05 – File No. 2005