Improving Educational Outcomes through Collective Impact
Zone 126 is an innovative, community-based nonprofit whose mission is to connect our community, our schools, and our service providers in a shared vision for addressing educational issues in our schools and ending generational poverty. We agree to goals and measure baseline performance and progress within our community.
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Our Vision
Zone 126 sees positive community transformation for the children and families living in Astoria and Long Island City’s concentrated pockets of poverty, created by our work in public schools and improved educational outcomes for local youth.
Our Mission
Zone 126’s mission is to ensure that every child living in NYCHA public housing or temporary housing (shelters) within its catchment area has access to the education needed to graduate from high school prepared for college or the workforce, equipped to thrive in the 21st century.
Our Impact
1761
Students engaged in 11 programs Last Year
77%
Average attendance rate, up from 73% in ’16-‘17
15
Additional days of school attended by Zone participants
See how Zone 126’s programs are engaging thousands of local children and giving them the resources they need to succeed.
Cradle to Career
Zone 126 works with local organizations and within public schools on four key focus areas to ensure that our students thrive from Cradle to Career. We believe that when we improve educational outcomes, we strengthen our community as a whole.
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Thrive By Five
Pre-Natal to Pre-K
Young Adults Succeed
9th to 12th Grade/College & Career
Students Achieve
Kindergarten to 8th Grade
