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south county sports program. We use the Youth Guidance van and a volunteer driver to pick up children. We were happy to have mentors from the Indian River Photography Club once again adopt a group of middle school children and teach them how to take photographs. Our technology group build a robotic "sorting hat" from the Harry Potter movies. The hat was programmed by the children to speak, move its mouth and spin its eyes. Our Excel Group (a High School Exchange Club) helped with an Honor Flight departure, as veterans began their trip to Washington D.C. During the fourth quarter semester .we implemented our summer program operating 10 mentoring groups including swimming, drama, pathfinders excel club, sports, explorers, geocaching, arts cafe, Tutoring, and 8 field trips. We continued to pick up children at five elementary schools and have walk-in participants from Oslo middle for our south county sports program. We use the Youth Guidance van and a volunteer driver, who is also a mentor, to pick up children. A total of 60 unduplicated children attended the summer session. We utilized 48 group and 1:1 mentors; 7 of our mentors are both group and 1:1 mentors. Our technology group has begun instruction on how to design a book in braille and will complete that project during the semester that begins in October. Our Pathfinders Excel Group (a High School Exchange Club) continued their civic engagement efforts participating in: • Painting in a Habitat home • Assisting at the food bank • Made back packs out of pillows for By the River Senior Community in Sebastian • Had a blanket drive to benefit the Humane Society They also attended Alzheimer Virtual Reality training at Senior Resource Center, and Smoking Cessation presented by Leslie Spurlock of the Substance Awareness Center. Stephanie Nelson from the Supervisor of Elections office guided the club through the process of electing officers. These are the latest examples of why this club has now won the Excel Club of the Year award for the second straight year, at their district conference. Collaboration: We continue our collaborations for shared space with the Community Church and Riverside Tennis Club and the Community Enrichment Center in Fellsmere. We continue to work with Fab Lab, Vero Beach Ballet, and the Indian River Photography Club and Miss B's Learning Bees. We also partner with several Exchange Clubs, and Sunrise Rotary. Goals and Outcomes: Goal l: Reduce the number of economically disadvantaged children in grades 9 to 12 who drop out of High School to a rate below 14.3% as measured by continued enrollment in school, and eligibility for promotion to their next grade (or graduation), during the 2016-2017 school year, for children involved in the Mentoring Academy for at least three semesters. Baseline: 14.3% of children enrolled in Youth Guidance are at risk of drop out (2015-2016 school year). Result: At school year end, 8% of children enrolled in Youth Guidance were failing one or more classes. 4% were not promoted. This goal is being met. -48- 61