Center for Success Network

Center for Success Network’s mission is to unite literacy and community to empower students in the journey of education.  We expose the future to our future generation through mentoring by a diverse set of committed individuals, and program partners that allow students to experience learning through hands on projects that relate to their lives and allow them to explore their interests.  We support learners on their journey by providing committed individuals to build trusting relationships.

Our vision is to vitalize the community’s relationship with literacy, thereby inspiring families to relate with literacy as a fundamental necessity and encourage parents to generate themselves as primary stakeholders engaged in their children’s success. Our collaboratively rich programs ignite a unified passion for education that inspires students to thrive academically within safe spaces and intentional learning structures where students connect with dedicated mentors for guided, specified literacy interventions. All of our mentors are background checked and cleared. We pave the way for community contribution towards children’s lifelong love of learning through reading.

During the COVID-19 crisis, programming continued to take place on Zoom. Students engaged with weekly virtual content, conversations and connection in activities ranging from yoga and creative writing, to riddles and read alouds. Mentors and students have been trained to engage remotely, and connect weekly to read and complete customized literacy sessions. At-home learning kits containing books, literacy activities, STEM kits, art and craft materials and seed kits were distributed to our students and the community at large. At this time we have programming taking place in person at our Detroit and Pontiac Hubs while also continuing virtual mentoring on Zoom at our other partner sites across Southeast Michigan.