Academics

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TORCH Teen Center strives to help bridge the gap between students and schools through tutoring services, academic assistance, college and/or trade guidance, and more. According to Jessica D. Davis, author of the article Top 21 Reasons Why Students Drop Out of High School,[1] the high school dropout rate has been rising, averaging 1.2 million students each year failing to complete school. She continues by explaining several reasons for this. The top five being as follows: 

1.)  Student did not like school.

2.)  Student could not keep up with the schoolwork.

3.)  Student missed too many school days.

4.)  Student did not see the value of an education.

5.)  Student got poor grades. 

The staff of TTC will not by any means replace the education system but would like to be a healthy reinforcement to help teenagers overcome these reasons to quit school by offering programs and services to combat the struggle and failure of academic success.  

[1] Jessica D. Davis, Top 21 Reasons Why Students Drop Out of High School (Fosburit, 2022)