To prevent at-risk youth from dropping out of high school and to prepare them for college/technical school and/or the workforce. To disrupt the cycle of poverty by providing at-risk students with the academic and emotional skills needed to achieve their potential and become responsible and productive citizens.

Street School focuses on, smaller, more personalized learning environments; blocked schedules where students spend more time with fewer teachers; internships with a career and or technical focus; individual and group counseling by licensed therapists ; mentoring program and classes that are more personalized, engaging and relevant. These combined strategies have been proven to be the most effective in preventing dropouts.

Established in 1973, Street School combines alternative education and therapeutic counseling and is Oklahoma's longest running and most successful dropout prevention and intervention program. Of the seventeen best practices evaluated by the Oklahoma Technical Assistance Center of alternative programs, sixteen are based on the Street School model.

Street School measures success through testing, observations, and graduation rates. Each student is tested on the Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE) before entering Street School. The student and her/his counselor discuss the pre-test score, and the student sets a goal for the desired post-test score. All students have a Treatment Plan, which they develop with their counselor. Treatment Plans must be completed by the fifth counseling visit, the student sets long term goals, such as career preparation; academic goals, improvement in grades and test scores; and personal goals, such as anger management or sobriety.

Street School has provided served over 6,000 students since 1973. Annually Street School serves an average of 140 students ages 14-19 who reside in the Tulsa Public School district. Over the past 10 years ninety percent (90%) of our seniors, on average, have graduated and our dropout rate has averaged five percent (5%) or less. This past school year we served 136 students and 34 of 38 seniors graduated. Of the 34 graduates, 20 enrolled in college, 5 enrolled in vocational/technical school and 9 joined the workforce. The average GPA increased to 3. 0 from 1. 0, the number of courses completed was one hundred percent (100%) versus fifty-seven percent (57% prior, attendance improved by seventy percent (70%) and eighty-six percent (86%) of students successfully completed their treatment plan. There were 30 students that participated in the internship program and 7 students completed Tulsa Technology Center while attending Street School. We are also proud to have a former student employed as a therapeutic counselor, Jenny Fitzgerald, LCSW, states "I attribute all my academic success to Street School…I was in college before I realized that I wouldn't be here without them. "