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Higher Achievement
In the past, you may have been approached to volunteer for industry activities. Some of them have interested you more than others. However, today, you have the opportunity to get involved in a program that could be the most rewarding volunteer opportunity of your career. You have a chance to get middle school students excited about math, and become a mentor that they look to for guidance and direction. The Actuarial Foundation is launching an Advancing Student Achievement (ASA) program with the Higher Achievement Program in Washington, DC. This innovative and successful program offers you three unique volunteer opportunities:
- Bowl Summer Academy: Scheduled to begin July 2006 - Working with Higher Achievement Scholars as they prepare to compete in a city-wide math championship. Volunteer actuaries would serve as coaches committing 4-10 hours in July/August assisting with the Math Bowl competition.
- Weekly Mentors: Scheduled to begin in October 2006 - Actuarial mentors connecting with Higher Achievement scholars enabling them to demonstrate significant growth and progress in mathematical understanding and problem solving skills. Math mentoring is held from 6:00pm-8:00pm, one night per week (choice of Monday, Tuesday or Thursday).
- Disaster Recovery Studio: Year two program scheduled to begin October 2007 – Working on developing a pilot program from the Foundation’s Scholastic program on a disaster recovery course, volunteer actuaries would be needed to teach this course one day per week (5:00pm-6:00pm). This would involve research into various types of natural and man-made threats to determine the statistical probability of each.
How to Volunteer
Volunteer opportunities are flexible and can accommodate your busy schedule. Contact the Lead Actuarial Mentor for this program, Symeon Williams, FSA, at symeon.williams@watsonwyatt.com or 703.258.8007.
About Higher Achievement
Established in 1975, Higher Achievement’s mission is to develop critical academic habits and attitudes in vulnerable middle school children from disadvantaged neighborhoods in the Washington, DC region in order to improve their grades, standardized test scores and attendance increasing their educational opportunities to attend top area high schools.
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