Our mission is to Equip, Educate, and Provide quality support to all students pursuing higher education.
Equipping students before, during and after their academic career through community service, exposure and career-focused internships
Continuously working with students to educate them through workshops, seminars and one-on-one counseling
Providing quality support one student at a time from beginning to end. Our team knows the importance of support while in college. Our goal is to assist each student in graduating from college within 4-5 years of entry.
Senior Year Productions Plans
All packages include a non-refundable donation fee: $125.00
Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.
MALCOLM X
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
NELSON MANDELA
Education and work are the levers to uplift a people.
W. E. B. DU BOIS
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.
HELEN KELLER
If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn’t need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around.
JIM ROHN
SENIOR YEAR PRODUCTIONS, is a 501© (3) organization that was founded by Cheryl Young-Hamilton. Our mission is to equip, educate, and support students (ages 16 to 24) as they pursue higher education. Senior Year Productions (also known as SYP) is not simply an organization that guides students through the often complex college maze of enrollment on through graduation. We strive to impart wisdom and direction on the importance of advocating for themselves and their community. Collectively the SYP staff has nearly 20 years of experience in case management, banking, mentoring, and counseling. Because SENIOR YEAR PRODUCTIONS desires to see young people transition successfully into independent adulthood, we are committed to providing educational, career, and other supportive services.
Since opening in 2011 we have provided services to students both locally and statewide. Last year alone, 9 out of 10 students were accepted to the college of their choice, and we were able to help students win over $145,000 in scholarships and grants. This year we have surpassed that number with 100% admissions rate, and totaling right over $292,000 in scholarships and grants to date, bringing us to a total of $475,000 in 4 years.
Senior Year Productions means different things to me. I look at it as a major stepping stone to better my life. S.Y.P. not only helped me with school of choice, but this program gave me the valuable skills needed to get through college.
Being in S.Y.P. has been a blast. I am grateful to my aunt for introducing me and my mother to the program. I gained a lot of friends that I plan to keep around for a while. I learned how to write better for scholarships. I have a new perspective on community service. It was hard for me at first to decide if I wanted to go to college but with Senior Year Productions help I was convinced that education was an important tool of life.
S.Y.P. has meant the world to me throughout my senior year. This program has prepared me for things that I will need to know to be successful during my college years. I now know the values of hard work, different life experiences and community service. With these things I will be able to focus on all that is required of me to succeed in college and in life. Senior Year Productions team has taught me time, money and self management skills. Thanks to S.Y.P. I am ready to spread my wings and fly.
I am so thankful to be apart of such a supportive organization, Senior Year Productions, because without them I wouldn't be where I am today. They helped me apply to college and have followed me to graduation. From the care packages, to the motivational text, and summer advising, they have given me the encouragement I need to push through. The people in this organization are truly amazing and I cannot thank you enough!
Mia
SYP played such a positive roll in my life during a time when I had no idea which direction I wanted to go in. Ms. Cheryl made me believe in myself academically and showed me that if I put the time in I would reap the rewards that came with my hard work. With her help and guidance, I was awarded over $200,000 in scholarships. Thank you SYP and Ms. Cheryl you are amazing.
Trevor
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