Lloyd.C.Bird High School
"Where no child is left behind"
Mission Statement
The Success Program believes all students can be successful if they are provided the resources to meet the high expectations that are placed on them
"The Success Program is like family"
-Success student
"The Success Program really does change lives...I probably would not have graduated high school without the Success Program
-Rachel Willis
M.T. Secondary Education
B.A. English (Spanish Minor)
Virginia Commonwealth University
The Success Program works!!!
2010-2011
For the third year in a row, 99% of our 9th graders were promoted to 10th grade (414 out of 417)
Success 9th graders outscored non-Success students on every SOL!!!
Success 9th graders scored an average of 93% on math SOLs (one of the highest percentages in Chesterfield County)
Success 9th graders earn an average of 7.3 credits upon completion of their freshman year
Over 250 students participated in our Jumpstart to Success summer program
The Success Program's graduation rate was
92% (one of the highest in Chesterfield County)
"The teachers are really hard on you...but that's good...I guess pressure makes perfect"
-Success student
Pictured above is Thomas Cannon Jr (son of the late "Poor Man's Philanthropist" Thomas Cannon Sr) with several Success Program students
"The Success Program is an amazing combination of peer mentoring and academic support. It is just the kind of thing we wish all schools would create. Hopefully, more people will use your program as a model."
-Micah Jacobson
The Boomerang Project
Pictured above are Success Program students who recently purchased and delivered dinner for familes staying at the Richmond Ronald McDonald House
"I made honor roll for the first time this year....I couldn't of done it without the help of the Success Program"
- Success freshman
"Thank you so much for volunteering to participate in the National Youth Philanthropy Day at Camp Baker.....you (Success students) made this event so successful...we look forward to working with you in the future"
-Hands On Richmond
All Success students receive mentoring from Success 11th and 12th grade mentors
The Success Program would like to thank the God and Us Children Foundation for their overwhelming contribution of school supplies for Success Program students this year.
Your generosity is a major reason for our student's academic success!
Congratulations to our own, James Santiago, for being recognized as
The Chesterfield County Youth of the Year.
Past Success Program students who were recognized:
2009-2010
Skyler Hinton
2008-2009
Anderson Betrand
2008-2009
Carol Cortez
The Success Program would like to thank Mr. Gus Velanis for his countless hours of volunteer math tutoring. Gus Velanis is the major reason our students typically have some of the highest math SOL scores in the entire State of Virginia.
2009-2010
Geometry 94%
Algebra I 93%
2008-09
Geometry 98%
Algebra I 97 %
Thank you Gus!!!!
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