The Midtown Educational Foundation’s Metro Achievement Center for girls has quadrupled its space after a five-year, $5 million campaign, says Sarah Borrero, director of the center.
“We were able to increase the numbers of girls we serve” to more than 400, says Borrero. “They now have the ability to function in a more proper environment than a basement.”
The center, 310 S. Peoria St., now has nearly 17,000 feet of space, which includes new classrooms, a computer lab and an arts and recreation center, she says.
The Metro Achievement Center and its sibling, the Midtown Center for Boys, 1819 N. Wood St., serve disadvantaged community children in grades 4 through 12.
“At its core, Metro provides tutoring, academic help, and teaches the love of work and learning,” says Borrero. “We also help girls develop personally through character formation, building virtues, good habits, and helping them learn the knowledge of right and wrong and implement it.”
