Dallas Community Lighthouse

Dallas Community Lighthouse Kids Campus is a free after school tutoring service for at-risk students in grades K-8th. Dallas Community Lighthouse is a 501c3 non-profit corporation founded in November 2002. DCL developed programs that would assist the at-risk child and would extend from the home, to the school and then into the community in which they live. At DCL we call this focusing on the whole child. Dallas Community Lighthouse is about giving the at-risk child the tools, knowledge and self-confidence they need to succeed in today's world to become future productive and contributing citizens. Mission: Assisting at-risk youths in discovering pathways to success by concentrating on their social, educational, personal and environmental issues. Vision: To produce future productive citizens of Dallas County. Objectives: •Provide a safe, educational and inviting environment afterschool •Provide academic support in the core learning subjects of math, language arts and reading •Provide positive adult role models •Provide the academic skills and tools the at-risk child needs to reach academic success •To build positive self-esteem within each of the at-risk students •Provide additional programs to further develop the child (arts/fitness/literacy) •Assist the family with individual needs •Assist the apartment community in building a better community