TRAVIS HILL RISES
Our mission at the Travis Hill NOLA Schools is to create a transformative learning environment where students held in confinement develop the academic and socio-emotional skills they need to become positive, contributing members of the New Orleans community when they are released. Since opening in 2016, the school has supported countless young people in earning a high school diploma and many more in becoming re-invested in their education and their future.
The Travis Hill Rises program supports students so that they successfully return to their communities and reduce the recidivism rate. The program consists of the following components:
Advocacy: Due to institutional racism that is embedded in the justice system, our students often are treated unfairly and do not receive adequate representation. The Travis Hill Rises team supports students with understanding their court cases and by communicating information to their attorneys which could assist them in court such as school records and student awards.
Coordination of Support: The Travis Hill Rises team assists young people in connecting to meaningful programming and resources that will aid them in being successful in the community. This can include school/community extracurricular programming, mental health services, medical care and more.
Educational Transition: The Travis Hill Rises team will assist students with having a seamless transition from the Travis Hill NOLA Schools to their community schools. The team will ensure the timely transfer of school records, assist the student with re-entry to a community school. Also, the team will attend re-entry meetings to ensure that the school has a plan to meet the educational needs of the student.
Employment Assistance: Travis Hill Rises has a transformation pathways coordinator who will connect students to meaningful internships, jobs, job training programs, college, and career counseling as needed.
Through Travis Hill Rises, we ensure that students who leave the Juvenile Justice Intervention Center or the Orleans Justice Center and return to the New Orleans community, either directly or by way of a long-term facility, experience success on their terms. We want students to attend Travis Hill NOLA Schools one time only-because we want that one experience at Travis Hill NOLA Schools, coupled with the support put in place through the Travis Hill Rises program, to be so strong, meaningful, and sustaining that students go on to find success in their community, school, work, and life.