Structure
As of May, 1999, the Youth Theatre Workshop
has an enrollment of
194 youth between the ages of 10-21. The majority of these youth
are from the Kingston metropolitan area, and about 10% are from
Clarendon Parish (May Pen Unit Class for the Deaf). Actual
attendance figures range from approximately 75-100 youth; and
class registers have been revised to reflect such. Most of the
attendees are high-functioning students, despite the heavy programme
emphasis on low-functioning/low-achieving youth.
Current students in the project come from the following locations:
- Caribbean Christian Centre for the Deaf - Kingston
- Danny Williams School for the Deaf - Kingston
- Ex-Ed Unit Class for the Deaf - Kingston
- JAD Continuing Education Unit Class for the Deaf (JAMAL) - Kingston
- Lister Mair/Gilby Comprehensive High School (Special) - Kingston
- May Pen Unit Class for the Deaf - Clarendon Parish
- Miscellaneous (youth not currently in school, siblings, etc.)
Who is Involved
104 (54%) are female; 90 (46%) are male
60 (31%) are ages 10-14; 134 (69%) are ages 15-21
72 (37%) live in the poorer, or poorest, and more violent
parts of Kingston - Seaview Gardens, Olympic Way, Maxfield Avenue,
Rema, Jones Town, and other parts of western and central
Kingston/St. Andrew. A significant number, 41 (21%) live
in boarding facilities - C.B. Facey Hostel and CCCD-Kingston
Students who elect to participate in the programme are required to
complete a battery of tests. The four tests are: Receptive Written
English Language, Expressive Written English Language, Mathematics,
and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. The academic tests are at the
Grade Two Level, while the Rosenberg is offered in an unmodified version.
Rough analysis of test results (as of November, 1998):
178 youth did the reading (receptive English language) test
63 (35%) resulted at lower than Grade 2 and 16 (9%) resulted
higher than Grade 2 183 persons did the mathematics test
28 (15%) were below Grade 2 and 17 (9%) were above Grade 2
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