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Our Mission:

The mission of the Foundation for the Education of Young Women (FEYW) is to support single sex, college preparatory, public education in Texas that will give young women in urban schools the academic skills to achieve success in college and life by thinking critically, leading purposefully, and living active, healthy and responsible lives.

By utilizing public-private partnerships and innovative methodologies, FEYW is working within the system to address one of Texas’ greatest challenges: the state has one of the worst high school graduation rates in the nation. FEYW formed its first public-private partnership with the Dallas Independent School District, and in August 2004, the first all-girls public school in Texas, the Irma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School, opened its doors. After compiling impressive results in Dallas, FEYW partnered with school districts in Austin, San Antonio, and Lubbock and opened three more Young Women’s Leadership Schools in 2007 - 2008. Our fifth school opened in Fort Worth in August 2010 and our sixth school opened in Houston in August 2011.

The Irma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School graduated its third class of seniors in June 2011. We are proud to say that one hundred percent of the class graduated and was accepted to a college or university. The graduates received over $3.6 million in academic and merit scholarships. This builds upon the success of the school’s first two graduating classes (2009 and 2010.)  One hundred percent of the girls also graduated and were accepted to college. The girls received over $1.4 million in academic and merit scholarships in 2009 and $1.6 million in academic and merit scholarships in 2010.

We anticipate these same outstanding results from our other Young Women’s Leadership Schools as they begin to graduate their first senior classes.

 

 

 

 

Message from the
Executive Director

Greetings and Happy New Year!  Thank you for your interest in the Foundation for the Education of Young Women. We are delighted that our FEYW Network Schools are serving over 2,100 young women this year in six cities across Texas.  All of our schools are producing amazing results and proving that all girls, regardless of their background or socio-economic status, can excel if given the right opportunity.

The words of a 2011 Irma Rangel student exemplify our hope for change.  "My mother did not have the opportunity to receive an education. She always wished she could have learned how to read and write, but she was needed in the fields and couldn’t attend class.  My mom’s perseverance in providing her children the opportunity to receive an outstanding education is all the push I need to keep going. I WILL attend and graduate from college."

We look forward to sharing the continued success of our students throughout the state.

Best,

Amy Bean