Project FOCUS (For Our Children's Ultimate Success) is an out-of-school collaboration consisting of five community learning center programs that implements mentoring, civic engagement, high adventure and academic enrichment activities. The mission of Project FOCUS is to produce quality, motivated citizens through safe and fun educational enrichment opportunities that will broaden the horizons of both the students and their community.

Based on similar socioeconomic characteristics, the community learning centers are located in Baldwin Community Schools (elementary and middle), Hart Community Schools, Hesperia Community Schools (combined elementary and middle), Walkerville Community Schools, and White Cloud Public Schools (elementary and middle), and are for first through eighth grade students in those districts. Project FOCUS receives funding through a 21st Century Learning Center grant from the Michigan Department of Education.

Working together with the schools, Project FOCUS positively impact families and helps to improve academic performance. The program offers age-specific and mixed group programming, cultural sensitivity, and mutual respect between children and staff. The overriding strength lies in our integration with each school’s curriculum, community, and a friendly learning atmosphere that takes each child’s interests and uniqueness into account.  If you have a student who attends school in the Baldwin, Hart, Hesperia, Walkerville, or White Cloud districts, fall within the grades noted, and would like to participate, please contact the specific school's site coordinator.

Baldwin Elementary School
Katena Abraham (231) 745-1163 / kabraham@truenorthservices.org

Baldwin Middle School
Angelina Robbins (231) 745-1162 / arobbins@truenorthservices.org

Hart Elementary School
Misstee Saunders (231) 873-6294 / msaunders@truenorthservices.org

Hart Middle School
Ricky Anderson (231) 873-6320 ext. 6305 / randerson@truenorthservices.org

Hesperia Elementary School
Tamara Crawford (231) 854-6615 ext. 8613 / tcrawford@truenorthservices.org

Hesperia Middle School
Dan Postema (231) 854-6475 ext. 8720 / dpostema@truenorthservices.org

Walkerville Elementary School
Samantha Bolles (231) 873-3652 ext. 2230 / sbolles@truenorthservices.org

Walkerville Middle School
Samantha Bolles(231) 873-3652, ext. 2230 / sbolles@truenorthservices.org

White Cloud Elementary School
Katherine Mater (231) 689-2306 / kmater@truenorthservices.org

White Cloud Middle School
Samantha Dyga (231) 689-3328 / sdyga@truenorthservices.org

Project FOCUS Program Director
Kiesha Guy (231) 924-0641, ext. 120 / kguy@truenorthservices.org