Catherine ferguson academy

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The purpose of the school is to educate young mothers and prepare them to be good parents.

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The purpose of the school is to educate young mothers and prepare them to be good parents.

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Teen mothers learn hands​-on science, English, nutrition and more with the help of their school's urban farm. Before it shut its doors this summer, the.

All the girls are schooled in the core curriculum of English, math, science and social studies in a family-like, accepting environment. There, in Soweto, these smart young students relayed to their South African peers how to build greenhouses, Cattherine urban farms and produce and distribute locally grown fruits and vegetables. The Catherine Ferguson Academy for Young Women sits frozen in time, rooms of cribs gathering dust.

Detroit's Catherine Ferguson Academy for Young Women, an award-winning school for pregnant and parenting teens, is set to close by the end. On that date, fergusln was confirmed to be d under the terms of the indicated.

Catherine Ferguson Academy: Farming for Education. Our own GCM ladies have supported this terrific project by helping with much of the digging, planting, and pruning at the farm.

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