This is the remarkable story of a K through 12 school on Chicago's impoverished, high crime West Side, that has been sending 100% of graduating seniors to four year colleges and universities for 30 years. More than half of them are accepted by tier one schools and the class of 2008 was awarded more than $4.5 million in college scholarships. Providence St. Mel is a school that has completely escaped America's educational crisis.... (Full plot summary below)
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This is the remarkable story of a K through 12 school on Chicago's impoverished, high crime West Side, that has been sending 100% of graduating seniors to four year colleges and universities for 30 years. More than half of them are accepted by tier one schools and the class of 2008 was awarded more than $4.5 million in college scholarships. Providence St. Mel is a school that has completely escaped America's educational crisis.
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| NewsBlazeKam WilliamsA moving bio-pic about an unsung hero with a winning education formula which ought to be replicated in inner cities all across the country. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranIf anything is missing from this inspiring film, it is a deeper examination of why, given how common-sensical these approaches are, so few other schools have been able to accomplish what Providence St. Mel's has. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertImpressive, although not quite the film it could have been. It asks few hard questions. |
| Washington PostRuth McCannThough it drags on a bit, the film is certainly good-hearted, informative and relevant. We look through the doors of the St. Mel's classrooms and we see the whirrings of a school that can help a smart West Side kid land a spot at MIT. That, at least, is something to celebrate. |
| Metromix.comMatt PaisShows the effect of teachers who care and students groomed to believe in themselves. It's also remarkably reassuring to see education at work and believe, yes, it can be done. |
| Movie DearestFr. Chris CarpenterObjective viewers may criticize the filmmakers' tendency to view their subject through rose-colored glasses. Still, the subject is fascinating. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsFor the film to be truer to the school’s reputation, it would have had to dig a little deeper. |
| Village VoiceErnest HardyThe film never completely shakes the feel of being more an advertisement than a documentary, but once it settles into a concrete illustration of Adams's philosophy ("You've got to believe and expect that the children can achieve"), it becomes riveting. |
| NYC Movie GuruAvi OfferMarginally compelling and well-edited while deficient when it comes to insight and provocativeness. You'll find a lot of potatoes here, but not enough meat. |
| Chicago ReaderAndrea GronvallThis uplifting documentary breaks no new ground stylistically, but the story it tells is urgent and compelling. |
