Young Scholars’ Institute (YSI) is located just off of Route 29 and 1 block from the State House Complex. Housed in a stately converted mansion with ample private parking, YSI is a year round 501(c)(3) nonprofit, after school learning center that provides educational, cultural and recreational activities for students in grades K through twelve. Young Scholar’s Institute was established in 1990 in Trenton, New Jersey and has been serving area youth for 35 years. 

 

YSI was founded by Jerri Morrison who recognized the need for supplemental support for students to have a successful school and college career. YSI was established to provide remedial, supplemental and enrichment programs that are needed in the Trenton area. Since 1990, with generous financial support from the Harbourton Foundation and other foundations, corporations, and individuals, Mrs. Morrison has led  YSI’s mission to empower Trenton-area youth through educational, recreational, and cultural activities to help them develop the skills necessary to excel academically and to maximize their academic, vocational and career choices.

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YSI programs include virtual and in-person tutoring, a summer enrichment program, college tours, S.A.T. preparation classes, career speaker series, college admissions workshops, and more.

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MISSION STATEMENT

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The mission of Young Scholars' Institute is to empower Trenton area youth through educational, cultural, and recreational activities to help them develop the skills necessary to excel academically and to maximize their academic, vocational, and career choices. YSI programs are either free or offered at extremely discounted prices, thereby enabling students from low-income and moderate-income households that lack the financial, educational, and emotional support to better access the supplemental pre-college activities completed by their affluent counterparts with whom they will compete for college admissions and jobs.

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