DIW Vitamins

Academic Achievement

DIW empowers promising, high-needs youth by providing educational resources and instilling intellectual curiosity and discipline. Through strategic partnerships, students receive complimentary services like tutoring, college counseling, and standardized test preparation. As a dedicated learning center, DIW also provides free internet access to ensure students can complete homework or participate in virtual classes.

  • In 2020, 60% of students improved their math grades and 44% improved their English grades.
  • DIW students showed improvement in behavior, participation, and homework completion.
  • 100% of students completed at least one audition, performance, and art-based project.
  • Upon graduation, 95% of students go on to college, dance institutions, or successfully enter the workforce

Health & Wellness

We know that a student’s success depends on more than just training. As part of our equity commitment, DIW offers robust support systems to help students thrive mentally and physically.

  • Positive Pathways™: We foster positive mental pathways in young dancers through workshops and meetings with a licensed professional counselor.
  • FullOUT™: This program focuses on body conditioning and injury prevention. Students attend workshops with a physical therapist to learn how to keep their bodies safe and recover at an elevated level.
  • Energy Barre™: Our nutrition education and healthy meals program helps nourish young dancers and teaches them how to maintain a balanced diet.

Place & Permanence

Social and cultural stigmas like racism, discrimination, and body type bias often discourage young dancers of color. In response, DIW provides a profound alternative with its relationship-based training. Our teachers offer first-class dance instruction and support students’ journeys to college and beyond. This builds long-lasting relationships that reassure students throughout their childhood that they have a place here.

As part of this commitment to permanence, DIW hosts Power Hours™, monthly intensives in arts-integrated academic enrichment, professional development, and life skills.