we are talking about dropout prevention.with u with us is jane choi.er for spark. it addresses the dropout epidemic by putting professionals with other people. >>ening you for hearing me. >> cheryl: tell me how spark got starred? >> it's how one teacher was witnessing more disen gauging students around him. felt compelled to transform education and their on own learnin in 2004 their vision with 11 middle schoolers and connected middle school students with real adult professionals in workplace environment. >>> sort of like mentors. >> what was so exciting about spark it's only program where we have students going to the workplace. >> cheryl: so underserved kids and they see another side of the world? >> as a middle school student sitting next to an engineer in one of top tech companies here. >> cheryl: that is fantastic. i know that it is hard, seventh and eighth graders? >> we discovered the middle grades are really the time when students are dipping in engagement. we are seeing that there are far fewer resources for middle school students. so spark is