Project PATHE (Positive Action Through Holistic Education) was a 3-year delinquency prevention program implemented in seven schools by the Charleston County, Maryland public school system between 1980 and 1983. An evaluation of the PATHE program was conducted which compared PATHE schools to two non-PATHE schools. Year-to-year differences in the PATHE school averages on measures of the project goals were also examined. The results suggest that the direct student services implemented did not reduce delinquent behavior, but did increase commitment to education as indicated by dropout, retention, and graduation rates, and by standardized achievement test scores. The program was found to have been effective in improving school climate. Students in the program schools grew more attached to their schools and perceived an increase in both the fairness of school rules and the extent to which their schools were characterized by planning and action. Students also developed more positive self-concepts, reported more belief in rules, had fewer suspensions, had lower levels of alienation, and reported their schools to be safer. The evidence supports the conclusion that the program represents an effective model for reducing several risk factors for delinquent behavior for the school population as a whole, and for increasing educational outcomes for high-risk individuals. (Five figures and 25 data tables are included.) (Author/NB)