AimHigh - Reach for a Dream

Reach for a Dream

Aim High’s award-winning summer program for middle school youth combines rigorous academics with a fun and highly supportive learning environment and has been supporting students and families for 25 years.

Learn more about Aim High sites, the Aim High summer program and the Headlands Environmental Home, or read about just a few of the incredible graduates and teachers who have benefited from the Aim High program at our Success Stories page.

Connect With Aim High

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What's New

Aim High Presents Humor Abuse 1/26/12
Join us for a special benefit performance of the play Humor Abuse, at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, on January 26, 2012. For more information and to purchase tickets, click here.

Aim High's 25th Anniversary Gala raised more than $1 million in pledges to support our next 5 years. Thank you, Aim High community! Check out the event page for photos, sponsors and more.

Shorenstein Company named 2011 Education Partner of the Year by San Francisco Business Times for their commitment to education and sustained investment in Aim High. Read more here.

Aim High named #7 on Philanthropedia's list of top Bay Area education organizations - voted by our peers and philanthropists in the field.

98% of Aim High students report improvements in their math, science, reading and writing skills after attending Aim High, and 99% of Aim High students have plans to continue their education after graduating from high school. Learn more about our results and who we serve.

Changing Lives:
25 Years of Aim High

Celebrating our 25th anniversary, Aim High's new video series tells stories of our program, teachers, and graduates past and present. Click to open the video player and watch all seven!

Aim High

The Aim High Experience
Changing Lives: Vanessa '11
Building Tomorrow's Teachers
Changing Lives: Dakarai '08
Changing Lives: Adolfo '88
The Headlands Environmental Home
Our Vision

Sponsored in part by First Republic Bank

2012 Summer Program
For Students
Students begin Monday, June 25th through Friday, July 27th, Monday through Friday between 8:00 am and 3:30pm.
NEW students can click the button below to apply to Aim High.	RETURNING students - Letters will be mailed in late February with information on how to return this summer. Please do NOT apply.
For Teachers
Teachers begin Monday, June 18th through Friday, July 27th.
NEW to Aim High? Aim High is currently interviewing Lead Teachers, Interns and Teaching Assistants for this summer.	RETURNING teachers that will be invited back will be contacted by your Site Directors with information on returning in 2012. Do NOT reapply.

Fall Student Tutoring