“If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don’t hesitate. Give in to it…It could be anything, but very likely you notice it in the instant when love begins.” ~ Mary Oliver It’s Valentine’s Day! And on this gorgeous and sunny February Friday, it’s impossible not to bask in the energy and sentiment of the day….
Rosa Ayala spends her days empowering English learners as a translator/interpreter at her high school alma mater, East Palo Alto Academy. In the summer, Rosa works as a site director (Aim High’s equivalent of a school principal) at our East Palo Alto campus. We posed the following 8 questions to Rosa. Her responses shed light…
On Wednesday, November 6, we hosted our 2019 Annual Gala CONNECTIONS. It was an inspiring evening, and we’re grateful to everyone who attended and sponsored. Thank you for your support and belief in our work. We invite you to revisit the evening by viewing photos of the evening and reading the speech of our Rising…
On a 100-degree fall day in Montgomery, Alabama, 14 Aim High staff members reckoned with America’s history of slavery, racial terror lynchings, segregation and mass incarceration at the Equal Justice Initiative’s (EJI) Legacy Museum and National Memorial for Peace and Justice. EJI was founded in 1989 by attorney Bryan Stevenson to provide legal representation for…
Aim High Career Days provide our students with the opportunity to dream big about life beyond middle school. Thank you to our corporate partners who make this essential part of our summer program possible! In 2019, sixteen companies hosted 500 Aim High students at their offices across the Bay Area giving our students the opportunity…
Aim High launched its fifth East Bay campus this summer at Westlake Middle School in Oakland. Oakland educators Erica Bryant and Moses Omoade co-led the campus, which came to life with 60 eager students and a dedicated staff. Erica is an 11th-grade humanities teacher and instructional coach at Alternatives in Action, a charter school in…
Creating and launching an enriching summer program is everything it’s cracked up to be: Exciting, fulfilling and essential to closing the achievement gap. This summer, Aim High will stay true to these expectations when we open a second Marin County campus in Novato. More than 80 students and 20 teachers—all new to Aim High—will comprise…
One of the best parts of our program is highlighting the inspiring alumni who graduate and go on to do great things. At our Spring Luncheon on May 21, Aim High graduate and educator Regina Grayson shared her story of attending our program at Lick Wilmerding High School and returning to teach. Read the moving…
On Wednesday, May 1, Aim High hosted its first ever Marin Benefit. More than 140 donors, educators, trustees, alumni and their families gathered to commemorate Aim High’s work in San Rafael and celebrate our upcoming campus launch in Novato this summer. The Marin Benefit honored the inspiring recent graduate, Evelyn Santa Rosa; dedicated educator, Karla…
The Aim High Young Leaders Board put the ‘fun’ in fundraising when they hosted a Jeopardy!-themed trivia event at San Francisco’s Standard Deviant Brewing Company on March 14. Inspired by the homespun version of Jeopardy! that Aim High students play each summer, the Young Leaders adjusted the game for a slightly older audience. Cleverly coined…