Breakthrough SF

Readers are Leaders

September 4, 2010

One of the things I’ll remember most (about this summer at Breakthrough) was our theme, “Readers are Leaders.”

After several years of summer themes that were worthwhile but abstract (“Oh, The Places You’ll Go”), we opted this time for something more tangible. Besides reading two novels for their summer Reading class, students were pushed to read as much as possible on their own. They recorded their progress on the website Destiny Quest and also made paper chains, one link per book, competing for the longest. Bulletin boards around the school recommended titles in different genres (mystery, biography, fantasy) or shared the favorite books of notable leaders (President Obama – among others, Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon).

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Training Teachers

June 4, 2010

Breakthrough SF will soon begin with a week-long orientation, designed to familiarize our teachers with lesson planning, classroom management, and other essential skills.

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Breakthrough Students Grow Up, Temporarily

May 8, 2010

A bus full of Breakthrough students and tutors left SFDS on a sunny Saturday morning in late April, crossed the Bay Bridge, and headed down University Avenue to the UC Berkeley campus.

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Breakthrough SF: Strategic Investments

April 9, 2010

Six SFDS parents joined 18 other volunteers on a pair of Saturdays in March to help Breakthrough admit its next class of students.

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A Show of Support

March 6, 2010

Breakthrough San Francisco’s annual event, “Raise Your Hand,” brought some 150 supporters to San Francisco Day School on February 3. Presented by AT&T, the evening raised more than $105,000 in crucial operating funds for Breakthrough, while sparking a conversation about educational access in the city. Our sincere gratitude extends to all event sponsors, volunteers, and guests, with particular appreciation to event co-chairs Barbara Abbott and Lea Stevens, as well as featured speakers Richard Carranza, SFUSD’s deputy superintendent, and Daniel Lurie, founder and CEO of Tipping Point Community.

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Raise Your Hand: Supporting Public Education in San Francisco

December 11, 2009

Join us on Wednesday, February 3rd to commemorate another year of breakthroughs.

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Breakthrough Tutor Perspectives

November 6, 2009

Eighth graders Josiah and Catarina have been working with Breakthrough since February 2009. Each student volunteers two hours per week, tutoring Breakthrough students and helping in the office.

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Eighth Graders Train to Become Tutors

October 2, 2009

Nine eighth graders at the Day School are preparing to spend their fall semester tutoring with the Breakthrough program. As part of their training, the nine tutors learned about the history of Breakthrough and its students, the essential components of an ideal school, and the basics of effective tutoring. Each eighth grader will tutor two [...]

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Summertime… and the living is hard. But worth it.

September 9, 2009

Far from sitting empty, Day School classrooms were put to good use as Breakthrough San Francisco conducted its 17th summer of programming at SFDS.

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Breakthrough SF

Readers are Leaders

Training Teachers

Breakthrough Students Grow Up, Temporarily

Breakthrough SF: Strategic Investments

A Show of Support

Raise Your Hand: Supporting Public Education in San Francisco

Breakthrough Tutor Perspectives

Eighth Graders Train to Become Tutors

Summertime… and the living is hard. But worth it.

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