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Make Breakthroughs Possible: February 8, 2012

January 6, 2012

Please make Breakthroughs possible by joining us for Raise Your Hand, our annual fundraiser. Scheduled for Wednesday, February 8, from 6 – 9 pm at SFDS, the event raises critical operating funds while also providing an insider’s perspective on education reform efforts. This year’s keynote address will be delivered by Sacramento Mayor, Kevin Johnson.

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Celebrating Volunteerism, and the Learning that Comes With It

December 9, 2011

At our end-of-semester potluck dinner on December 7, Breakthrough students, tutors, and their families came together to celebrate three months of hard work. After a brief program recognizing participants, guests conversed over everything from salad to chicken stew.

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Meet Two Breakthrough Students

November 4, 2011

Reyhan
Reyhan applied to Breakthrough on the advice of his principal at Visitacion Valley Elementary School. “I had no idea what it was going to be like,” he remembers. “But I thought it would be helpful to me to understand things.” What he found was a place where learning is celebrated. “All of [...]

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Make Breakthroughs Possible: February 8, 2012

October 7, 2011

Save the date! Raise Your Hand, Breakthrough’s annual fundraising dinner, will take place Wednesday, February 8 from 6 – 9 pm at San Francisco Day School. It will feature a keynote address by Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson who, since his election in 2008, has worked to bolster the city’s economy, increase volunteerism, and strengthen educational [...]

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Summer with Breakthrough SF

September 13, 2011

For six weeks, Breakthrough kids receive four hours of intensive academic instruction daily in reading, writing, math, science, and social studies. Impressively, the students not only submit to this regimen, but truly soak it in. Check out photos from this summer!

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Taking Advantage of Summer

September 13, 2011

Andy Shin
Director, Breakthrough SF
For kids with sufficient resources, summer is an opportunity to travel to new parts of the globe or explore a new interest. But, as David Von Drehle wrote last year in Time, “for many children – especially children of low-income families – summer is a season of boredom, inactivity and isolation. Kids [...]

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Participants Ready for Summer

June 6, 2011

Breakthrough’s newest class of students is ready to get started. 36 fourth grade students were recently admitted from public elementary schools across the city – from John Muir, a short walk from San Francisco Day School, to George Washington Carver in Bayview. They are motivated kids excited about the opportunity to work hard.

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Reflections on Admissions Season

April 4, 2011

Across the city, young people of all ages are feeling the thrill of admissions season. Like admissions committees everywhere, ours did its best to make intelligent decisions about which young people to invest in. We looked for the desire to work hard, a love of learning, and the need for help getting to college.

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Raising Your Hand for Breakthrough

March 12, 2011

On February 9, nearly 270 guests filled the SFDS gymnasium for Breakthrough’s annual fundraiser, donating close to $160,000 to support Breakthrough’s work.

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“Raise Your Hand” if you love Breakthrough

February 5, 2011

There is a saying that goes “when one teaches, two learn.” This lesson could not be demonstrated more aptly than through the exemplary Breakthrough program here at SF Day School. Breakthrough harnesses children’s passion to learn and thrives on the power of students teaching students, to a great deal of success.

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Breakthrough SF

Make Breakthroughs Possible: February 8, 2012

Celebrating Volunteerism, and the Learning that Comes With It

Meet Two Breakthrough Students

Make Breakthroughs Possible: February 8, 2012

Summer with Breakthrough SF

Taking Advantage of Summer

Participants Ready for Summer

Reflections on Admissions Season

Raising Your Hand for Breakthrough

“Raise Your Hand” if you love Breakthrough

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