Partners Program

TO HELP LOW-INCOME STUDENTS ACCESS HIGH QUALITY COLLEGE PREPARATORY EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.

SUMMER ACADEMY (SA) PROGRAMPARTNERS SUMMER ACADEMY IMPLEMENTED ITS 37TH CONSECUTIVE SUMMER AT COLLEGE PREP FROM JUNE 11 TO JULY 9, 2022. WE ARE HAPPY AND PROUD TO REPORT THAT THE 37TH SEASON WAS BACK TO THE TRADITIONAL FORMAT OF FULL-DAY AND IN-PERSON (WITH STRONG HEALTH AND SAFETY GUIDELINES). SUMMER ACADEMY 2022 INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS WERE HELD FROM JUNE 13 TO JULY 9 (9TH GRADE GRADUATION DAY), 2022. STRICT COVID-19 SAFETY PROTOCOLS WERE IMPLEMENTED WITH THE HELPFUL GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT OF THE SUMMER ACADEMY HEALTH COORDINATOR, ROWAN WOOD (WHO IS THE COLLEGE PREP HEALTH COORDINATOR DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR). APPROXIMATELY 52 RISING SEVENTH, EIGHTH, AND NINTH GRADERS FROM 12 DIFFERENT OAKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOLS JOINED US FOR FULL-DAY, IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION. THE PARTNERS SCHOLARS COMMITTED THEMSELVES FOR FOUR WEEKS TO THE PARTNERS EDUCATIONAL MENTORING MODEL THAT IS TRANSFORMATIVE, RIGOROUS, AND TOTALLY FUN. PARTNERS APPRECIATED THE RETURN TO A SENSE OF NORMALCY IN OUR SUMMER ACADEMIC PROGRAMMING WITH A FACULTY OF 12 TEACHERS AND 30 MENTORS (COLLEGE-AGE TEACHING INTERNS, AND HIGH SCHOOL-AGE ASSISTANT TEACHERS). THE 30 SUMMER MENTORS SERVED AS ROLE-MODELS TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS AND TOOK LEADERSHIP POSITIONS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. PARTNERS EMPHASIZED THE SOCIO-EMOTIONAL LIFE PATHWAYS WORKSHOP TO SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH AND MINDFULNESS FOR OUR SCHOLARS, 100% OF WHOM IDENTIFY AS STUDENTS OF COLOR, AND 80% OF WHOM QUALIFY FOR FREE OR REDUCED-COST MEALS. EACH CLASS WAS TAUGHT BY A PROFESSIONAL TEACHER AND AT LEAST TWO MENTORS, PRESERVING OUR 4:1 SCHOLAR TO INSTRUCTOR RATIO. OUR SUMMER ACADEMY 2022 THEME WAS GRIT AND PERSEVERANCE. AT PARTNERS, OUR SCHOLARS COLLABORATE WITH THEIR MENTORS AND TEACHERS EVERY DAY TO LIFT UP THEIR VOICES, EMPOWER THEMSELVES AND BUILD CURIOSITY AND GRIT FROM WITHIN. SUMMER ACADEMY IS A SAFE, NURTURING ACADEMIC SPACE WHERE SCHOLARS USE THEIR UNIQUE VOICES TO TELL THEIR STORIES, BUILD-UP THEIR CONFIDENCE AND GRIT AND FEEL EMPOWERED TO MAKE THEIR DREAMS COME TRUE.

ACADEMIC YEAR MENTORING (AYM) PROGRAMIN 2022, FOR OUR ACADEMIC YEAR MENTORING (AYM) AFTERSCHOOL COMPONENT, PARTNERS' MIDDLE SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS INCLUDED AMERICAN INDIAN MODEL SCHOOLS, BRET HARTE, CLAREMONT, DOWNTOWN CHARTER ACADEMY, EAST BAY INNOVATION ACADEMY, EDNA BREWER, KIPP BRIDGE CHARTER, MONTERA, AND ROOSEVELT. IN 2021-2022, AYM WAS IMPLEMENTED FROM SEPTEMBER 2021, THROUGH MAY 2022. DESPITE THE CHALLENGE OF THE COMEBACK FROM COVID CONDITIONS, PARTNERS MANAGED TO INVOLVE ALMOST ALL OUR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN AYM. AYM MENTORS AND SCHOLARS CONTINUED TO USE RESOURCES FROM FRECKLE EDUCATION, AN ONLINE SOFTWARE PLATFORM THAT "DIFFERENTIATES INSTRUCTION ACROSS MATH, LANGUAGE ARTS, SOCIAL STUDIES, AND SCIENCE." MENTORS BUILT PROFOUND RELATIONSHIPS AND SUPPORTED THEIR PARTNERS SCHOLARS WITH CUSTOMIZED LEARNING PLANS, AS WELL AS WITH THEIR AUTHENTIC CARE AND UNDIVIDED ATTENTION. THE CONSISTENT PAIRING OF THE SAME MENTOR AND MENTEE, IN WEEKLY ZOOMS DURING FALL AND SPRING SEMESTERS, PROVIDED HIGH QUALITY AND INDIVIDUALIZED ACADEMIC SUPPORT.

PARTNERS HIGH SCHOOL ADVISING (HSA) COMPONENT WAS BACK ON-TRACK FOR OUR PARTNERS 8TH GRADE SCHOLARS. HIGH SCHOOL ADVISING PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING TO ALL SIXTEEN 8TH GRADE SCHOLARS IN 2021-2022: HIGH SCHOOL OPTIONS COUNSELING AND ADVISING FOR ALL OUSD TRADITIONAL COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLS; OUSD CHARTER HIGH SCHOOLS; INDEPENDENT, NON-RELIGION-AFFILIATED PRIVATE SCHOOLS; AND RELIGION-AFFILIATED HIGH SCHOOLS. IN ADDITION, FOR THE PRIVATE SCHOOL APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS, PARTNERS PROVIDED STUDENT SECTION AND FAMILY SECTION SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE, FINANCIAL AID FORMS WORKSHOPS, STANDARDIZED TEST PREP AND INTERVIEW SIMULATIONS. IN SPRING 2022, PARTNERS 8TH GRADE SCHOLARS MATRICULATED TO THESE AREA HIGH SCHOOLS: AMERICAN INDIAN MODEL SCHOOLS HIGH SCHOOL; COLLEGE PREP; ENVISION ACADEMY OF ARTS AND TECH; OAKLAND CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL; OAKLAND HIGH SCHOOL; OAKLAND TECH HIGH SCHOOL; SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL; ST. MARY'S COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL; AND THE THACHER SCHOOL (A BOARDING SCHOOL IN OJAI, CA).