Next Generation Scholars Inc

NEXT GENERATION SCHOLARS EQUIPS AND EMPOWERS FIRST GENERATION, UNDER-RESOURCED MARIN COUNTY MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO SUCCEED IN COLLEGE AND BEYOND THROUGH SOCIALLY-CONSCIOUS LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT. GROUNDED IN INDIVIDUALIZED ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL SUPPORT FOR THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES, OUR STUDENTS ARE EMBOLDENED TO ADDRESS THE INEQUITIES IN THE WORLD, BOTH FOR THEMSELVES AND FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES.

NGS FAMILIES ARE RECENT IMMIGRANTS WITH LIMITED ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION. WE ACTIVELY CREATE MORE PATHWAYS TO CLOSING THAT EDUCATIONAL EQUITY AND OPPORTUNITY GAP. WE SHOW FAMILIES THAT A COLLEGE EDUCATION IS, IN FACT, WITHIN THEIR CHILDRENS REACH. NGS STUDENTS ARE MARIN RESIDENTS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTY, LIVING IN THE CANAL AREA OF SAN RAFAEL AND IN SUBSIDIZED PUBLIC HOUSING THROUGHOUT. THEY ARE ALL FIRST-GENERATION, STUDENTS OF COLOR, WITH 97% COMING FROM VERY LOW-INCOME FAMILIES, ACCORDING TO FEDERAL AND COUNTY GUIDELINES. 200 STUDENTS, AND THEIR 500+ FAMILY MEMBERS, ARE SERVED ANNUALLY, WITH 32 IN K-5TH, 51 IN 6TH-8TH, 49 IN HIGH SCHOOL AND 51 IN COLLEGE. NGS STUDENTS, AND THEIR FAMILIES, ARE MOTIVATED, RESILIENT, AND ACADEMICALLY DRIVEN; THEY MUST BE. NGS REQUIRES ATTENDANCE WEEKLY AND ON SUNDAYS, AND TEACHES COLLEGE-LEVEL CURRICULUM. 43% OF NGS ALUMNI ARE PURSUING ADVANCED DEGREES, AND 92% OF RECENT GRADUATES ARE EMPLOYED, WITH 56% IN THE NONPROFIT/EDUCATIONAL SECTOR, AND 36% IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.