Partners Program

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

SUMMER ACADEMY (SA) PROGRAMIN 2020-2021, PARTNERS SUMMER ACADEMY IMPLEMENTED ITS 36TH CONSECUTIVE SUMMER AT COLLEGE PREP. THIS YEAR'S SUMMER ACADEMY WAS AN ESPECIALLY POIGNANT REMINDER OF THE POSITIVE IMPACT OF OUR PROGRAM. WE ARE HAPPY AND PROUD TO REPORT THAT THE 36TH SEASON WAS A SUCCESSFUL AND FUN ENDEAVOR. SUMMER ACADEMY 2021 INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS WERE HELD FROM JUNE 12 TO JULY 10 (9TH GRADE GRADUATION DAY). STRICT COVID-19 SAFETY PROTOCOLS WERE IMPLEMENTED WITH THE INTREPID GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT OF OUR NEW SUMMER ACADEMY HEALTH COORDINATOR. APPROXIMATELY 60 SEVENTH, EIGHTH, AND NINTH GRADERS FROM 12 DIFFERENT OAKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOLS JOINED US FOR A HYBRID MODEL OF 2-DAYS IN-PERSON AND 2-DAYS ZOOM DISTANCE-LEARNING. THE PARTNERS SCHOLARS COMMITTED THEMSELVES FOR FOUR WEEKS TO THE PARTNERS EDUCATIONAL MENTORING MODEL THAT IS TRANSFORMATIVE, RIGOROUS, AND TOTALLY FUN. DESPITE THE PANDEMIC CONDITIONS AND AMID SOCIAL UNREST, PARTNERS PERSEVERED TO DELIVER SUMMER ACADEMIC PROGRAMMING WITH A FACULTY OF 9 TEACHERS AND 29 MENTORS (COLLEGE-AGE TEACHING INTERNS, AND HIGH SCHOOL-AGE ASSISTANT TEACHERS). THE 29 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 75% 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. IN 2021, PARTNERS' MIDDLE SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS INCLUDED CLAREMONT, KIPP BRIDGE CHARTER, EDNA BREWER, ROOSEVELT, DOWNTOWN CHARTER ACADEMY, BRET HARTE, COLISEUM COLLEGE PREP, AMERICAN INDIAN PUBLIC SCHOOL, MONTERA, EAST BAY INNOVATION ACADEMY AND MLK JR. OUR SUMMER ACADEMY 2021 THEME WAS STUDENT VOICES. OUR THEME WAS APPROPRIATE AS PARTNERS BROUGHT BACK IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION AND STUDENT IN-PERSON VOICES AFTER 230 DAYS IN OUSD OF REMOTE ZOOM INSTRUCTION. 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 2020-2021, PARTNERS ACADEMIC YEAR MENTORING (AYM) WAS IMPLEMENTED FROM OCTOBER 1, 2020, THROUGH MAY 28, 2021. DURING 2020-2021, THE OAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS STILL IN ITS DISTANCE-LEARNING PLAN AND BECAUSE OF IT, ALL 35 PARTNERS TUTORIALS REMAINED AS ZOOM SESSIONS. DESPITE THE PANDEMIC CONDITIONS, PARTNERS MANAGED TO INVOLVE ALMOST 75 MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN AYM. DESPITE REMOTE ZOOM TUTORIALS, 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.

SUMMER ACADEMY (SA) PROGRAMIN 2020-2021, PARTNERS SUMMER ACADEMY IMPLEMENTED ITS 36TH CONSECUTIVE SUMMER AT COLLEGE PREP. THIS YEAR'S SUMMER ACADEMY WAS AN ESPECIALLY POIGNANT REMINDER OF THE POSITIVE IMPACT OF OUR PROGRAM. WE ARE HAPPY AND PROUD TO REPORT THAT THE 36TH SEASON WAS A SUCCESSFUL AND FUN ENDEAVOR. SUMMER ACADEMY 2021 INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS WERE HELD FROM JUNE 12 TO JULY 10 (9TH GRADE GRADUATION DAY). STRICT COVID-19 SAFETY PROTOCOLS WERE IMPLEMENTED WITH THE INTREPID GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT OF OUR NEW SUMMER ACADEMY HEALTH COORDINATOR. APPROXIMATELY 60 SEVENTH, EIGHTH, AND NINTH GRADERS FROM 12 DIFFERENT OAKLAND MIDDLE SCHOOLS JOINED US FOR A HYBRID MODEL OF 2-DAYS IN-PERSON AND 2-DAYS ZOOM DISTANCE-LEARNING. THE PARTNERS SCHOLARS COMMITTED THEMSELVES FOR FOUR WEEKS TO THE PARTNERS EDUCATIONAL MENTORING MODEL THAT IS TRANSFORMATIVE, RIGOROUS, AND TOTALLY FUN. DESPITE THE PANDEMIC CONDITIONS AND AMID SOCIAL UNREST, PARTNERS PERSEVERED TO DELIVER SUMMER ACADEMIC PROGRAMMING WITH A FACULTY OF 9 TEACHERS AND 29 MENTORS (COLLEGE-AGE TEACHING INTERNS, AND HIGH SCHOOL-AGE ASSISTANT TEACHERS). THE 29 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 75% 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. IN 2021, PARTNERS' MIDDLE SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS INCLUDED CLAREMONT, KIPP BRIDGE CHARTER, EDNA BREWER, ROOSEVELT, DOWNTOWN CHARTER ACADEMY, BRET HARTE, COLISEUM COLLEGE PREP, AMERICAN INDIAN PUBLIC SCHOOL, MONTERA, EAST BAY INNOVATION ACADEMY AND MLK JR. OUR SUMMER ACADEMY 2021 THEME WAS STUDENT VOICES. OUR THEME WAS APPROPRIATE AS PARTNERS BROUGHT BACK IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION AND STUDENT IN-PERSON VOICES AFTER 230 DAYS IN OUSD OF REMOTE ZOOM INSTRUCTION. 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 2020-2021, PARTNERS ACADEMIC YEAR MENTORING (AYM) WAS IMPLEMENTED FROM OCTOBER 1, 2020, THROUGH MAY 28, 2021. DURING 2020-2021, THE OAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS STILL IN ITS DISTANCE-LEARNING PLAN AND BECAUSE OF IT, ALL 35 PARTNERS TUTORIALS REMAINED AS ZOOM SESSIONS. DESPITE THE PANDEMIC CONDITIONS, PARTNERS MANAGED TO INVOLVE ALMOST 75 MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN AYM. DESPITE REMOTE ZOOM TUTORIALS, 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.