What is Breakthrough Santa Fe?
Breakthrough: Students Teaching Students is a tuition-free program in which talented high school and college students teach middle school students with limited educational opportunities the academic, organizational and social skills they will need to succeed in competitive high schools.
Latest News
Breakthrough Goes To College!
This year, Breakthrough students and staff have been busy visiting colleges across the country. Our 11th grade students recently returned from a weekend trip to visit The University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado College, The University of Denver, and CSU-Pueblo. In addition, this winter, Directors Kristin and Talia participated in community-based organization visits to Colgate University (NY) and Kalamazoo College (MI).
Please join us in celebrating our newest students to head off to college: The Class of 2012. We will be celebrating their many accomplishments during the annual Breakthrough Graduation on Thursday, May 17th at 5:00pm in the Santa Fe Prep auditorium. All students, families, and friends of the program are invited to join us for this very special event! For more information or to RSVP, please contact Kristin Economo at 505.982.1829 ext. 1248.
Posted on Wednesday, April 25, 2012 | Permalink
Apply to teach with Breakthrough this summer!
Attention all passionate, dedicated, enthusiastic, motivated, high-achieving high school and college students: apply to be a Breakthrough teacher in Santa Fe! Teaching at Breakthrough is consistently described as one of the most challenging and rewarding ways to spend a summer. Breakthrough Santa Fe provides an eight-week teaching residency based at Santa Fe Preparatory School. Each middle school summer teacher is responsible for planning and implementing two or three sections of a core academic class (with no more than seven students per class) as well as a teacher-designed elective; teachers also serve as committee members, advisers, dodge-ball competitors, mentors, and more! In addition, we will hire three teachers to teach in our College Bound program which offers one and two week sessions of college prep, writing enrichment, ACT prep, college campus visits, and career panels for our 9th-12th grade students. Breakthrough Santa Fe provides all teachers with a living stipend, lunches, and free dorm-style housing for out-of-town teachers. We welcome applicants from all academic majors, no experience necessary. To access the national teacher application, visit http://www.breakthroughcollaborative.org/teach and please feel free to contact Director, Talia Winokur (TWinokur@sfprep.org) if you have any questions. The deadline for teacher applicants is February 27, 2012!
Posted on Monday, November 21, 2011 | Permalink
Join us in Celebrating the Class of 2011
Friends, family, teachers, and community members are warmly invited to join Breakthrough in celebrating the many accomplishments of the Class of 2011. We will be gathering in the auditorium at Santa Fe Preparatory School at 5:00pm on Thursday, May 19th to hear from current and former students and teachers, and to honor the graduates. The brief program will be followed by a reception in Santa Fe Prep’s upper school quad. We hope to see you there!
Posted on Tuesday, May 03, 2011 | Permalink
