Steps to Success Brookline

We are so grateful to City Kids Boston and City Realty Group for their support today of one of our post-secondary success programs! Providing our students with worships to build their career-readiness skills is a key way in which we work to close the opportunity gap in Brookline.

Steps decided to approach our fall fundraising campaign, Stepping Back to School, a little differently this year. The campaign, which will conclude this Saturday, is a celebration of student voices and student perspectives. Throughout the week we have been sharing our students’ thoughts on the start of the school year - from what makes them nervous, to what makes them excited, to what new approaches they are taking to their learning journeys. For example, Cindy, a sophomore at UConn, had this to share: “Steps to Success helped me start off my first year of college and I am excited to maintain that support while also gaining more experience. With the start of a new semester, I am looking forward to hanging out with my friends and also meeting new people. I am also excited to join a new club and hope to gain a lot of skills from it! On the other hand, I am a little nervous about my workload since I am taking some harder classes. I know I will need to make those classes a priority.” We encourage you to check us out on Facebook (https://lnkd.in/entFr7ui) and Instagram (instagram.com/stsbrookline) to learn more! Our students range from 3rd graders to college seniors, and we are truly grateful to those who agreed to share their diverse perspectives with the wider Steps community. Steps takes a student-centered approach in everything we do, and we have loved sharing the voices of the students who are at the heart of our work.

Historic inflation has made this back-to-school season more financially strenuous than ever before for our families. We have been hard at work ensuring that our students all have a backpack full of school supplies; that our high school students have the equipment they need to immerse themselves in extracurricular activities; and that each of our college students has an experienced advisor in their corner to help them navigate their academic and financial needs. Our programs work because we deeply understand and can directly address the resource shortfalls faced by many of our students. However, for Steps, promoting educational equity also means helping our students achieve their long-term goals. We have also been working to enroll students in our after-school programs, which will supply them with homework support, STEM exposure, and art enrichment. We have been working with our partners to secure school-year internships for high school students, which will engage them in career development beyond the summer months. And we have been working alongside our college students to not only graduate but also proactively plan for their personal and professional aspirations. Steps is committed to not just filling gaps, but also helping our students prepare for tomorrow. Your financial support powers our work. Will you give to Steps as we head into the new school year? Donate today: bit.ly/donate-to-sts

Steps is seeking a Marketing Consultant! You can visit our website to read the Request For Proposal and learn more about the kind of partner we hope to work with. Proposals must be sent in by September 27, 2024 to be considered. Please reach out to Nia Jacobs, [email protected], if you have any questions. https://lnkd.in/gqArZ7za

Thank you to Brookline.news for reporting on the growth of our programs! In the past four years, Steps has been able to expand after-school programs to another grade of students, widen our college admission and career exploration programs for high school students, and award scholarships to far more college students than we were ever able to support before. If you are interested in helping us sustain our programs for years to come - we encourage you to reach out today. https://lnkd.in/egJ6Jgcj

We are so grateful for our partnership with National Grid, a funder who makes our programs possible through its long-term investment in our work of closing the opportunity gap in Brookline.

Leadership Brainery, Inc. is doing incredible work to close the opportunity gap for students seeking advanced degrees, and Steps to Success Brookline is proud to be a Strategic Alliance partner!