Archive for June 2024
Richard’s Story of High Jump Success
When we look at the impact that High Jump has had over the course of the past 35 years, the data paint an incredible story of how High Jump has fostered success for students who are of limited economic means in Chicago; 100% of High Jump alumni graduate from high school; 98% attend college; and…
Read MoreCommunity Scholars Is Now an Official High Jump Program!
After 35 years of growing High Jump’s Scholars Program from our first cohort of 16 students to our most recent cohort of 225 students, we are so proud and excited to announce the next step of our continued growth: the formal adoption of our Community Scholars pilot as High Jump’s second ever official program! Community…
Read MoreReady for Their Next Chapter
High Jump’s annual Moving Up Ceremony is the culminating event to honor students’ two years of hard work. Each graduating High Jump student gets to walk across the stage and receive their certificate—a physical reminder of all the work they’ve put in over the past two years and of all that they’ll carry with them…
Read MoreCelebrating Student Success
Every year in May, High Jump holds space for a celebration two years in the making: our student’s annual Moving Up Ceremony. Held at the University of Chicago Lab Schools’ Gordon Parks Arts Hall, the ceremony serves as the culminating event to honor the hard work of each and every graduating High Jump student. Throughout…
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