What Every First-Gen Student Needs to Know About Attending a Predominately White Institution Originally posted on the Education Post on May 17, 2019 Diestefano “DJ” Loma is a first-generation college student at the University of Chicago majoring in Romance Languages and Literatures, with a minor in Latin American Studies. He is pursuing his passion for…
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It was a record-breaking event for High Jump! Our annual Spring of Opportunity benefit on May 3rd was a huge success and we raised OVER $1 MILLION! We’re so grateful to all our supporters and sponsors who made this possible – together we are providing more students in Chicago with the opportunities they need to…
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Originally posted on BestColleges on May 1, 2019 Can you define what “first-generation student” means to you? What makes them unique, aside from family history? A first-generation student is someone who has overcome the barriers set up by economics, prejudice, and disenfranchisement to complete a level of education that hasn’t been completed by those before…
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We’re so proud of Nick (Cohort 25) who is one of several alumni who were awarded the prestigious Posse Scholarship! He will be attending Cornell University this fall and we’re excited for him to take the next step in his academic career. His journey started at his home school in the Ashburn neighborhood where he…
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January is Mentoring Month and we’d like to thank the incredible High Jump alumni who serve as mentors to current High Jump students! High Jump hires juniors and seniors in high school or college students to serve as Teaching Assistants (TAs) and Special Projects Interns (SPIs), and they do much more than just assisting in…
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In August we asked the High Jump community to send words of wisdom to encourage our current alumni who are starting out their high school and college careers. Here are some of the great messages we received from High Jump alumni, parents, staff members and supporters: “You may not feel like you belong, you may…
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“High Jump helped my family break the cycle of poverty. The program showed me that I deserved a good education and it is such a part of who I am.”
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“I loved High Jump from the very beginning because it allowed me to use the energy I had been using for survival to work hard and succeed academically.”
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