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Instructional Coach Spotlight: Meet Ms. Q
Every summer, Breakthrough welcomes a group of experienced educators from surrounding districts to serve as Instructional Coaches for our Summer AmeriCorps Teaching Fellows. While being mentors and role models for our teachers, they set the standard of classroom...
My Breakthrough Experience: Stevie Martinez-Farias
Just last summer, Stevie spent 6 weeks teaching English Language Arts and Tech Research to a group of Breakthrough 9th graders. Wide eyed and eager to learn, she saw the same gleam of curiosity and excitement in her students that she remembered in herself. Nine years ago Stevie joined Breakthrough with the same college dreams as her students. Today, she is a junior at Bennington College and will be walking the stage in May 2021.
Breakthrough Board Trustee Spotlight: Eva Garza-Nyer
"We are paving the way for students to be included in circles society has told them they can't access." - Eva Garza-Nyer, Board Chair-Elect Some people are born determined to make a difference. Eva Garza-Nyer, educator, counselor and Breakthrough Central Texas board...
Breakthrough students raise the bar on nutrition!
Every semester, our middle school students spend three Saturdays building community and strengthening their reading, writing and presentation skills through engaging in project-based learning activities. This fall, 7th and 8th graders, alongside their St. Andrew’s...
Thank you for helping college dreams come true!
This Thanksgiving and always, we are grateful for YOU. "Thank you for caring for individuals like me. Thank you for helping me believe that there are kind people out there in this world. For helping me become who I am today and for giving me the opportunity to help...
Saturday night was Dawes-ome!
“Breakthrough treated my daughter Alesia like the unique, amazing person she is, with guidance molded to her own goals and desires. Seeing Alesia graduate from college, now traveling the world, inspired me. I am proud to say I recently graduated from Concordia...