Students used the Career & College Centers 74,657 times last year.
Erin Larson
Communications Manager
P: 612-455-1564
elarson@achievempls.org
Educating our children is the responsibility of our entire community. You can play your part in supporting Minneapolis students’ success, even when short on funds or time to volunteer.
If you’re a parent: get tips on becoming more engaged in your child’s future or attend a parent focus group. If you’re a student: apply for STEP-UP, research AchieveMpls-administered grants and scholarships, or visit your school’s Career & College Center. If you’re a business leader: pledge a job for STEP-UP students, or attend an AchieveMpls event. If you’re just concerned about educating our youth: sign up to get e-newsletters from AchieveMps featuring stories on the latest happenings in our schools.
No matter who you are, we hope you’ll join us in supporting the Minneapolis Public School students. They are our future neighbors, colleagues and friends and they deserve our help now.
If you do find time and want to work directly with the students, please visit our volunteer page using the link to the left.
AchieveMpls’ Community Learning Fund makes field trips possible for hundreds of MPS students every year. Through mini-grants to pay for transportation, we allow classes of all ages and subject matter to
pursue enrichment opportunities outside of school walls. For the past three years, Nancy Paxson of Marcy Open School has received Community Learning Fund dollars to bring her “Peace Choir” to perform at the annual Nobel Peace Prize Festival. Along with other “Peace Site” schools around the Twin Cities, Marcy works to integrate peace studies into core curriculum. “Marcy students are excited to participate in the
festival each year and really identify themselves as Peacemakers,” Nancy says. “They believe what some of our songs say: ‘We each make a difference! We can change the world! We are the future!
Peace is up to you and me!’”