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.
A cornerstone of the STEP-UP Summer Jobs program are industry-specific pipelines, designed to educate and engage high school students within a professional field of their choosing. Tyann Christopher, a 2008 graduate from Edison High School, has set her sites on law and is using STEP-UP to give her a head start. Placed at the law firm Briggs & Morgan for the summer, Tyann said “STEP-UP has provided me with a summer job that means something. I am going to work every day to do something I am interested in.” This fall, Tyann will begin her undergraduate studies at Concordia University in St. Paul. One day, she hopes to practice family law because she is passionate about helping youth and feels that children are the most vulnerable group within the legal system.