Programs We Manage
Programs We Support
- Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID)
- Arts for Academic Achievement
- Check & Connect
- GEMS
- GISE
- President's Active Lifestyle Award
Press Releases
- Wallace Foundation awards $750,000 grand to Minneapolis Public Schools »
- Minneapolis Leaders to Become Principals For A Day »
- AchieveMpls Recognized As Partner To University of Minnesota »
- AchieveMpls Receives Grant for Tracy Awards to Support Visual Art Students »
- AchieveMpls Names Steve Schumacher as Director of STEP-UP Summer Jobs Program »
Contact For More Information
Erin Larson
Communications Manager
P: 612-455-1564
elarson@achievempls.org
News Articles
- Summer Jobs Program Celebrates 1,350 Steps Up »
- Costain to Head AchieveMpls »
- Minneapolis School Board's Pam Costain is changing educational "hats" but not program efforts »
- Minneapolis School Board Member Stepping Down »
- Costain to leave Minneapolis school board to head AchieveMpls foundation »
- New Minneapolis superintendent and her "shadow" get firsthand look at city schools' demanding challenges »
- For a Few Gifted Teens, Home is Where their Art Is »
- A Piece of King's Dream »
- 'Promise' fulfilled as teen heads to college »
08.04.08
AchieveMpls Recognized As Partner To University of Minnesota
Education Comes First for AchieveMpls and Minnesota
AchieveMpls was recognized for their dedication to the advancement and improvement of education in the Minneapolis area. This prestigious award is something AchieveMpls is very proud of.
07.28.08
At-Risk Teen Found Home at Briggs & Morgan
By Drew Bryant, ThreeSixty Journalism
Walking in, we find marble floors, nice polished wooden tables, and quiet. A beautiful receptionist offeres us soda and some chocolate. Looking out the windows, we see the Foshay Tower and people in suits, walking the streets below, enjoying the summer weather.
Richard Terrell walks in with a warming smile and greets us, looking like the next new thing in the Briggs & Morgan law firm.
01.11.08
AchieveMpls Receives Grant for Tracy Awards to Support Visual Art Students
MINNEAPOLIS (January 11, 2008) – AchieveMpls announced today the 2nd Annual Tracy Awards, sponsored by Ken Fink and Gary Fink, Director of Museum “Louvre It or Leave It.” The purpose of the Tracy Awards is to stimulate the artistic creativity of Minneapolis High School students by offering a visual art contest in all media (2 and 3 dimensional, painting, drwaing, printing, sculpture, clay, computer generated, etc.).