AchieveMpls believes that only through ongoing collaboration will the community overcome the myriad challenges of educating and urban population and meeting the needs of Minneapolis Public School students. We provide technological, financial and human resource support to numerous partner programs working to support Minneapolis students.
AVID is a reform program in grades 6-12 that focuses on professional development, site team research and planning, and provides an elective class that supports a targeted group of underachieveing students. More »
Arts for Academic Achievement (AAA) creates community partnerships with artists and arts organizations to provide Minneapolis Public School students with learning experiences that make natural and significant connections between the arts and other academic subjects. More »
Check & Connect is a program that reaches out to those youth among the highest risk of dropping out through an integrated approach that directs a responsive spotlight beginning with ninth-graders making the critical transition from middle school to high school. More »
Girls in Engineering, Mathematics and Science (GEMS) is an after-school and summer program designed specifically for 4th-8th grade girls in the Minneapolis Public Schools. More »
Guys in Engineering and Science (GISE) is an after-school and summer program designed specifically for 4th-8th grade boys in the Minneapolis Public Schools. More »
The General Mills President's Active Lifestyle Award (PALA) is a physical activity program for all 2nd-8th grade students in the Minneapolis Public Schools. More »
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!’”