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 »
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.