It has been another great semester of overnight and day trips with Outdoor Challenge.  Kara led 4 overnight trips with students from O’Connell and Mission high schools.  I led an additional 3 day trips and a backpacking trip with our Outdoor Youth Leaders. Read more »

Rising by Degrees tells the story of Latino students working towards a college degree—and why it’s so hard for them to get what they want.

Read their stories here.

Waking up at 5:00am was not fun, but then I realized that today was Halloween, and better yet, I was going on another backpacking trip. When I arrived at the Mission Graduates office, I realized I was the first one there and I helped Aaron with getting all the pre-trip supplies ready. He told me that I was going to be one of the leaders of the day, I was so excited. I was ready to have yet another trip to practice my ability to lead games and ensure safety within the group. After a couple of hours, the group of 12 was ready to head off to Point Reyes. Read more »

at the Tutoring Center

It’s Tuesday at the Mission Graduates Tutoring Center and fourth grader Grecia Ramos is writing a letter to her college pen pal asking about life on campus at San Francisco State University.  Last week, Grecia learned the word campus during Circle Time after school. “How many books do you have?” she asks in her letter.  “Can you have dogs in your room?”  Grecia and her pen pal will exchange a series of letters over the course of this school year and then meet in person on the college campus next May when Grecia and her Tutoring Center classmates will tour the campus and visit their pen pals’ dorm rooms.  The pen pal project is designed to build a college-going mindset early in the academic careers of our young people while building literacy, vocabulary and self-reflection skills. Read more »

Check it out!  Josselyn of Outdoor Challenge talks about her experience at Point Reyes for a story on the Sierra Club website.

http://www.sierraclub.org/parks/diversity/stories.aspx#bonilla

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Mission Graduates is a nonprofit organization that increases the number of K-12 students in San Francisco’s Mission District who are prepared for and complete a college education. 100% of the money raised goes directly to Mission Graduates’ programs.

Andalu

Bar Bambino

Bissap Baobab

CODA

Conduit

Destino

Dolores Park Cafe

Farina Focaccia and Cucina Italiana

Foreign Cinema

Front Porch

La Provence

Little Baobab

Little Star Valencia

Maverick

Mission Beach Cafe

Panchitas #2

Pisco

Ramblas Tapas

Range

Regalito Rosticeria

Slow Club

Specchio

Spork

Sun Rise Restaurant

Usulutan Restaurant

Under the banner “Education for All/Educación para todos,” the Parent Partner Program has successfully linked up critical resources and Parent Liaisons at Marshall E.S., James Lick M.S., and Mission High to strengthen their work in empowering consistently marginalized parents. Read more »

Check out this video that Talking Circles and MTV produced in 2008.

I’m excited to be attending the Food Blogger Festival today to promote Food for Thought to my favorite Bay Area bloggers and fellow food fiends!! Read more »

Mission Graduates Tutoring Center celebrated the Sixth Annual Lights On Afterschool March and Rally at the Plaza 16 BART station. Read more »