Posted on March 12, 2010 9:38 PM
Come and see the Bridge summer program in action at one of the following locations:
Castilleja School
Tuesday, June 29th - 9:30am to 10:30am
Wednesday, June 30th - 11am to 12noon
Woodside Priory School
Thursday, July 1st - 9:30am to 10:30am
Tuesday, July 6th - 12pm to 1pm
Sacred Heart Preparatory
Wednesday, July 7th - 9:30am to 10:30am
Thursday, July 8th - 12pm to 1pm
Menlo School
Tuesday, July 13th - 9:30am to 10:30am
Wednesday, July 14th - 11am to 12noon
St. Matthew's Episcopal Day School
Thursday, July 15th - 9:30am to 10:30am
Tuesday, July 20th - 1pm to 2pm
Crystal Springs Uplands School
Wednesday, July 21st - 9:30am to 10:30am
Thursday, July 22nd - 11am to 12noon
RSVP to Sherri Shaner at sherri@peninsulabridge.org or (408) 358-8805
Posted on March 11, 2010 1:40 PM
Come and see the Bridge summer program in action at Crystal Springs Uplands School:
Wednesday, July 21st - 9:30am to 10:30am
Thursday, July 22nd - 11am to 12noon
RSVP to Sherri Shaner at sherri@peninsulabridge.org or (408) 358-8805
Posted on March 11, 2010 1:38 PM
Come and see the Bridge summer program in action at St. Matthew's Episcopal Day School:
Thursday, July 15th - 9:30am to 10:30am
Tuesday, July 20th - 1pm to 2pm
RSVP to Sherri Shaner at sherri@peninsulabridge.org or (408) 358-8805
Posted on March 11, 2010 1:36 PM
Come and see the Bridge summer program in action at Menlo School:
Tuesday, July 13th - 9:30am to 10:30am
Wednesday, July 14th - 11am to 12noon
RSVP to Sherri Shaner at sherri@peninsulabridge.org or (408) 358-8805
Posted on March 11, 2010 1:34 PM
Come and see the Bridge summer program in action at Sacred Heart Preparatory:
Wednesday, July 7th - 9:30am to 10:30am
Thursday, July 8th - 12pm to 1pm
RSVP to Sherri Shaner at sherri@peninsulabridge.org or (408) 358-8805
Posted on March 11, 2010 1:29 PM
Come and see the Bridge summer program in action at Woodside Priory School:
Thursday, July 1st - 9:30am to 10:30am
Tuesday, July 6th - 12pm to 1pm
RSVP to Sherri Shaner at sherri@peninsulabridge.org or (408) 358-8805
Posted on March 11, 2010 12:21 PM
Come and see the Bridge summer program in action at Castilleja School:
Tuesday, June 29th - 9:30am to 10:30am
Wednesday, June 30th - 11am to 12noon
RSVP to Sherri Shaner at sherri@peninsulabridge.org or (408) 358-8805
Posted on March 4, 2010 4:00 PM
Our 6th Annual Bridge Builder's Society Breakfast,
'Passport to Success' was a huge triumph! Thank you to all who attended
to support Peninsula Bridge. Demetra Jones Schoby, an alumnus of the
Peninsula Bridge program, was our keynote speaker. Since graduating
from Peninsula Bridge in 1993, Demetra graduated from Spelman College,
worked as an equity trader in San Francisco, and was one of the early
supporters of For Youth By Youth, a community based organization in
East Palo Alto. Demetra's enthusiasm and passion for "giving back" were
contagious.
Posted on March 4, 2010 3:00 PM
In the summer of 1990, a group of 26 middle school students from East
Palo Alto cautiously stepped upon the Sacred Heart Prep campus and participated
in the inaugural year of the Peninsula Bridge Program. Spearheaded by the indefatigably optimistic
Les DeWitt and an enthusiastic Sister Brown at Sacred Heart, the Program
quickly gained traction and expanded to Woodside Priory the following
year. By 1994, Menlo, Castilleja
and Crystal Springs Uplands had also joined the Peninsula Bridge family, and we
recently welcomed St. Joseph's and St. Matthew's Episcopal as program sites as
well, enabling us to reach almost 270 underserved students from East Palo Alto,
Menlo Park, Redwood City, and San Mateo.
Posted on March 4, 2010 2:00 PM
One of the ways Peninsula Bridge has succeeded in expanding and delivering high
quality programs is by soliciting the help of talented volunteers and interns. One such volunteer is Angie McPhaul, who is currently a student at Stanford University, majoring in Urban Studies. Angie began her journey with Peninsula Bridge in June of 2009 as a
teacher's assistant at the Menlo site and worked after the program was over at
our main office helping measure student achievement over the summer.
Posted on March 4, 2010 1:00 PM
One of the many facets of Bridge is our families with multiple children who are a part of the program. The Waltons, one of these families, have two alumni and one current Bridge student. Mrs. Emy Walton explained, "the
parents' job is to make it possible for the child to get a better education by
sacrificing the simplest thing; time".
Time, however, is not the only thing needed to help children succeed in
their education. According to John
Walton Sr., "Bridge is a way to
level the playing field by providing equal academic opportunity. I say that in our family that mission
has been accomplished. Our kids
are definitely well prepared."