Annual Report 2016-2017 Board of Directors from the Chair of the Board of Trustees
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ANNUAL REPORT 2016-2017 BOARD OF DIRECTORS FROM THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES CHAIR Tim Friedman DD Danforth Burlin Langdon D. Neal Sally Carton Annmarie Neumeier IMMEDIATE PAST Sarah Cobb Georgy Ann Peluchiwski CHAIR Sarah Cogswell Nicholas K. Pontikes Priscilla Kersten Vincent Cozzi Janet Rauschenberger Randall Dunn Scott B. Rose VICE CHAIR Jamie-Clare Flaherty Diane Saltoun Philip Nevels Wilkingson Germain Todd A. Smith Arla Gomberg Errett Van Nice SECRETARY Shelley Greenwood Nicole Mann Mariana Ingersoll EMERITI Michael Kaplan Diana Aixalá TREASURER Erik King Richard J. Almeida Bill Barker Karen Krehbiel Paula Hannaway Crown Dear Friends of High Jump, John G. Levi Charles S. Gofen MEMBERS Deneese Walia Levin Frank Hogan It has been another rewarding year for High Jump, and thanks to supporters like you, we Phillip Austin Peggy M. Lim Eleanor Nicholson now serve 720 middle-grade students and high school-age alumni every year. This is the Omid G. Bañuelos Sonya Malunda Richard E. Rothkopf largest number of students we have been able to serve in our organization’s Katie Barber Thomas Meyers Robin Loewenberg Tebbe history. High Jump shows our students that there are no limits to what they can achieve and Dara Milner Tina Wardrop with your support, they are given the opportunity to reach their full academic potential. This year, our students are thriving, and 100% of Cohort 27 students have matriculated to top high schools in Chicago and across the country. Additionally, our alumni who’ve graduated from high school (Cohort 23) are attending some of the nation’s top colleges, including Pomona College, Yale University and Northwestern University. In the new fiscal year, we look forward to welcoming Nate Pietrini to the team as the program’s Executive Director who will strengthen High Jump’s programming. Nate has over a decade of teaching experience and was most recently the principal at Hawthorne Academy in the Lakeview neighborhood. Our deepest thanks for your continued support of High Jump, which allows us to serve Chicago’s talented youth by giving them the opportunity to reach their academic potential. Sincerely, Tim Friedman 2 HIGH JUMP Board Chair, High Jump ANNUAL REPORT 2016-2017 3 MISSION IMPACT Since 1989 High Jump has served 1,200 Chicago students. High Jump equalizes access to education for Chicago middle school students who have exhibited academic ambition and potential and who are of limited economic means. We provide academic enrichment, counseling and support to students of diverse backgrounds, with the goals of sending our participants to superior college preparatory schools, ensuring their success while they are there, and enhancing their ability to gain of our alumni have admission to highly regarded four-year colleges and universities. 99% gone on to attend top high schools across the country. In 2016/2017, High Jump served 360 middle grade students. Additionally we support 360 alumni in high schools in Chicago and across the country. 100% of the eighth grade class of 2017 (Cohort 27) matriculated to college preparatory high schools. The eighth grade class of 2017 (Cohort 27) was awarded over $5 million in financial aid and scholarships. High Jump graduates go on to attend selective colleges Alumni college graduates are currently working in at 3.5 times the 98% of the important positions at rate of their peers – high- high school Class of 2017 the City of Chicago, ComEd, performing students of (Cohort 23) are attending Deutsche Bank, Google limited financial means – four-year colleges or and Jenner & Block, across the nation. universities this year. just to name a few. 4 HIGH JUMP ANNUAL REPORT 2016-2017 5 HIGH SCHOOL MATRICULATION COLLEGE MATRICULATION In May 2017, 164 students in Cohort 27 (Eighth Grade Class of 2017) completed the The long-term impact of the High Jump program is demonstrated by the continued High Jump program. Also, 100% of these students matriculated at college preparatory high academic success of its alumni in high school and their enrollment into premier colleges schools. Cohort 27 graduates were awarded a total of $5 million dollars in financial aid and universities across the country. and scholarships. Fifty-three high-school-aged alumni from Cohort 23 (High School Class of 2016) graduated this spring, and 98% will be attending four-year colleges or universities. Several students 67% top-ranked Chicago Public Schools also received prestigious college scholarships, including the Posse Scholarship. 22% independent or boarding schools 11% parochial schools Below is the full list of colleges and universities at which these students have matriculated: Below is a list of college preparatory public, independent, boarding and parochial schools at which our students matriculated: American University Northern Illinois University Arrupe College of Loyola University Northwestern University Bates College Ohio State University INDEPENDENT PRIVATE SCHOOLS (23) CPS SELECTIVE ENROLLMENT SCHOOLS (83) DePaul University Pomona College Chicago Waldorf High School (2) John Hancock College Prep High School Duke University St. Mary’s University of Minnesota Francis W. Parker School (3) Jones College Prep High School (14) Harold Washington College University of Illinois at Chicago Latin School of Chicago (8) Lane Tech College Prep High School (18) Kalamazoo College University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Loyola Academy Lindblom Math & Science Academy (3) Loyola University Chicago University of Wisconsin, Waterloo Providence St. Mel School Lincoln Park High School (2) Middlebury College University of Missouri Roycemore School Northside College Prep High School (14) Mount Holyoke Yale University The University of Chicago Lab Schools (7) South Shore International College Prep Northeastern University Boston Walter Payton College Prep High School (15) INDEPENDENT BOARDING SCHOOLS (13) Westinghouse College Prep High School (5) A Better Chance Strath Haven Whitney M. Young Magnet High School (10) Berkshire School Concord Academy CPS MAGNET/HONORS SCHOOLS (15) Cushing Academy Back of the Yards College Prep High School Eastside College Prep John Hancock College Prep High School - Honors Lake Forest Academy Lincoln Park High School, Double Honors (4) Milton Academy Lincoln Park High School, IB Program (3) St. Mark’s School Senn High School, IB Arts Program St. Paul’s School Taft High School The Lawrenceville School Von Steuben Metropolitan Science High School (4) Wayland Academy (2) Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart CPS NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS (5) Alcott College Prep PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS (18) Kenwood Academy (3) Cristo Rey Jesuit High School (2) Amundsen High School De La Salle Institute (5) DePaul College Prep High School (2) CHARTER SCHOOLS (6) Fenwick High School Chicago Bulls College Prep High School – Noble Network Holy Trinity High School (3) The Noble Academy (2) Mother McAuley High School CICS Northtown Academy Regina Dominican High School (2) Butler College Prep - Noble Network Saint Patrick High School Pritzker College Prep - Noble Network St. Ignatius College Prep High School 6 HIGH JUMP ANNUAL REPORT 2016-2017 7 HIGHLIGHTS IN 2016/2017 It was a record-breaking recruitment season for High Jump; this year we received over 1,000 applications. The need for High Jump’s academic enrichment program is higher than ever, and we are excited to welcome 180 talented students to be part of Cohort 29. Over 600 people attended High Jump’s Academic Expo and Art Show where students showcased their class projects, artwork and theater performances. The impressive art gallery included works that students created to express their profound opinions on global issues such as human trafficking, gender equality, animal rights and more. High Jump’s program staff gave 73 presentations across Chicago at 54 schools to recruit new High Jump students. The incoming cohort (Cohort 29) resides in 44 different zip codes across the city and represents 91 schools. This year High Jump had its first-ever Alumni Leadership Retreat. At the retreat, alumni were provided with concrete ways in which to advocate for positive change in their schools and communities. Each student completed an action plan that identified High Jump raised $860,000 at the annual Spring of Opportunity benefit, their chosen problem’s root cause(s), recommendations for change, a map of targets with a record for High Jump, with over 450 guests in attendance. Liz Dozier, Managing varying degrees of influence/power, and tactics for engaging targets. Director of Chicago Beyond, was the keynote speaker and kicked off the event with inspiring words about equalizing education in Chicago. High Jump also honored its three partner schools, Francis W. Parker School, the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools and the Latin School of Chicago. 8 HIGH JUMP ANNUAL REPORT 2016-2017 9 ALUMNI PROFILES I decided to join High Jump because I wanted to challenge myself outside of the classes offered at my school. High Jump was a place where I felt that I could embrace my intellectual curiosity where, stretch myself as a thinker and learn from a High Jump was the highlight of my middle school life diverse community of scholars from all across Chicago. because I met amazing people and learned things that prepared me for high school and beyond. Being a minority High Jump offered an unparalleled learning in the CPS system, there were things that just seemed like environment that helped me develop skills that I a dream to me, but High Jump taught me that it’s more needed to be successful