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News
Summer Search Boston student, Hakeem, was featured in the Boston Globe. Read article here.
Jay Jacobs, Summer Search CEO, was featured in San Francisco Business Times. Read full article here.
Linda Mornell was interviewed for a Reuters article as part of a series profiling women entrepreneurs. Read the article, A chaotic kind of love: starting a successful non-profit, here.
Angie Ngo, a former Summer Search Silicon Valley student, was featured on the Students Rising Above Segment of the CBS5 Evening News. We are so proud of her! You can check her out here.
2009 Annual Report
The Summer Search 2009 Annual Report is now available to view online!
Summer Search 1995 alumnus Jabali Sawicki, '95, was featured in a video discussing the leadership lessons he learned at NOLS (National Outdoor Leadership School) and the role they play in his current life. Watch it now >
Will you be buying or selling real estate in 2010? Here’s a way you can donate thousands of dollars to Summer Search… without ever writing us a check. Find out more >
Summer Search alumnus Robert Reffkin, '97, was featured in a Wall Street Journal article highlighting his ambitious goal of running 50 marathons, one in every state, in an attempt to raise $1,000,000 for organizations that support young people. Robert is currently a vice-president at Goldman Sachs and served on the Summer Search New York City board from 2003-2009. Read More >
Entertaining? Support Summer Search by purchasing wine through Indie Wine Company and San Francisco Wine Center and using the code “summersearch” at checkout! Thanks to Brian & Hillary McGonigle for making this possible! Click here to learn more. >
Meet the Sophomores!
Summer Search has just wrapped up our most successful recruitment season ever. With the help of our dedicated referral partners and nominating teachers, we welcomed a record-breaking 476 new sophomores into our program, and now we invite you to meet them too. In our most recent email update, we are proud to present Lewis, Marjorie, Estefania, DeMauriae, Jean, Carmen, and Jacqueline. Please come along to meet them and their peers in the Class of 2011 in person at an event near you! Read more>
First Summer Search Magazine Online!
The Summer Search Magazine is an annual publication to share stories, experiences, pictures, and articles from across the Summer Search family of students, alumni, referral partners, summer program partners, supporters, and volunteers. Read our first issue online here.
Summer Search NYC Executive Director interviewed on NPR
Karina Kirsch, Executive Director of Summer Search NYC, was interviewed on the Faith Middleton Show on WNPR (Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network) on November 18.
“Schools across our region and the US are filled with low income kids who are resilient and need that spark, that guidance that makes all the difference. The lucky ones have Summer Search.” – Faith Middleton
You can listen to the whole interview online here. The interview begins on minute 13:50 and lasts until 32:02.
Summer Search Students Proven to Be on Favorable Life Trajectory
According to a recent evaluation study performed by The Boston Consulting Group, Summer Search graduates are three times as likely to go to college, will earn almost twice as much money over a lifetime, and are almost twice as likely to send their own children to college
Working at Summer Search
Summer Search is hiring! We are looking for talented professionals with a track record of excellence to help us empower and create change for young people. view job openings >
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Tomorrow's Leaders
Every dollar you invest in a Summer Search student yields a $24 rate of return.
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Outstanding Results
of Summer Search seniors graduate high school
go on to post-secondary school (including 90% to college)
of those enrolled graduate college or are on track to do so
qualify for free/reduced lunch
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