BREAKTHROUGH SUMMERBRIDGE

...is an award-winning, tuition-free, year-round and summer-intensive academic enrichment and advocacy program.

We support highly motivated, traditionally underrepresented students to achieve post-secondary success, and recruit, inspire and develop the next generation of educators and youth advocates.

Located within San Francisco University High School (UHS), we are the original site and inspiration for the Breakthrough Collaborative, which now includes a network of 24 affiliates throughout the United States.

In 2021we rebranded from Summerbridge to BREAKTHROUGH SUMMERBRIDGE to emphasize our pride as the Collaborative’s flagship program and showcase the value of our partnership with Breakthrough affiliates across the country.

Program Objectives

• Provide enrichment to support student success in their school-year programming

• Comprehensively assist all students with admission to college preparatory high schools

• Provide guidance, mentoring and skill-building opportunities that encourage Teaching Fellows to pursue careers in youth development and/or education

• Empower and provide resources for parents to support their children on the path to college

“The best part of this year’s summer program was being with friends and learning…my first full in-person year definitely made it so much better.”

— Bethany, 2022 Student Participant