Foundation president, Harvey Fineberg, and chairman emeritus and co-founder, Gordon Moore, discuss the Statement of Founders’ Intent with staff.
Shoot for the Stars began as an after-school program in East Palo Alto, California, which linked participation in after-school basketball with daily tutoring to motivate underserved students in the area. The program grew into the Eastside College Preparatory School, a middle and high school for students historically underrepresented in higher education. Ninety-nine percent of Eastside middle and high schoolers are first generation college-bound. Demographically, 66 percent of students are Latino, 28 percent are African American and 6 percent are Asian Pacific Islander. The school was started in 1996 by two Stanford Teacher’s Education Program graduates who saw a need to provide an alternative for East Palo Alto youth who were being bussed to neighboring schools, placed into non-college track classes and dropping out.
The curriculum is geared toward the admission and success of every graduate into a four-year college or university. To date, 100 percent of Eastside students have been admitted to four-year colleges including Stanford, UCLA, Yale, UC Berkeley and Princeton. Nearly 80 percent of alumni are currently enrolled in a four-year college or have earned their bachelor’s degree, compared to 11 percent of first generation college students nationally.
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Shoot for the Stars, Eastside College Preparatory School
Mar 2002
$500,000
24 months
Creating positive outcomes for future generations.
