Reach for a Dream

Aim High’s award-winning summer program for middle school youth combines rigorous academics with a fun and highly supportive learning environment and has been supporting students and families for 25 years.

Learn more about Aim High sites, the Aim High summer program and the Headlands Environmental Home, or read about just a few of the incredible graduates and teachers who have benefited from the Aim High program at our Success Stories page.

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What's New

Annual Spring Luncheon:
Building Future Leaders
May 22, 2013

Join local business leaders, community leaders, educators, and Aim High alumni at our Annual Spring Luncheon, hosted by Doug Shorenstein. You will hear from Aim High teachers and students, and learn how to leverage your network and resources to support summer learning opportunities for low-income kids from across the Bay Area and beyond. This event is free, but space is limited! Click here for more details, including how to RSVP.

Visit Aim High

Visiting Days are almost here! Come see the amazing impact that Aim High is making on students, families and teachers. Click here for the full schedule of Visiting Days in 2013.

Recent Awards & Recognitions

2013 Award for Excellence in Collaboration

Aim High is the proud recipient of the 2013 Award for Excellence in Collaboration from the National Partnership for Educational Access. This award recognizes an organization that has demonstrated successful and positive results in forming, cultivating and implementing a collaboration that serves to increase the educational opportunities for underrepresented students. Learn more about the awards and about NPEA here.

2012 Community Leadership Award

Aim High was chosen by The San Francisco Foundation as one of its Community Leadership Award recipients in 2012. It was an unforgettable evening, and we were very proud to see many of our dedicated teachers and alumni in attendance. Check out the inspiring video created in our honor by The San Francisco Foundation:

Changing Lives:
25 Years of Aim High

In honor of our 25th anniversary, Aim High's created a video series that tells stories of our program, teachers, and graduates past and present. Click to open the video player and watch all seven!

Aim High

The Aim High Experience
Changing Lives: Vanessa '11
Building Tomorrow's Teachers
Changing Lives: Dakarai '08
Changing Lives: Adolfo '88
The Headlands Environmental Home
Our Vision

Sponsored in part by First Republic Bank

2013 Summer Program Students begin on Monday, June 24th and continue until Friday, July 26th. The Tahoe/Truckee program runs from July 1st to August 2nd.
For Accepted and Returning Students
ACCEPTED students who have received an Accept letter in the mail with login details can click here to confirm your admission & complete your forms for your first summer of Aim High.	RETURNING students who completed the 5-week program last year will receive a letter in the mail after March 1st. The letter contains login information to access the renewal system below.
For New Student Applicants
NEW students can click the button below to apply to attend Aim High in the summer.

For Teachers

Teachers begin on Monday, June 17th and continue until Friday, July 26th.

NEW to Aim High? Aim High is currently interviewing Lead Teachers, Interns and Teaching Assistants for this summer.

apply to teach

RETURNING teachers will be contacted by Site Directors with information on your offer status by March 2013. Please do not re-apply unless instructed to do so. This includes Volunteers, TAs and Interns who are looking to change positions—Site Directors will make updates to positions where relevant.