More than 70 members of the Marin County community gathered in November to learn about Aim High’s plan to expand the summer program to serve high-need youth in Marin.
Hosted by Patrick and Marney Tenney, the event formally introduced Aim High’s Campaign for Marin, which aims to raise $250,000 in gifts and multi-pledges by March 1st to support the launch of an Aim High site in Marin in 2010.
Vince Matthews, a former Aim High teacher and Mt. Tam High School administrator who now serves as State Administrator for Oakland Unified School District, spoke of the impact of programs like Aim High on troubled districts and low-performing students. “Without question,” Matthews said, “Aim High is doing what we would like to do throughout the entire system.”
Guests also heard powerful stories from Aim High graduate and UC Berkeley graduate student Rita Molestina, as well as Aim High parent Natalie Thomas, who attributes her daughters’ pursuit of a top-tier high school to Aim High’s spirit of community and opportunity.
To read their stories, get more information on Aim High’s plans for Marin, or make a gift or pledge, visit Aim High’s Campaign for Marin web page.
More than 70 members of the Marin County community gathered in November to learn about Aim High’s plan to expand the summer program to serve high-need youth in Marin.
Hosted by Patrick and Marney Tenney, the event formally introduced Aim High’s Campaign for Marin, which aims to raise $250,000 in gifts and multi-pledges by March 1st to support the launch of an Aim High site in Marin in 2010.
Vince Matthews, a former Aim High teacher and Mt. Tam High School administrator who now serves as State Administrator for Oakland Unified School District, spoke of the impact of programs like Aim High on troubled districts and low-performing students. “Without question,” Matthews said, “Aim High is doing what we would like to do throughout the entire system.”
Guests also heard powerful stories from Aim High graduate and UC Berkeley graduate student Rita Molestina, as well as Aim High parent Natalie Thomas, who attributes her daughters’ pursuit of a top-tier high school to Aim High’s spirit of community and opportunity.
To read their stories, get more information on Aim High’s plans for Marin, or make a gift or pledge, visit Aim High’s Campaign for Marin web page.
