In February, Akron Promise, in partnership with The Stark State Foundation, announced a scholarship to benefit TEN 2018 Kenmore-Garfield High School graduates. The Stark State Foundation…
You can change lives. You can help break the poverty cycle. You are wanted and needed by students at Kenmore-Garfield High School!In mid-November, Tom and Daralee Ghinder, founders of Akron…
Akron Promise, in conjunction with the Stark State College Foundation, has launched a scholarship to benefit the graduates of Kenmore-Garfield High School. The Kenmore-Garfield Stark State…
Today, Akron Promise has launched a social media campaign to recruit 25 new mentors for students at Kenmore-Garfield High school in Akron. Our objective with this program is to assist these…
In the latest Blog post from The Campaign for Free College Tuition, they reported some success in state policy across the country in 2017. Akron Promise is dedicated to working with the State…
Last week, the Upjohn Institute hosted a information webinar, “Learning from a Decade of College Promise Scholarships”, on data, metrics, and the status of Promise programs in the US.…
Thank you for your continued interest and support of Akron Promise. We have had an exciting few months since our last update, including a number of meetings with various civic and education leaders…
Now is the time to begin planning on how you can contribute to the future of Akron. One possibility is to mentor an Akron Public School student via iC.A.R.E. mentoring.Mentors…
Today, I came across this article from 2014 that identifies fourteen items that need to be examined and changed to support learning required in our 21st Century society and economy. …
In this 16 minute video, the LeBron James Family Foundation, Akron Public Schools, and the City of Akron announce the creation of the "I Promise School".At about 14:30 in this…
