ANNUAL REPORT

2016-2017

HOUSTON

A NOTE FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR:Breakthrough Houston opened its 21st summer on June 5, 2017, with a two-week orientation/training for 36 Teaching Fellows, six Teaching Assistants, and six Instructional Coaches from the BTH at SJS/EHS site, joined by 24 Teaching Fellows, four Teaching Assistants, and four Instructional Coaches from the BTH at Connect Community site. Students arrived on June 19th with 167 students at the SJS site and 120 students at the Connect Community site.

Summer highlights included new partnerships with PAL (Peer Assistance & Leadership) and University of Houston Adolescent Diagnosis Assessment Prevention Treatment (ADAPT). PAL facilitated leadership activities for 9th graders at our 3rd

annual camping weekend, this year at Brazos Bend State Park. PAL then visited the Summer Program on a weekly basis, bringing 7th and 9th graders together for activities that allowed the veteran 9th grade students to serve as role models for the new 7th grade students. Through UH ADAPT, a professional counselor worked one-on-one with students who face challenges at home or in school and are in need of counseling services. We also incorporated a new socio-emotional learning (SEL) survey called the BridgeUp Healthy Kids Survey, to assess the presence of characteristics such as problem solving, collaboration, goals, and growth mindset.

Our summer teacher cohort, the largest ever, was one of our most diverse and was made up of 36% males and 29% STEM majors.

Eighteen of our Teaching Fellows made Houston their new home for the eight-week internship, thanks to the hospitality of twelve Houston families. Of all the Teaching Fellows, 88% of them reported that their summer with Breakthrough Houston increased the likelihood that they will enter the teaching profession.

We continued with our summer ACT/College Knowledge “Boot Camp” for sophomores and juniors. All participants experienced gains in their overall ACT practice test scores, and each student created an initial college list with schools that matched their academic student profile.

The 2016-17 School Year Program advisory class addressed middle school student SEL needs, specifically positive identity and constructive use of time. The customary Math and English classes also carried SEL emphasis on character strengths such as grit and optimisim. Our School Year Program volunteer teachers came from nine different schools, including Rice, UH, St. John’s, Episcopal, YES Prep, and more. Each of our 8th grade families received individual high school counseling, resulting in 88% of our students attending college prep high schools this fall.

Highlights from the College Bound Program include an out-of-state college trip to Louisiana for 28 sophomores and juniors, who visited LSU, Xavier, and Loyola Universities. Also 22 students attended a Saturday Challenge course through Conroe ISD where they focused on communication, respect, trust,

leadership, and how they can serve as assets in groups. All of our 32 graduating seniors were admitted to colleges this fall at schools such as Claremont McKenna, Rice, UT Austin, Scripps, and Carlton College.

Breakthrough Houston raised almost a third of its entire budget at it's largest ever annual fundraising luncheon. Our keynote speaker, Dr. Renu Khator, captivated guests with her moving story of her upbringing in India and how her education in college and graduate school in the US became the key to her success in life. She compared herself to our Breakthrough students who have the ability but not always the means to achieve their goals. “If I hadn’t had a breakthrough, I wouldn’t be standing here. . . Somebody helped me break through the ceiling.”

We are grateful for your generosity and support as we go into our 22nd year in Houston. We are proud that the small “Summerbridge” program, which began in 1996 with a handful of students and teachers, has grown into two separate sites and three distinct programs. We now serve approximately six times as many students and teachers and send close to 100% of our students off to college prep high schools and then off to colleges across the US. Without your help, we could never have achieved this success.

SUMMER PROGRAM SCHOOL YEAR PROGRAM COLLEGE BOUND PROGRAM

BTH 7th and 8th graders meet at Episcopal on

12 Saturday mornings during the school year

and focus on English and math classes, tutorials,

and life skills.

BTH 9th - 12th graders meet during the school year and

participate in activities including ACT prep, career and

college counseling, and resume building.

The BTH summer program runs for eight weeks at

St. John’s School each summer and includes a two-

week teacher orientation, six weeks of classroom

work for students and teachers, and one week of

teacher evaluations and reviews.

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OUR COMMUNITY

ROLE MODELSPEAKERS

COMMUNITY SERVICE SITES

CAREER DAY/ ZOO TRIP/COLLEGE VISIT

HOME STAY FAMILIES

IN-KIND CONTRIBUTORS

ADVISORY COUNCIL

PARTNERSHIPS

Dr. Sarah Punches • EMERGE • ACLU • The Counted Child • Peer Assistance & Leadership

BARC Animal Shelter • Buffalo Bayou Partnership • S.H.A.P.E. Community Center • Memorial Park Conservancy St. Dominic Village • Hermann Park • Houston Arboretum • Japhet Creek Nature Park • Czech Museum

GSM Architecture Firm • Harris County Civil Courthouse • The Houston Chronicle • Houston Pacifica Radio The Houston Zoo • Texas Heart Institute • University of Houston

Maria and Bill Boyce • Carolyn and Chris Dorros • Laura Garwood • MaryScott Hagle and Daniel Kornberg Mary and Ken Harvey • Chaille Hutcheson • Anne and Vivek Kushwaha • Jennifer and Chris Laporte

Piper and Chris Madland • Isabelle and Eric Mayer • Leslie and Shannon Sasser • Pei Wang • Neil Yekell

Auntie Chang’s Dumpling House • Bombay Pizza • Becks Prime • Carolyn Allison Caplan • Gisela Cherches H-E-B • Panera Bread • Peter Piper Pizza • Speedy Printing • Tinys Milk & Cookies

Carolyn W. Dorros (Chair) • Hollis Amley • Jason Bernal • Bill Boyce • Aisha Crumbine • Rick A. CruzMark Dini • Anna Eastman • Anshula Greene • Beth Anne Gunn • Dawn Hanson • Romelia Hinojosa

Aileen Hogan • Ronald Jackson • Christopher L. Knapp • Jennifer Laporte • Richard Moore • Nancy Kate Prescott Sarah Punches • Mark C. Rodriguez • Josh Schaffer • Josephine Smith • Allison Stasney • Douglas Stewart James Stewart • Mark Desjardins, Headmaster, St. John’s School • Nancy Eisenberg, Asst. Head of School,

Episcopal High School

Colorado Outward Bound School • Episcopal High School • The Experiment in International Living Houston Bar Association • Houston Independent School District • St. John’s School • SIXUP • Texas Outdoor Family

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OUR STUDENTS

Male

Female

Students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch:

A CLOSER LOOK

5%

14%

27%

54%

Multi-Racial

Asian

African American

Latino

of all Breakthrough

students were

attending schools we considered to be

college prep.

of students from

the class of

2017 were accepted into college.

of Breakthrough

students attended

schools in HISD.87%

RACE(2017 Summer Program)

GENDER(2017 Summer Program)

100% 76%

98% 44%

56%

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“The zest that filled the classroom brought joy to my face each day. Breakthrough helped channel my

energy in every single way.”

Destinee Harris 9th grade student

Episcopal High School

OUR STUDENTS

Male

Female

OUR TEACHERS

A CLOSER LOOK

This year, our Teaching Volunteers

came from the following schools:

Carnegie Vangaurd High School,

Clements High School, Cristo Rey

Jesuit, Episcopal High School, St.

John’s School, University of Houston,

YES Prep Brays Oaks, and YES Prep

Southwest.

Teaching Fellows joined us from

schools including: Barnard College,

Bryn Mawr, Colby, NYU, Princeton,

Rice, University of Houston, UT Austin,

and Vanderbilt.

of our Teaching

Volunteers felt

better prepared to teach during the

school year due to orientation.

of our Teaching

Fellows were

satisfied with their teaching experience.

of Breakthrough

students attended

schools in HISD.

of Teaching Fellows

feel BTH increased

the likelihood that they will enter the

teaching profession.

88% 96%

GENDER(Summer 2017 Teaching Fellows)

29%

71%

Male

Female

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“Breakthrough has taught me about how to teach and how to learn. At this

program, I have become more aware of not only myself, but also of the importance of

education to children of a different socioeconomic background. I have had an interest in pursuing a

career in education for a couple of years now, and I believe that Breakthrough has only helped that interest

grow.”

Thomas Finley Virginia Tech, Class of 2018

8th Grade Chemistry Teaching Fellow

96%

OUR GENEROUS SUPPORTERS

SUMMA CUM LAUDE$50,000+Laura and John ArnoldCharles Burnett, IIIThe Hamill Foundation

MAGNA CUM LAUDE $25,000 - $49,999BB&T/Courtney and Bill ToomeyThe Brown FoundationCFP FoundationThe Powell FoundationSilver Eagle Distributors/Liz and

Andy StepanianVivian L. Smith Foundation

CUM LAUDE $10,000 - $24,999The C.T. Bauer FoundationThe Beauchamp FoundationBridgeUp at MenningerThe Clayton FundThe Marvy Finger Family

FoundationGeorge and Mary Josephine

Hamman FoundationHouston Livestock Show and RodeoVictoria and Parker JohnsonThe John M. O’Quinn FoundationJeremy RadackA.R. “Tony” and Maria J. Sanchez

Family FoundationThe Stewart FamilyThe Tapeats Fund

DEAN’S LIST $5,000 - $9,999Elizabeth and Daryl AllenChinhui and Eddie AllenKaren ArnoldCarolyn and Chris DorrosJennifer and Chris LaporteAllison and Neville LeibmanR. Stan Marek

Janice and Richard MooreLauren and Brad MorganFan and Peter MorrisThe Simmons FoundationNatasha and Paris TheofanidisThe Susan Vaughan Foundation

HONOR ROLL$1,000 - $4,999AIG Matching Grants Program Alice and Olivia BBVA CompassKristen and John BergerPreity and Vijay BhagiaMaría BoyceTing and John BresnahanNewie and Mark BrinkerMaria and Pedro CarusoCathy and Paul ChapmanErin and Luke CharltonCurtis & Windham ArchitectsEmily and Steve DalicandroAnna and Brad EastmanJenny and Jim Elkins Family FundEpiscopal High SchoolZeina and Nijad FaresFranco Family Charitable FundLaura and Eric GreigAndrea and Matt GentleThe Goldman-Aitken FamilyAnnie and Bob GrahamAnshula and Thomas GreeneHolly and Breen HaireAlbert and Ethel Herzstein

Charitable FoundationElliott and Betsy HirshfeldFrank and Kelly HoganRegina and Ronald JacksonKate S. Kirkland In honor of Kathy and Bill

Heinzerling, Sophie Ban, Robert Kirkland, Josephine and Richard Smith, Solace and Jim Southwick, and Ann Trammell

Carla KnoblochWillie Kuehnt

Richard LeibmanJennifer and Jeb LigumsToni and Gary MillerCarrie and Ernie MillerLisa and Josh OrenNancy Kate and Mark PrescottSarah and Richard PunchesCristina and Mark C. RodriguezVanessa C. SanchezSt. John's SchoolKwabena Sarpong, MD, and Linda

SarpongEmily and Josh SchafferThe Scurlock FoundationCaroline and Justin SimonsAllison and Spencer StasneyThe Strake FoundationRanda and K.C. WeinerWhite Family FoundationPhillip WinstonW.S. Bellows Construction

CorporationJennifer and Ron Zach

SUPPORTERS$500 - $999Shanna and Eric BassKristy J. Bradshaw In honor of Courtney ToomeyTammie and Scott BrewerIsabel and Danny DavidViviana and David DenechaudJulia EngelbrinkMarcia FimanGregory and Wendy Supron

Charitable Fund In honor of Andrew SupronGiving Mutt Family FundAnnette GregoryKathy and Bill HeinzerlingLorraine and David HendricksMonica and Warren Huang

Rebecca and Tim HuntDavid JerniganShelley and Alex KaplanNina Andrews Karohl In memory of Edward H.

Andrews, Jr.Dana and Neil KellyAnn and Thomas KelseyLaura and Andrew McCulloughRachel and John MoodySallie Morian and Michael ClarkRoxann and Tim Neumann In honor of Liz StepanianVidya Bala and Dipsu PatelGenevieve and Shawn PattersonMary Majors PayneLaDean and David L. PeckDavid Perry PeckAaron ReimerMelanie and Daniel RingoldJosephine and Richard Smith In honor of Kate KirklandCatherine SmithLimor and Stuart SmithChristine and David Underwood, Jr.Burdine Johnson and Christophe

VenghiattisMolly and Coert VoorheesSa WangVicky and Gordon WightStephanie and Gerry WillingerJessica Wood

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LAURA AND JOHN ARNOLD

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PREMIERE SPONSORS

FRIENDS OF BREAKTHROUGH $1 - $499Tiffany and Happy AlagarsamyHeather Wallis AlbrechtDina AlsowayelJC Al-UqdahDale and Jeffrey Andrews In honor of Liz StepanianJoanie and Doug AronHailey and Brent BechtolKate Bialas In honor of Lauren MorganKathryn and Billy BraganKathy BrittonCourtney and Charles BurgerStacy and Bill BurgessLyndsay BurgoyneErica and Rob BurnetteSylvia and Adam BurkeTaylor BurbaJane CabesCindy and Virgil CampbellHannah Aisling CampbellLynn and Win CampbellMichelle and Winfield CampbellGisela CherchesMelinda S. ChevalierChevron Matching Employee

FundsPriya Coffey In honor of Rachel Moody Jacquelyn K. CoxLaura Rowe CrawfordRick A. CruzMarc and Deborah CunninghamAimee Chin and Michael CurtisMichael and Katherine DenhamKatie DillonMichelle and Mark Dini

Laurie Dorfman In honor of Maria and Bill

BoyceSara DowneySara and Clark EdgecombDabney B. EdwardsNancy L. EisenbergCarole L. Engelder, PhDMarita and JB FairbanksKaren FarberCorey GarrettJulie S. GoytiaTwana Griffith-Faykus Indra GroverEmily HaggardMaryScott Hagle and Daniel

Kornberg In honor of Anna EastmanValerie Harris and Walter KuhlNassim Hatami-BrinkleyKathleen HawkLiza HeintzLaura HenryRicha HimaniRomelia HinojosaAileen HoganDorothy Knox HoughtonFrances HowardRebeca and Greg HuddleHuma JafryAmir and Lori JazaeriHasty and Sis JohnsonAllison JohnstonCoble and Jeff JorgensenKathleen and John KachelmeyerNancy and Jay KelleyMarie Louise KinderLinda and Fred Knapp, Jr.Alexandra and Brady Knight

Jennifer KramerSamantha LandryAlexandra Simotas Laskaris and

Aris Papasakellariou-LaskarisKristen LeachMary LehnartzAmy and Gentry LeeChristine LeightonNai-Wu LinNorma and Jorge LlansaBarbara and John LynnConsuelo MacphersonDanielle MagdolTiffany MastersonJoan and John MauelScottie and Christopher McCord Gretchen S. McFarlandTina Lundy MeloLaurie and Bobby MillerMichelle Mishoe MillerDenise Lee and Roberto MinerviniEva Moldovanyi, PhDJenny and David MooreMegan and Drew MorrisSydni and Ryan MossmanMaria and Camilo MunozSusan and David MunsonJennifer and Morris NwogwugwuJennifer OakleyJulia Oh In honor of Kiran HudkaJamie and David OliverTennessee and David OttCabrina and Steven OwsleyErin and Adrian PattersonJulie and Larry PhillipsAmy PierceMariana A. PopeAnnsley Popov

Peyton Leigh PoppAmy ReevesTabitha RiceAriel and Ben RichIna and Philip RileyRobyn RosenblattDanielle and Ilan SaadiaKara SandersKaitlyn ScheurichKimberly SchlangerJennifer SegalMichael ShapiroSue SimCristina and Creighton SmithDenise K. SmithLauren SorkinKeri Kimler Sprung and Michael B. Sprung In honor of the studentsAmira Grinberg Staller In honor of Allison LeibmanLiz StephensMichele and Charles StillBecky SwopeKrystal Crane ThompsonTiia ThompsonMichelle and Rishi VarmaHolly Maria Flynn VilasecaVirginia Seale WattElizabeth and James WhiteheadAllison and Philip WiseElizabeth and Barry YoungBeth and Nick ZdeblickMaria and John Zerr

A special thanks goes to Episcopal High School and St. John’s School for generously co-hosting Breakthrough Houston.

Fundraising

School Year Program

College Bound Program

Administrative Expenses

Summer Program

Corporations

Foundations

Individuals

Summer Program

School Year Program

College Bound Program

FINANCIALS: A CLOSER LOOK

4%

9%

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53%

10%

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56%

EXPENSE PROGRAM COST(per student)

REVENUE

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