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Become a Mentor and Help Connect a Jefferson Grad to College

We have almost 50 students signed up for the College Jumpstart program this summer! We are looking for mentors to meet with students three times during the summer to help... Read More

College Jumpstart Update

Yesterday 92 Jefferson students walked off the Ellie Caulkins Opera House stage as high school graduates! This means that Jefferson Junior/Senior High School will maintain their big increases in their graduation... Read More

Thank You for a Successful Edgewater Community Festival

  We are still overwhelmed with excitement and gratitude for everyone that made the first Edgewater Community Festival a success last weekend! It truly was a collective effort to make... Read More

Targeted Resources: Jefferson Job Fair

  As part of our College Jumpstart project with our great partner organizations, we are bringing targeted resources to assist Jefferson students with the transition from high school to college... Read More

Four More Years

  Today marks four years of serving with the Edgewater community and supporting our local schools. On March 13, 2013 our board signed the incorporation documents to launch our nonprofit.... Read More

Thriving Schools, Thriving Community: 2016 Highlights

Collective Thank You Our 2016 highlights would be impossible without the people and organizations that are partnering with our mission of thriving Edgewater families, schools and community. So with this... Read More

Edgewater Talent Show

  To kick off the Edgewater Community Festival, we are organizing an Edgewater Talent Show for Friday night, May 12 at Jefferson Junior/Senior High School. This talent show will be... Read More

Training Up the Next Generation: Looking for Interviewers

We are working with Jefferson Junior/Senior High School and the American Job Center to train and equip Jefferson Senior High students to be prepared for the workforce. On January 25,... Read More

Reading Initiatives Don’t Stop in Third Grade

Though we focus a lot of energy on increasing grade level reading by the end of 3rd grade, reading initiatives don’t stop there. We were honored to support the efforts... Read More

Rockets and Inspiring Teachers

This fall, I was inspired as I watched National Geographic’s television show “Mars” with our daughters. The last scene in the show is Space X founder Elon Musk watching one... Read More
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