Causes: Education, Educational Services, Elementary & Secondary Schools, Literacy, Student Services
Mission: Our mission is to provide access and preparation for talented underrepresented youth to achieve success in college preparatory high schools and higher education. We envision a future where all students have the opportunity to pursue excellence and success in a community that nurtures their individual talents, goals, and selves.
Results: Our pipeline of programming results in 100% high school graduation and college acceptance. And, in 2019, Prep scholars received over $2 million in scholarships for their freshman year of college. Additionally, data from the last six years of Buffalo Prep college graduates showed that 65% of Buffalo Prep alumni graduated with a bachelor’s degree, and 76% are currently enrolled to obtain one. Comparatively, 60% of higher-income students graduate with a bachelor’s degree, whereas only about 16% of low-income college students graduate with a bachelor’s degree.
Target demographics: Buffalo Prep was founded in 1989 by education and community leaders to help talented underrepresented students prepare for, obtain entrance into, and excel at demanding college preparatory high schools. Buffalo Prep invites children with top academic promise to participate in highly personalized academic and enrichment programs that guide, nurture, and prepare them as they strive to make the most of their education. Our rigorous courses, outstanding instruction, and the camaraderie from learning alongside other driven peers give students the resources they need to succeed. Many students begin Buffalo Prep’s program in 5th grade, at just 10 or 11 years old, and commit evenings, weekends, and their summers to prepare for high achievement in our unique pipeline of programs.
Direct beneficiaries per year: 650 scholars and alumni
Geographic areas served: Western New York
Programs: Beginning the summer after 5th grade, Buffalo Prep’s unique pipeline of programs help talented underrepresented youth succeed in all levels of education. Middle School Prep is an accelerated program offered the summers after fifth and sixth grade and on Saturdays throughout the seventh grade academic year. Prep Scholars Academy is a community-based summer enrichment program offered to students seeking to succeed in high school and pursue a college education. High School Prep is a rigorous 14-month academic enrichment program that prepares students to enter competitive college preparatory high schools. College Prep and Rising to Distinction provide academic support, college advisement, enrichment opportunities, and socio-emotional counseling throughout high school as students transition into higher education. Alumni Prep supports Buffalo Prep graduates through post-secondary education and career placement, providing services including career exploration and development, internships, leadership and enrichment workshops, scholarship assistance, and mentoring.
Mission: Our mission is to provide access and preparation for talented underrepresented youth to achieve success in college preparatory high schools and higher education. We envision a future where all students have the opportunity to pursue excellence and success in a community that nurtures their individual talents, goals, and selves.
Results: Our pipeline of programming results in 100% high school graduation and college acceptance. And, in 2019, Prep scholars received over $2 million in scholarships for their freshman year of college. Additionally, data from the last six years of Buffalo Prep college graduates showed that 65% of Buffalo Prep alumni graduated with a bachelor’s degree, and 76% are currently enrolled to obtain one. Comparatively, 60% of higher-income students graduate with a bachelor’s degree, whereas only about 16% of low-income college students graduate with a bachelor’s degree.
Target demographics: Buffalo Prep was founded in 1989 by education and community leaders to help talented underrepresented students prepare for, obtain entrance into, and excel at demanding college preparatory high schools. Buffalo Prep invites children with top academic promise to participate in highly personalized academic and enrichment programs that guide, nurture, and prepare them as they strive to make the most of their education. Our rigorous courses, outstanding instruction, and the camaraderie from learning alongside other driven peers give students the resources they need to succeed. Many students begin Buffalo Prep’s program in 5th grade, at just 10 or 11 years old, and commit evenings, weekends, and their summers to prepare for high achievement in our unique pipeline of programs.
Direct beneficiaries per year: 650 scholars and alumni
Geographic areas served: Western New York
Programs: Beginning the summer after 5th grade, Buffalo Prep’s unique pipeline of programs help talented underrepresented youth succeed in all levels of education. Middle School Prep is an accelerated program offered the summers after fifth and sixth grade and on Saturdays throughout the seventh grade academic year. Prep Scholars Academy is a community-based summer enrichment program offered to students seeking to succeed in high school and pursue a college education. High School Prep is a rigorous 14-month academic enrichment program that prepares students to enter competitive college preparatory high schools. College Prep and Rising to Distinction provide academic support, college advisement, enrichment opportunities, and socio-emotional counseling throughout high school as students transition into higher education. Alumni Prep supports Buffalo Prep graduates through post-secondary education and career placement, providing services including career exploration and development, internships, leadership and enrichment workshops, scholarship assistance, and mentoring.
info@buffaloprep.com
18 Acheson Annex Univ At Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214
716-829-3605
Education
Buffalo
