MANCHESTER, NH — Breakthrough Manchester is accepting applications from current sixth grade students in Manchester for a three-year, tuition-free, summer-intensive academic program.
Understanding that “summer slide” accounts for much of the achievement gap between students with resources and those without, the goal of the Breakthrough program is to ensure that high-potential, limited-opportunity middle school students enter ninth grade prepared to succeed in college-track coursework. The Derryfield School hosts this community-supported program on its north end campus.
Sixth grade is the only entry point into the program, and this year is specifically seeking students who like to learn, typically do well in school (no grades below a C) and have one or more of the following characteristics:
- Would be the first in their family to attend college
- Live in a low income household (eligible for free or reduced lunch)
- Speak a language other than English at home
- Represent an ethnic or racial minority or
- Live in a single-parent family or with guardians
The application deadline is March 4, 2016. For more information about Breakthrough, visit our website at: www.breakthroughmanchester.org.