Board decision to terminate Breakthrough support ignites controversy in SCDS community
(Photo used by permission of Adolfo Mercado) Former Breakthrough teacher Vanessa Previsic, '16, surrounded by some of her Breakthrough students. Ever si...
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Board terminates SCDS Breakthrough program for low-income students after 23 years
On Aug. 11, Kelley Taber, president of the Board of Trustees, sent an e-mail to the SCDS community announcing the termination of financial support for Breakthro...
Breakthrough one of many organizations affected by website malfunction on Big Day of Giving
Breakthrough Sacramento’s Big Day of Giving event came to an abrupt halt late Tuesday morning when Kimbia, the company handling the website, experienced a malfu...
Juniors head to Hong Kong for the summer
Juniors Manson Tung and Akilan Murugesan are going to Hong Kong this summer to participate in the Hong Kong Summerbridge program. Summerbridge is a non-profi...
Students spend their summer as teachers on opposite sides of the world
A 16-hour flight separates Hong Kong and Sacramento. Yet they share many similarities in the cases of juniors Manson Tung and Akilan Murugesan. Both became tea...
New student Esmeralda Romo likes math, dislikes ‘Sharknado’
Esmeralda Romo is a new freshman who came from Language Academy in Sacramento. She was a Breakthrough student in her summers after sixth and eighth grade, so ...