Western Addition Beacon Center’s Sylvia Hom Joins Rise Board
Hailing from the Midwest, Sylvia Hom moved to Berkeley, California to attend law school at Berkeley School of Law. After practicing law for a few years, she wanted to spend her time and life doing something else. She ended up working as an operations administrator at a small Oakland nonprofit and after a short time, […]
Pastor Kirk Davis Joins Rise Prep Board
Kirk Davis was born and raised in San Francisco. He’s glad to say that he is a product of Mission High School. Kirk Davis is a program manager at YCD. In 1998 he became a Youth Pastor at Providence Baptist Church and joined YoungLife a para-church youth serving organization. He was Area Director in the […]
Resilience and hope in the face of stress
Behind the building that houses Rise Prep in Bayview Hunters Point, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris began her pediatric practice ten years ago and confirmed a prior study that showed a connection between chronic disease and traumatic experiences in childhood. “[Dr. Burke Harris] knew the children she saw [from Bayview Hunters Point] lived with high […]
Camila Shares Her Story of Seismic Success
In an interdisciplinary project that included Mr. Boyd and Mr. Wong’s Makers’ Lab and Mr. Cahill’s Science class, students designed and created buildings to withstand the effects of an earthquake. Hear Camila’s story of both structural and personal resilience–the building–a metaphor for her own growth in character and confidence. Video and story by Emma Marie […]
Rooted and Committed Partner
Jeff Boyd, 22 year veteran teacher, heeded the call to leave his home and teaching position in Pacifica in order to know and love his new neighborhood–Bayview Hunters Point. In The Atlantic’s story titled, “The Elusive Teacher Next Door” (June 2017) which cites the housing affordability challenges for San Francisco teachers, writer and teacher Andrew Simmons confirms […]
Why I donate to Rise Prep
by Heather Reid Kwok There are three reasons we felt compelled to give to Rise Prep: 1) Rise Prep is actively working to bring about justice in the area of inequity in education. In the midst of observing the inequity first hand in my school district and wondering what I could do about it, I […]
Challenging inequity
For a student like our very own passionate and articulate, Miracle (above – video), what challenges lie ahead of her? In this week’s article from the New York Times, Times researchers have found that “Even with Affirmative Action, Blacks and Hispanics Are More Underrepresented at Top Colleges Than 35 Years Ago.” According to the Times, “Affirmative […]
Mr. Kim’s Reflections
If you come by my 2nd floor classroom, you will see framed collages of every senior class that I have taught for the past 19 years decorating my walls. Students in caps and gowns, in elegant prom dresses and tuxedos, in old T-shirts and shorts covered by whipped cream after pie throwing contests. Now after […]
Introducing Mr. Cahill…in Ghana!
“Do you really love math?!” As a math teacher, I get this question a lot. Of course the answer is “yes”, but in earnest, I like it because of what it can do. For thousands of years, math has been a foundation to advance society to the modern era. Without mathematics, the common provisions and […]
Looking Forward
What Rise Prep is doing post summer program Thank you to all who filled out a summer program survey. We praise God for the overwhelming positive reviews. They keep us motivated as we work for the fall. We’re proud to announce that Rise Prep will be at 1224 Fairfax Ave, near the Bayview Plaza for […]