Over the weekend First Graduate® hosted an Hour of Code event that was attended by 15 students and their families. The Hour of Code is a global movement that has reached tens of millions of students in 180+ countries. Last year there were more than 32,000 events around the world, including 15 million participants, 10 million
PG&E was recently named to The Civic 50 list for the third year in a row in honor of all the company’s philanthropic efforts. In 2013 PG&E gave out grants totaling $23 million to over 1,300 charitable organizations, and PG&E employees raised more than $6.5 million and volunteered more than 48,000 hours to improve the communities
Our annual Winter Celebration is an opportunity for the entire First Graduate® family (staff, students, parents, and volunteers) to get together and celebrate the achievements of the year. This year’s event took place at Everett Middle School (where our current after school programming takes place) and the turnout and energy was unbelievable! We had over 180
This week First Graduate® was excited to partner with Lyft, a San Francisco-based rideshare company, for a volunteer event to help our middle school students prepare their high school applications and personal statements. Lyft volunteers worked one-on-one with students, giving them personal application advice. Students walked away from the event feeling more confident about the high school
For the past month our College Prep Team (who work with our high school students) have gone above and beyond the call of duty working into the night with students here in the office to ensure that our seniors have as many college options available to them as possible come spring. In the effort to get
This year First Graduate® was pleased to partner with LinkedIn to provide two of our students, Derrick and Jose Luis, an amazing social media internship opportunity. After spending a few weeks at the LinkedIn offices in San Francisco learning the ins-and-outs of social media, these students have returned to campus (Derrick is a senior at
On November 19th, First Graduate® held it’s annual “Oh, The Places You’ll Go” career speed networking event in the offices of AppDynamics in San Francisco. The goals of this high school career exposure event were (1) to practice their public speaking and informational interview skills with professionals, (2) to expand their network of supportive professionals
SAN FRANCISCO – November 19, 2014 AppDynamics, the application intelligence leader for software-defined businesses, today announced a partnership with First Graduate, a San Francisco-based college success program that helps students finish high school and become the first in their families to graduate from college ready to pursue meaningful careers. As part of First Graduate’s ‘Oh,
Our sophomore high school students recently participated in a workshop with Rauxa employees and First Graduate® volunteers called “Find Your Fit”. During this workshop, students took the first concrete step in selecting the colleges they will be applying to. By working one-on-one with a volunteer, students talked through an activity about their greatest priorities in a
Earlier this month, the First Graduate® board of directors gathered here at our office to participate in our annual board retreat. It is perhaps the most important meeting of the year for our board because they get to spend an entire day together having expansive conversations about our future. The retreat also provides an invaluable opportunity for board members
