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Enrollment Open for 2025–26 School-Year Programs

LEAP for Education provides after-school programs for students in Lynn and Salem. Click the link below for registration information.
Middle School Programs
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LEAP for Education supports youth in their personal, educational, and career growth by partnering with the community to increase opportunities and advance equity.

    Ways to Engage

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    Volunteer

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    Register

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    Our Programs

    LEAP delivers a portfolio of innovative and engaging academic, social-emotional, post-secondary, and career programs that empower students to create a unique education and career plan that matches their strengths and interests.
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    Middle school
    Explore new interests, meet new friends, receive individual support and engage with caring adults at LEAP and in the community
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    HIGH school
    Receive academic support, explore and access post-high school education and career options, develop life skills, and engage in the community.
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    POST SECONDARY

    Engage with a LEAP advisor who will provide personalized academic, financial, social-emotional, and career advising for post-graduation success.

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    Career Services

    Take advantage of career services in LEAP middle school, high school and post-secondary programs that are designed to help you find jobs and a career to match your interests.

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    Our FY25 Impact

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    students completed a paid summer work experience

    Andrison When Andrison says he “grew up at LEAP,” he really means it. For a time, back when LEAP was known as Salem CyberSpace, Andrison lived with his family in an apartment directly above the LEAP space. He would walk right by, never thinking how LEAP’s people and programs would soon change his life forever. Until... Read Full Story Jeffrey Ask Jeffrey, a student at Salem High School (SHS), about LEAP for Education, and he will tell you, “the best thing about being part of LEAP is that you have, like in a family, people who support your goals, who are willing to help you, a very nice atmosphere and a place full of opportunities;... Read Full Story Karla Karla, a 7th grader at Thurgood Marshall Middle School in Lynn, solves problems, and Dream MORE has helped her lose her shyness, meet more people, and defend herself and others if people say mean things. The program has given her many opportunities to improve her English, and has helped Karla communicate better with her teachers.... Read Full Story Ileana Ileana is a 8th grader at Thurgood Marshall Middle School in Lynn and has participated in Dream MORE during the school year and the summer. They are especially interested in the social justice curriculum, and impressed that LEAP and the program accepts and includes members of the LGBTQ community... Read Full Story Afrida Afrida, a 9th grader at Lynn English High School, is originally from Bangladesh, and her native language is Bengali. With encouragement from her parents, she participated in Dream MORE so that she would have a smooth transition to high school and know more people and have more friends... Read Full Story Meet Our Students

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    LEAP in the News

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    Lynn Public Schools LEAP at $100,000
    “The LEAP for Education after-school and summer program that operates in partnership with Lynn Public Schools has received a $100,000…
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    Student-made artifacts explore Salem’s history of immigration
    Middle School Students from LEAP’s Expanding Horizons program were recently featured in The Salem News. To read the full story…
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    LEAP Recommends

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    The Time Has Come for Youth Development
    Researchers reflect on how youth development has evolved and why its future depends on coordination, connection, and people. Rea the full article by Jenna Doleh from the Wallace Foundation here....
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    21st Century Community Learning Centers
    LEAP for Education runs 21st Century Community Learning Centers in Salem and Lynn. Salem’s program has been designated exemplary and Lynn is up for exemplary consideration this year. Read the March 2025 newsletter by clicking here.
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