Thanks to so many of you, we are pleased to share 2024’s Annual Report.  This is designed for our supporters who want to learn more about LEAP.  Feel free to share this with any current or prospective staff, volunteers, donors or partners. Let me also take a minute to give thanks to all of you who come to work everyday with so much passion, energy and creativity to share with students and your colleagues. We are working hard to make the culture here as LEAP one of

High school students at LEAP’s Summer Work Program were recently featured in Lynn’s Daily Item. Click to read the full story by Emily Rosenberg, click here.

This recent article in the Hechinger Report highlights the project-based learning activities at LEAP’s Dream MORE summer program. To read the full article by Kelly Field of the Hechinger Report, click here.

LEAP for Education was recently highlighted in a Boston Globe feature story on summer learning. To read the full article written by Kelly Field, click here.

LEAP’s Summer Work Program was featured recently in a story by the Salem News. Click here to read all about it.

Our Great Expectations 2024 event was one for the history books with a record crowd and number of sponsors. We raised a total of $252,000 for our programs. This year’s theme was The Power of Partnerships – celebrating the relationships we’ve formed with organizations that enrich the lives of our students and our communities at large. This video highlights just a few of the school, business and community partners that we have had the opportunity to work with this past year. To learn more about our

Several students at LEAP’s Summer Work Program were recently interviewed about their career research projects. Read more here: https://www.salemnews.com/news/career-work-that-pays-leap-celebrates-mentorships/article_19bd5504-3d39-11ee-a5ce-cf3a1807db24.html

Did you miss our Great Expectations event? Watch the highlights here!

In education, we often hear about the “achievement gap” among different student populations – but what about discrepancies in opportunities? At LEAP for Education, we’re trying to bridge the gap between privileged and underprivileged students by providing all students with access to the educational resources they need to achieve their goals.

Dr. Patrick Tutwiler, keynote speaker and award recipient at this year’s upcoming Great Expectations event, was recently featured in Lynn’s Daily Item.