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By Michael McHugh, Staff Writer Link to full article. SALEM — LEAP for Education Executive Director Linda Saris will retire as executive director this June, some 24 years after founding the organization which has gone on to help thousands of North Shore students pursue college and career opportunities. Starting in 2002 as “Salem Cyberspace,” a summer program serving just seven students, the organization has since grown to serve around 550 youth annually and focus on individual needs. After receiving her MBA in finance and accounting, Saris spent the

“The LEAP for Education after-school and summer program that operates in partnership with Lynn Public Schools has received a $100,000 grant from the Afterschool Alliance and New York Life Foundation. LEAP was one of 15 organizations nationwide to be selected for the two-year grant.” To read the full story by Paul Halloran in the Lynn Item, click here.

Middle School Students from LEAP’s Expanding Horizons program were recently featured in The Salem News. To read the full story by Michael McHugh, click here.

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

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