The scholars are engaged in an intensive summer institute and Saturday school year programming hosted at Palmer Trinity and five other sites. Breakthrough Miami gives its Scholars a network, skills, and support to help them achieve their most ambitious goals. The program also promotes careers in education for outstanding high school and college students who teach, tutor, and mentor in Breakthrough Miami’s Summer Institute and School Year Programs. Now in its seventh year, Palmer Trinity School's partnership with Breakthrough Miami gave way to Breakthrough's first expansion site into Southwest Miami-Dade County. Each summer, Palmer Trinity School welcomes 120 rising 5th-, 6th-, 7th-, and 8th-grade students for Breakthrough's Summer Institute at PTS.
Breakthrough Miami is modeled after the nationally recognized “Summerbridge” program founded in San Francisco, CA, by Louis Loufbourrow, in 1978. Over the past three decades, Breakthrough Collaborative has changed the trajectories of more than 10,000 disadvantaged students and inspired over 4,000 young people to pursue a career in education. Founded as a small program in a liberal haven across the country, Breakthrough has expanded incredibly, now operating in 33 sites nationwide, with a program as far as Hong Kong.
For ways to get involved, email Assistant Site Director, Zakiya Greene.
- Join the Breakthrough Palmer Trinity Parent Committee
- Support the Breakthrough Saturday Healthy Lunch Initiative by providing lunch for 100 Scholars
- Offer to share your passion or professional expertise on a Breakthrough Saturday at Palmer
- Coordinate a field trip for Scholars during a Breakthrough Saturday
- Attend Breakthrough Miami’s Annual Support-A-Scholar event
- Support a Scholar with a donation to Breakthrough Miami
- Join the Palmer Trinity team for the Annual 5K Family Fun Run at St. Thomas Episcopal Parish School
- Be a part of Palmer Trinity’s Breakthrough Club and join a group of student peers dedicated to supporting Breakthrough Scholars
- Volunteer with Breakthrough at Palmer Trinity and tutor after school, teach an academic or elective course on a Breakthrough Saturday, or just share one of your passions with the Scholars
- Intern for Breakthrough over the summer on an 8-week paid teaching fellowship, one of Princeton Review’s top 10 internships in the country
The scholars are engaged in an intensive summer institute and Saturday school year programming hosted at Palmer Trinity and five other sites. Breakthrough Miami gives its Scholars a network, skills, and support to help them achieve their most ambitious goals. The program also promotes careers in education for outstanding high school and college students who teach, tutor, and mentor in Breakthrough Miami’s Summer Institute and School Year Programs. Now in its seventh year, Palmer Trinity School's partnership with Breakthrough Miami gave way to Breakthrough's first expansion site into Southwest Miami-Dade County. Each summer, Palmer Trinity School welcomes 120 rising 5th-, 6th-, 7th-, and 8th-grade students for Breakthrough's Summer Institute at PTS.
