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Cristian

KIPP Texas Public Schools-San Antonio

“KIPP has made me a better student…If you do your work, if you’re staying on top of it, you feel accomplished because the teachers will tell you about it. And even the students will, too. It’s all about pushing other kids up and pushing yourself up.”

Cristian

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Naima

KIPP Texas Public Schools-San Antonio

“The best part about KIPP teachers is their communication and the trust that you can have for them. I trust them a lot because of the way they make me feel and the way they trust me.” 

Naima

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Patricia

KIPP Texas Public Schools-San Antonio

“Right now I’m taking a lot of IB classes and those classes have helped me like a lot. It’s helping me see how college is going to work and what type of work is going to be shown in college.”

Patricia

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Sebastian

KIPP Texas Public Schools-San Antonio

“KIPP has helped me become the person I want to be by giving me great examples of adults in my life that are just genuinely good people; people who care about you and who want to see you do good.”

Sebastian

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Bianca

KIPP Texas Public Schools-San Antonio

“I feel safe when I walk through the doors at school because I know if I need help, it’s there and I will get it.”

Bianca

alumni, educator

Cameron Franklin

KIPP Metro Atlanta Public Schools

“I want to be a male role model to all my kids.”

Cameron Franklin

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Keosha Moon

KIPP Metro Atlanta Public Schools

“I think the part that I love the most about working at KIPP is that it’s rare that you really get to wake up and do different aspects of what you love every day.”

Keosha Moon

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Paris Allen

KIPP Metro Atlanta Public Schools

“We think about space and grace. The space for you to flourish, coaching and development of teachers being high priority, but ultimately equity at the top of every leader’s minds, every teacher’s mind.”

Paris Allen

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Tasha Davis

KIPP Metro Atlanta Public Schools

“Something I always think about as a principal is who will be next in my shoes and who will be after that and how will we ensure that we never lose our brand of our school?”

Tasha Davis

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Marquetta

KIPP NYC Public Schools

“The teachers care about you on a personal level and if you’re ever struggling in school, they don’t just say it’s because you’re a bad student, they ask you ‘What’s going on at home?’ or ‘Are you juggling too many things?’ So it’s like being in a big family.”

Marquetta

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Christopher

KIPP NYC Public Schools

“It’s not about how you get on the ground. It’s about how you get up.”

Christopher

alumni

Kelby Hicks

Legal Analyst, Lexdan LLC

“Part of the whole essence of KIPP, in ENC (Eastern North Carolina) in particular, was transforming our minds beyond this peanut field and empowering us to understand that we can truly change the world.”   

Kelby Hicks

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Brandi Vardiman

KIPP NYC Public Schools

“I want them to really internalize this idea that the way that you figure out things is through trial and error. I think that’s really, really important in communities of color.”   

Brandi Vardiman

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Daisy Salazar-Garza

KIPP SoCal Public Schools

“I really want us to see the beauty and the assets that our community brings and see this home and school connection flourish in a way that that hasn’t existed before in education.”

Daisy Salazar-Garza

alumni

Avonda Fogan

Chief of Staff, Strategy Risks

“I spent a lot of time in China, and my work was primarily with an NGO called US-China Strong Foundation, where I was encouraging American students to study Mandarin and study abroad in China.”

Avonda Fogan

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KIPPsters of all ages give short answers to questions about their future, their school experiences, and their hopes for justice.

Funding Our Future

Philanthropy powers change.

At KIPP, justice is our North Star. Quality education is the surest path to justice, as it drives the lasting change needed to create a more equitable world. Success requires schools and teachers that consistently perform at the highest level of excellence and connect to KIPPsters throughout their lives as students, alumni, and advocates for positive change.

With your support:

  • Children will attend schools that are rich in culture, joyous in spirit, and consistently excellent in academics. 
  • Talented educators will create and sustain great schools. 
  • Students will forge individual paths to successful, fulfilling lives.  
  • Education systems will advance towards excellence.
  • Communities will be supported to speak and advocate for positive change.  
  • Alumni will change the face of leadership in America.