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2012: Project STEP
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Project STEP recognizes that certain racial and ethnic minorities are underrepresented in classical music. Our mission is to address this imbalance by identifying musically talented children from underrepresented Boston communities, and providing them with comprehensive music and string instrument instruction. We set the highest standards for our students, provide mentoring and performance opportunities, and develop a network of support.
Our 2012 Trilogy Grant with Project STEP will help them create and implement an evaluation system to identify the qualities in each program component that bring about positive changes in their students’ lives.
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2012: KIPP Academy Lynn
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KIPP Massachusetts is a network of free public charter schools located in the educationally underserved areas of Lynn and Boston. The mission of KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) is to help students develop the tools and skills they need to climb the mountain to and through college and live a life of choice.
Our 2012 Trilogy Grant with KIPP Massachusetts will support their More Time program, which uses more time on-task, positive reinforcement, high expectations, extensive field learning, increased teacher and family engagement, and a robust alumni support system to help students succeed in college and in life.
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2012: Notre Dame High School Lawrence
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Working to transform the lives of young students, Notre Dame High School provides a Catholic, affordable, culturally sensitive, college preparatory education enhanced by professional work experience for young men and women from families with limited income. As a result of their work experience students have exposure to a variety of career opportunities, acquire overall job experience and marketable skills, and begin to build a professional resume.
Our 2012 Trilogy Grant with Notre Dame High School will support their Corporate Work Study Program, through which all students work one day each week to help finance the majority of the cost of their education. Specifically, this Trilogy Grant will allow students to work at non-profit organizations, benefiting both the students and the non-profits.
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2011: Breakthrough Cambridge
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Breakthrough Cambridge provides six years of intensive, tuition-free, out of school time programming that changes students' academic trajectories and supports them along the path to four-year college. Simultaneously, Breakthrough builds the next generation of educators by training high-achieving college and high school students to teach in its programs.
Our 2011 Trilogy Grant will support the new "Opening the Gateway to Algebra Project" - a program designed to help middle school students gain the algebra foundation they will need to succeed in high school math courses.
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2011: America SCORES Boston
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America SCORES Boston empowers Boston youth to overcome obesity, academic struggles and detachment through an innovative combination of soccer, poetry and service-learning programs. Our 2011 Trilogy Grant will help America SCORES Boston to strengthen and expand the Music4YOUth program in Boston middle schools.
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2011: Mass Audubon Drumlin Farm
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As a leader in environmental education, Mass Audubon’s Drumlin Farm strives to build an awareness of the interdependence of people, land, and wildlife. Our 2011 Trilogy Grant will assist Drumlin Farm in the design and construction of an all-person access trail to the Drumlin Farm Ice Pond.
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2010: Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra
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The Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras' mission is to encourage artistic excellence in a nuturing environment by providing the highest quality orchestral training and performance opportunities to qualified musicians, grades K-12, while making its programs accessible to underrepresented youth through financial aid and outreach. Our 2010 Trilogy Grant with BYSO will support the newest class of students in the Intensive Community Program, BYSO's rigorous string training program for underrepresented youth.
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2010: CitySprouts
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CitySprouts introduces school gardens as a core element of children’s public school education. Based in Cambridge, MA, CitySprouts school gardens ensure that hands-on learning, environmental stewardship, and the experience of growing and eating food becomes part of the public education all children receive. Our 2010 Trilogy Grant with City Sprouts will support current gardens and research into replication of the model to other cities.
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2010: Lawrence Catholic Academy
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Lawrence Catholic Academy offers the unique mission and the superb academic, human, and spiritual formation of a Catholic School education.
Students are provided with the resources that allow them to excel in high school, pursue a college education, and thrive professionally and personally as adults. Our 2010 Trilogy Grant with Lawrence Catholic Academy will support the school in offering instrumental music to their students.
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