WHAT WE DO
DreamCatchers offered more than 25,000 hours of programming support to middle school students during the academic year.
25,000+ HOURS
Reinforcing critical learning concepts in Math & English Language Arts and providing critical intervention and homework help.
ACADEMICS
Providing a custom, grade-level specific, social-emotional learning curriculum, equipping students with the tools to navigate life’s challenges.
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING
Family events allow students and their families to build community and make connections as well as grow school communities.
COMMUNITY BUILDING
ENRICHMENT
Access to extracurricular enrichment fosters confidence and engages students.
Providing parents with access to PAUSD “insider knowledge” and ways to effectively advocate for their students.
PARENT EDUCATION
WHY WE DO IT
175+ STUDENTS
100+ TUTORS
DreamCatchers served 175+ students this school year with near-peer tutoring, mentorship, and enrichment opportunities.
As part of our program, we also provided 100+ local high school and college-aged students with a sustained, high impact service-learning opportunity.
HOW WE ARE DIFFERENT
Being local is critical to what we do and why we do it. 74% of the students DreamCatchers supports live in Palo Alto, with significant representation from the neighboring community of East Palo Alto. We are the only no-cost program operating on campus in Palo Alto, providing tutoring and mentoring to PAUSD middle school students.
74%
Nearly all DreamCatchers students believe the program helps them with schoolwork in ways their families cannot.