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Greenvale Park Community School receives competitive 21st Century Community Learning Center grant
Project to receive up to six years of continued funding The Greenvale Park Community School received exciting news earlier this summer – the project was selected for up to six years of additional funding through the Minnesota Department of Education’s 21st Century Community Learning Center grant award. Greenvale Park’s initial five-year 21st Century grant ended […]
Northfield named a StriveTogether Proof Point Community
Northfield becomes just the 12th community in the country to receive this recognition At its national convening on Thursday in Washington, DC, StriveTogether announced that Northfield Promise has been named a “StriveTogether Proof Point Community.” Northfield becomes just the 12th community in the country to receive StriveTogether’s highest recognition, joining the likes of Cincinnati, OH, […]
Northfield Community College Collaborative helping local students on their postsecondary journeys
Exciting growth and outcomes achieved in project’s second year Forty-five young adults earned 486 college credits last year through the Northfield Community College Collaborative (a Northfield Promise flagship initiative). Located on Division Street in downtown Northfield, the NCCC partners with Riverland Community College to provide in-person courses, while also support students in taking online classes. […]
Career Exploration Day Reaches New Heights
The Northfield Promise Career & College Readiness Action Team helped sponsor the fifth annual Career Exploration Day on May 14, 2019, at the Northfield Middle School. A few of the highlights included: 1,005 youth attended (a new record!) 61 businesses participated 143 professionals took part 30 immediate job openings for graduating seniors were highlighted A […]
“Move 5 Kids” featured in National Profile
Northfield Promise was recently featured in a national profile by StriveTogether. The piece highlighted the “Move 5 Kids” strategy that the Northfield Promise Reading Team and Northfield Public Schools have implemented the past two years to improve 3rd grade literacy rates. The Move 5 effort supports teachers in providing extra resources and new strategies for […]
Bright Spot: Early Childhood Navigators Help Connect Young Children to Preschool Options
Esther, her husband, and their four children moved to Northfield in September. The three oldest children go to school during the day; still at home was Ben-Felix, about to turn 3. “My husband works nights, so I work mornings,” Esther explains. “I go in to work; he cares for Ben. He can’t sleep well. To […]
The Effect of High-Quality Early Childhood Experiences
Northfield Promise recognizes the power of high-quality early childhood experiences in helping kids enter kindergarten ready to learn. The latest data shows that there is currently a gap in the amount of time that low-income Northfield children spend in early childhood experiences versus their more affluent classmates. In addition, local data shows that most Northfield […]
StriveTogether Features Northfield Public Schools and Northfield Promise
StriveTogether recently featured Northfield Public Schools and Northfield Promise in their national Stories of Impact section. Read the story here.
Education Fellow Pilot
Yamile Hernandez wants to help children grow and develop. With the help of the Northfield Community College Collaborative (NCCC) and its new Education Fellows program, she’s on her way. After she graduated from Northfield High School in 2018, the Education Fellows program helped Yamile secure a full-time position as a Minnesota Reading Corps tutor at […]
New Transportation Co-op Formed!
A new co-op providing transportation for youth development and early childhood programs has come to Northfield, thanks to the Northfield Area Family YMCA, Northfield Healthy Community Initiative, and Northfield Promise. Co-op Details Youth/Child programs will share a passenger van and minibus to drive kids, youth, and families to local programming sites. Partners and local donors […]