High School Readiness Program

Breakthrough Atlanta provides a six-year, tuition-free, year-round program that provides a pathway to college for Atlanta’s middle and high school students. Our goals are to ensure our students are academically on track for high school and college, and develop the critical thinking skills and maturity to make wise choices about school and life.

Students begin with Breakthrough during the summer before their 7th grade year. For three summers, students attend Breakthrough’s fun and challenging six-week Summer Program, which includes: English Language Arts, math, science and social studies classes to help students where they may be struggling, and to preview content for the upcoming school year. Creative electives in areas such as photography, coding, public speaking, sports and more.

During the school year, students attend Super Saturdays where they: Explore the non-academic skills they’ll need to achieve their college and career goals through interactive activities and field trip. Examples of Super Saturday sessions include: personality and learning styles, personal values, goal setting, study habits, and more.