AchieveMpls serves as an intermediary for individuals, businesses and foundations in our community that wish to support the Minneapolis Public Schools. We work to design a scholarship or grant program that best matches the donor’s interests and resources to meet the needs of students, teachers and administrators.
For more information on AchieveMpls’ resources, please contact Gina Rysdon at grysdon@achievempls.org or 612.455.1557.
Current Funding Streams:
MPS Staff: The Fund for Teachers fellowship awards enable MPS licensed staff to invigorate their teaching through extraordinary, far-reaching experiences. Sound interesting? You’re invited to an informal information session on October 7, 4:30–5:30 PM in the cafeteria at 807. We’ll have several past fellows there to answer your questions about this great resource for MPS licensed staff. Contact Gina Rysdon (grysdon@achievempls.org; 612–455–1557) for more information. See a list of past recipients here: 2010 Recipients
MPS Staff: The Assistance League of Minneapolis/St. Paul is once again offering Links to Learning classroom grants to 5–8 grade classrooms. Grants up to $750 are awarded to enrich classroom or extracurricular activities and to develop stimulating, creative approaches to teaching. Email Gina Rysdon at grysdon@achievempls.org for a copy of the grant guidelines and application.
MPS School Fund Raising Support
* Services Provided to School Funds
* Fund Permissions Form
* Reimbursement Form
A cornerstone of the STEP-UP Summer Jobs program are industry-specific pipelines, designed to educate and engage high school students within a professional field of their choosing. Tyann Christopher, a 2008 graduate from Edison High School, has set her sites on law and is using STEP-UP to give her a head start. Placed at the law firm Briggs & Morgan for the summer, Tyann said “STEP-UP has provided me with a summer job that means something. I am going to work every day to do something I am interested in.” This fall, Tyann will begin her undergraduate studies at Concordia University in St. Paul. One day, she hopes to practice family law because she is passionate about helping youth and feels that children are the most vulnerable group within the legal system.