Breakthrough Miami’s unique partnership with these outstanding schools provides excellent, state-of-the-art facilities and generous school and community support for summer and school-year Saturday enrichment programs.
Ransom Everglades School seeks to produce graduates who, in the words of founder Paul C. Ransom, ”believe that they are in the world not so much for what they can get out of it as for what they can put into it.” Motivated by this philosophy, Ransom Everglades that established Miami-Dade’s first Breakthrough Miami program (originally known as Summerbridge) in 1991. The independent school provides a rigorous college preparation that promotes a student’s sense of identity, community, personal integrity and values. Breakthrough Miami at Ransom Everglades is our largest site, serving 240 scholars. For more information about Ransom Everglades, please visit www.ransomeverglades.org
Carrollton was founded in 1961 and is part of the world-wide network of Sacred Heart Schools inspired by the vision of St. Madeleine Sophie Barat. Since that time, Sacred Heart education has been known for excellence. Breakthrough Miami’s Carrollton site enrolls120 young women and is the only all-girl Breakthrough site in the country, with an emphasis on strength of character and intellectual curiosity.. To learn more about Carrollton, please visit www.carrollton.org
The Cushman School is Miami-Dade County’s oldest continuously operating private school, The Cushman School is known for its idealism, innovation and vision. The Cushman School hosts a Breakthrough Miami Summer Institute for 75 fifth and sixth graders only; during the school year, these students attend Breakthrough Saturdays at Miami Country Day School.. To learn more about The Cushman School, please visit www.cushmanschool.org
Miami Country Day School is an independent, college-preparatory, day school founded in 1938, dedicated to the development of The Whole Child.. Miami Country Day School has been hosting Breakthrough Miami since 2011, and serves 120 students during the summer, and 160 students during the school year. In 2012, the Board of Directors of the school established two annual seven-year scholarships for Breakthrough Miami students who meet the rigorous qualifications to attend the school.. To learn more about Miami Country Day School, please visit www.miamicountryday.org
Palmer Trinity School is an independent, university preparatory, coeducational Episcopal day school located on 54 acres in Palmetto Bay, at the southern end of Miami-Dade County. Palmer Trinity opened its first Breakthrough Miami in the summer of 2011. The site now serves 120 of Miami’s most motivated scholars. To learn more about Palmer Trinity School, please visit www.palmertrinity.org
International Studies Charter High School is a public school offering a unique multi-lingual, multi-literate, and multi-cultural curriculum preparing students for global competition. Students study French, Italian, and Spanish using curricula provided by the ministries of education of the various countries. The mission of the school is to teach students to make decisions with integrity, tobehave as citizens of the world, and to graduate with a sense of purpose. The school is host to Breakthrough Miami’s College Bound program for high school students. For more information, please visit www.ischs.net
