Student Applications Now Open. Apply Today!
/Breakthrough is an exciting and challenging journey that starts the summer before seventh grade and continues through high school and college.
Each spring, students in 6th and 7th grade throughout the greater Sacramento, Rancho Cordova, and Elk Grove region, are invited to apply to join our 6-year program. As a Breakthrough student you will participate in:
Three outrageously fun Academic Summer Programs - It’s like going to the gym for your brain to pump some neurons! Participate in the 6-week Breakthrough Summer Academy the summer before 7th, 8th, and 9th grade! You’ll be taught by high school and college students who make math, writing, literature, and crazy science classes extraordinary. You’ll learn new tools and skills through chats, cheers, and raps, and meet many new friends. And each week you will look forward to Fabulous Friday Field days where we have games, competitions, and field trips!
Free school-year tutoring - Students have access to one-on-one or group tutoring, daily, weekly, or monthly, depending on your needs.
Monthly Super Saturday Events - Students get the opportunity to go hiking, camping, take treks to the snow, and attend professional sporting events, theatre, and ballet, as well as attend college field trips. Many events also include free tickets for your family.
High School Advising and College Prep Counseling - Breakthrough helps you set personal goals that set your path to achieving your academic potential, including annual goal setting, engaging school-year seminars, paid school-year internships and social justice projects, and lots of college preparation activities.
As a Breakthrough student, all of these support activities and the associated supplies are offered to you at NO COST!
Summer 2022, we are excited to welcome more than 100 new students to Breakthrough Sacramento!
Each year, Breakthrough admits a new class of students, rising 7th graders and 8th graders attending schools in the greater Sacramento region, attending school at Sac City, San Juan, Twin Rivers, Elk Grove, and Folsom Cordova Unified School Districts. Charter school and home-schooled youth are also eligible.
New students have their first Breakthrough experience at our cornerstone program, an academically rigorous Middle School Summer program held on the Sacramento Country Day School Campus in Sacramento. The Breakthrough Summer Academy helps combat summer learning loss, a leading contributor to the achievement gap. Teachers are well-trained, exceptional, and diverse high school and college students who serve as near-peer mentors. With a 1:8 teacher-student ratio, our 3-pillar model, consisting of extended learning, comprehensive advising, and leadership experiences, helps younger students experience breakthroughs in academics and confidence while the older students discover potential as educators and leaders.
The following characteristics typically describe our students:
Will be first-generation college graduates
Motivated to learn, work hard and achieve success in school
Willing and able to make a long-term commitment to Breakthrough, while attending their neighborhood schools
Learn more about eligibility and the application process.
Apply before May 31, 2022!
“I watched my brother participate in Breakthrough for the past couple years and I couldn’t wait for my turn. This is my chance to learn more and advance in school and homework. I have big plans for my future as an architect.”