November 2009
Roads to Success has been awarded a $430,000 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to make its college and career guidance curriculum available to teachers, counselors and youth workers across the country. The grant from the Gates Foundation coincides with the launch of this new website, which makes the Roads to Success curriculum available for electronic download, at no cost to non-commercial users. The Gates grant will enable Roads to Success to support the use of the curriculum by partner organizations through training and technical assistance.
October 2009
At a Kickoff Celebration hosted in the Columbia Gas Building of Charleston, West Virginia, Roads to Success formally joined Education Alliance of West Virginia and Junior Achievement as a member of the Partners in Education program. West Virginia RTS Director Deb Hartshorn will provide training and support to corporate volunteers mentoring youth, grades 7 through 12, in schools and after school programs across the Mountain State. At the kickoff event, Wirt County Superintendent Dan Metz, Chesapeake Energy Spokesperson (and 2006 World’s Strongest Man) Phil Phister and Roads ‘Alumnae’ Taylor Bradley and Ali Garrett, of Roane County spoke on behalf of our program.
September 2009
In September, RTS Director of Training and Instructional Support Kim Ritter began training educators and staff of 13 public middle schools that are part of the New Visions for Public Schools network. The kickoff training was generously hosted by the Edwin Gould Foundation in their beautiful downtown offices, with subsequent trainings held on-site at schools in the Bronx and East Harlem.
August 2009
Two major grants to Roads to Success will strengthen our programs in 2009-2010. The Ford Foundation has committed $50,000 to Roads to Success, and the J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation has awarded Roads a $50,000 program grant to support our work with 5 New Visions for Public Schools programs in New York City.
July 2009
Adam Weiss has joined Roads to Success as our new Executive Director, after serving as a member of our Board of Directors. Adam brings over 20 years experience as a leader of local and national youth organizations (please see Adam’s bio) and a deep commitment to strengthening and expanding Roads to Success. Founding Executive Director Jon Rosenberg continues to play an active leadership role as a member of our Board of Directors.
