This past summer, Rocketship Public Schools wrapped up its first ever cohort of fellows: three Bay Area high school students interned with our Family Recruitment Team as part of the new Rocketship Fellows program, which aims to give soon-to-be college students a closer perspective on what it means to be an educator, help build their communication skills by working directly with families, as well as their career-readiness by building resumes, and articulating their stories. The paid fellows spent four weeks learning about Rocketship\u2019s mission and core values, getting to know our educators, sharpening their communication skills, and connecting with and recruiting families directly through tabling at events. At the end of their fellowship, they had saved up enough money to contribute to their college funds!<\/p>\n
The Rocketship Fellows program is in partnership with Breakthrough Silicon Valley, an educational non-profit offering summer and after school academic enrichment to under-resourced students in San Jose. Together, we look forward to equipping local students with everything they need to succeed in college and beyond.<\/p>\n
This year, Chau, Lizette, and Ashley were our inaugural fellows who did a phenomenal job. Aside from helping us reach new families, they gave us important insight on what it\u2019s like to be a high school student today, and what kind of world they\u2019d like to see in the future.<\/p>\n
When speaking with Lizette, a senior at Abraham Lincoln high school, she told us about her own disappointing experience as a multilingual student in the public school system and how she felt that it had failed her.
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