Rise Up Academy is pleased to share that the Bezos Family Foundation has awarded a $50,000 Directors gift to support high-quality, innovative learning experiences for young children. The Bezos Family Foundation is a private, independent foundation established by Jackie and Mike Bezos, who along with their family, serve as directors; they have been supporters of Rise Up Academy since 2012.

For more than 23 years, RISE UP ACADEMY has provided exceptional quality education and has worked to close the achievement gap, which disproportionately affects low-income communities of color, particularly BIPOC families and students. This gap leads to poor educational outcomes, poor outcomes. for basic health and wellness, morbidity for many medical conditions, and persistent and frequently untreated mental and behavioral health problems.

The long-term of RUA is to have our students be successful through K-12 and beyond. We understand the importance of assisting children in sustaining academic excellence and providing a love of learning and inquisitiveness. Children’s academic progress is traced in all subjects, demonstrating our ability to have children that are facing greater barriers performing at or above grade level in an integrated learning model. Therefore, the work we do at Rise Up Academy is greater than ever, and our impact now changes a generation for years to come.

Since opening, RUA has served over 1,500 students and have been widely recognized by national corporate leadership, state agencies, parents, and educators for its leadership in providing early learning education for all students, regardless of household income. The school motto is: “I Can Learn Anything!” This motto is reinforced daily in classrooms and programs and reinforces the school’s well-above-average student performance. Our school offers preschool through second-grade material. 

There is an emphasis on STEAM subjects and CHESS for our kindergarten and school-age students. It is also the only before and after-school program in the state to implement the Accelerated Reader Program for its students. Every classroom is continually measured by state and national benchmarks, and RUA students continually exceed those marks. The RUA community is culturally and racially diverse, with students and faculty coming from all walks of life.

OUR THREE-YEAR-OLD PRODIGY

RUA students consistently perform better than the national benchmarks in every classroom. One example is a student named Ivan, who comes from a family of color with a low income. Thanks to our school’s accelerated reader program, Ivan is now reading at a level equivalent to a second grader and is improving daily. This shows that nothing is impossible, especially when guided by a state-of-the-art program such as Rise Up Academy. 

This is the link to view Ivan’s video: Ivan Video

Both the Rise Up Academy’s enrollment and our collaboration with ARISE Community Development Corporation to provide low-cost, affluent housing is anticipated to double in the near future.

Please contact us by phone at (425-280-6371) or via email at gtmbcpas@frontier.com for more information about our program.