9th Grade Optional Courses

Throughout the summer, High Jump graduates entering the ninth grade have the opportunity to participate in a post-graduate program consisting of three courses: English composition, French, and algebra. These courses are intended to deepen students’ experiences in each subject and help ease students' transition to college-preparatory schools.

Through your commitment of energy and resources, you have provided academic enrichment to deserving and promising students with limited family income, offering them experiences, opportunities and access that have enhanced their futures and enlarged their worlds. Bravo to all the mentors, teachers and staff of High Jump for their creativity, dedication and rigor in fulfilling your organization’s mission.. and bravo to the generations of middle school students who have taken up the challenge, worked hard, believed in themselves and forged productive educational paths for themselves.

— Dr. Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, author and Emily Hargroves Fisher Professor of Education, Harvard University
Meetings

During the school year, graduates are also invited to return to High Jump for gatherings that will provide valuable opportunities for peer-to-peer contact and support. For further questions about these and other High Jump alumni programs, please contact High Jump’s Recruitment and Alumni Relations Office at 312.582.7705.

Internships

The Field Museum provides exclusive paid summer internship opportunities for High Jump alumni. Program alumni are privy to available positions, prior to public posting.

High School Placement

When applying for high school, each student is encouraged to apply for admission in a minimum of one school in each system: public, parochial, and independent day or boarding schools.  High Jump students attend the best college preparatory schools locally and nationally.    The graduates of Cohort 19 are currently attending the following college preparatory high schools:

College Placement

Over 82% of High Jump alumni attend college.  Of that, more that 42% attend “Top 50” ranked universities or liberal arts schools, as determined by the U.S. News and World Report. Some graduates of the most recent cohorts to enter college have continued their studies at: