Castro 5th Graders go to Stanford!

Dr. Judy Crates, Principal of Castro Elementary in Mountain View, has a vision for her graduating 5th graders to enter middle school knowing what life options are available to them in a few years.  For many under-resourced youth, the economic and cultural pressures to start working to support their family or to join a gang [...]

Dream for College Project

Dream for College Project: Inspiring first generation to college 5th graders On May 20th, Reach Potential Movement will partner with Castro Elementary school in Mountain View, CA to inspire 50 mostly Latino fifth grade students with an up close college experience at Stanford University.  Click here if you would like to sponsor a student with [...]

Día del Niño & Día del Libro Celebration!

On a beautiful Sunday afternoon (4/25), Castro Elementary, Open Door Church (Mountain View) and Reach Potential Movement celebrated Día del Niño (Day of the Child), a holiday celebrated around the world, especially in Latin countries and a newer holiday:  Día del Libro (World Book Day). Approximately 1000 kids, youth and adults enjoyed a ”Reading Brings [...]

Class Adoptions Counterpunch School Cuts

RPM is matchmaking community groups with Castro Elementary classrooms where teachers need the extra support.  With class sizes increasing at Title One schools (over 50% of students are at or below the poverty line) across California, community groups can partner with Reach Potential and low-income schools to make sure kids thrive and do not fall [...]

2009 Video Highlights

Hey RP Movers! 2009 has been a great year of empowering people to reach their highest potential! Many thanks to Barry for putting together our 2009 highlights and for all of you who have given an hour of your time or some of your resources to transform lives.  Click here to watch and we look [...]

“Bookshelf in Every Home” Project

“Bookshelf in Every Home” Project Launch! As we have listened to educators in local low income schools, the need we have heard most dramatically is literacy… especially early literacy efforts to empower parents before their children fall one to two grades behind in reading.  RPM’s response is our “Bookshelf in Every Home” Project, in which [...]