EAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY FOUNDATION

EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 2014, EAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY FOUNDATION (PRIOR TO JULY 1, 2017, KNOWN AS STANFORD SCHOOLS CORPORATION) SERVES AS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, SUPPORTING A PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL, EAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY, IN TWO WAYS. FIRST, EAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY FOUNDATION (EPAAF) FUNDS DIRECT SERVICES FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL INCLUDING: EARLY COLLEGE COURSES, WHERE STUDENTS EARN COLLEGE CREDIT DURING THEIR REGULAR SCHOOL DAY; THE DREAM LAB, A MAKERSPACE WHERE STUDENTS ENGAGE IN HANDS-ON STEM LEARNING AND DEVELOP CREATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS; AND WRAPAROUND SERVICES THAT SUPPORT STUDENTS' MENTAL HEALTH AND READINESS TO LEARN. SECOND, EPAAF OFFERS SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS TO A SELECT NUMBER OF COLLEGE AND VOCATIONAL STUDENTS, ALL OF WHOM GRADUATED FROM EAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY.EAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY PROVIDES A HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION FOR APPROXIMATELY 287 STUDENTS. THE STUDENT POPULATION IS APPROXIMATELY 89% LATINO/A/X, 5% AFRICAN-AMERICAN, 5% PACIFIC ISLANDERS, AND 1% OTHER. 57% OF STUDENTS WILL BE THE FIRST IN THEIR FAMILIES TO GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL, AND 91% WILL BE FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS. APPROXIMATELY 41% OF THE STUDENTS ARE BILINGUAL & SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNERS. THE HIGH SCHOOL CONTINUES TO FOCUS ON CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE CURRICULUM, RIGOROUS COLLEGE PREPARATION, AND HIGH STANDARDS AND HIGH SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS IN PURSUIT OF OUR AMBITIOUS VISION THAT "ALL STUDENTS WILL GRADUATE COLLEGE-READY, EMPOWERED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND PASSION TO POSITIVELY IMPACT THEIR OWN LIVES, THEIR COMMUNITY, AND THE GLOBAL SOCIETY." WE ARE PROUD TO SHARE THAT 98% OF THE EPAA CLASS OF 2024 GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND 98% OF GRADUATES CHOSE A POSTSECONDARY PATHWAY AND JOINED AN EPAAF ALUMNI PROGRAM. 80% OF OUR UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS ARE STILL PERSISTING IN OR HAVE GRADUATED FROM POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION OR TRAINING PROGRAMS.